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1991 Domaine Leroy Clos de la Roche $$$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Cedar, minerals, and earth
Taste: Wow with minerals, earth, cedar and mushrooms
Finish: Long and concentrated
Evaluation: Showing really well and an amazing wine 94 points
1996 Amiot Clos du la Roche
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Rubbing alcohol
Taste: Cherry, smoke and a little sour fruit
Finish: Medium with fruit intermixing
Evaluation: A solid wine with some interesting notes. 86 points
1999
1999 Francoise Chauvenet Volnay Les Richarmes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay (3/5/2010)
Overall the hill. No fruit, some floral, a funk that is not positive. (80 pts.)
1999 Francois Chauvenet Savigny-les-Beaune $$$
Color: Light and dirty
Nose: Funk, floral
Taste: No fruit and a bad funk
Finish: Short
Evaluation: Terrible wine 77 points
1999 Engel Vosne Romanee
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Forest floor and walnuts
Taste: Earth and some floral
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: 85 points
1999 Faiveley Latricières-Chambertin
Color: Light red
Nose: Cherry, spice, smoke
Taste: Floral, smoke, spices, elegant wine
Finish: Smooth and integrated well
Evaluation: Well made and should age another 5 years 90 points
1999 Dominique Laurent Grands-Echezeaux
Color: Light red
Nose: Spice, soy, mushrooms
Taste: Complex wine with soy, Asian spice, and mushroom
Finish: Solid medium length finish with tons going on
Evaluation: Great wine 93 points
2000
2000 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Cherries, earth, mushrooms
Taste: Forest floor, mushrooms, earth and cherries
Finish: Medium
Evaluation: 92 points
2000 Frédéric Magnien Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru (6/13/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club does Burgundy; 6/12/2010-6/14/2010 (Christine's House): Some bricking. Reviewed on day two. Opened up a bunch and reveals floral, cherry, clay and mild funk. On the palate damp earth, floral, cherry, figs and clay. Good acidity and a medium finish. I would recommend drinking up if you have some of this left as I don't see it improving any. (91 pts.)
2001
2001 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis $$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Cherry, floral, raspberry
Taste: A little funk that blew off quick with cherry, floral, raspberry, strawberry
Finish: Well balanced and great fruit flavors on this medium finish
Evaluation: A really nice wine 92 points
2002
2002 Mugnier Chambolle Musigny
Color: Light red
Nose: Floral and light fruits
Taste: Smoke and water
Finish: short
Evaluation: Not much going on with this wine. 78 points
2002 Domaine du Château de Chorey (Germain) Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Tante Berthe
Color: Medium
Nose: Oak, fruit, earth
Taste: Oak, fruit, and tobacco
Finish: Medium and too much oak right now
Evaluation: This needs to be cellared for a while 88 points
2002 Henri Jouan Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Clos Sorbes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru
Nose of cranberry, strawberry and raspberry. Beautiful on the palate with spices, raspberries, minerals and funk. Medium finish and just showing really well. Drink now or hold for 5 years. (93 pts.)
2002 Domaine Latour-Giraud Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières $$$$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Rich and full of fragrance with floral, vanilla, oak, cherry
Taste: Floral, oak, mineral, vanilla
Finish: Intense and full of flavor!
Evaluation: Great example of Burgundy's potential without breaking the bank 93 points
2002 Nicolas Potel Clos de la Roche - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru (6/24/2010)
Bordeaux, Italy and a Burg in Minneapolis: Light color. Really opened up over the night with strawberries, cranberry, minerals, mushrooms and more. Good acidity and medium finish. Very nice wine. (93 pts.)
2003
2003 Domaine Dubois Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits (3/5/2010)
Spice and a funk on the nose. The palate shows dirt and spice. Medium finish. Over the hill. (80 pts.)
2003 Louis Latour Corton Chateau Corton Grancey $$$$$
Color: Light red
Nose: Floral, spice, oak
Taste: Floral, spice, oak, smoke
Finish: Medium and intense
Evaluation: Expensive Burgundy for the quality 89 points
2003 Nicolas Potel Bonnes Mares Grand Cru Burgundy $$$$$
Color: Yellow
Nose: Mineral and cherry
Taste: Light wood with mineral, cherry, earth
Finish: Medium with good expression of fruit
Evaluation: A nice wine 91 points
2003 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Chambolle-Musigny
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Cherry, strawberries, and mineral
Taste: Fruit forward style
Finish: Medium and concentrated
Evaluation: If you like fruit you will enjoy this wine 90 points
2004
2004 Jean-Luc Dubois Chorey-les-Beaune Clos Margot $$$
Color: Light red
Nose: Spice, currants, floral
Taste: Floral, spice, and smooth tannins
Finish: Medium and well balanced. Nothing overpowering.
Evaluation: A nice overall wine that would pair well with game. 88 points
2004 Ballot-Millot & Fils Bourgogne - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne (3/5/2010)
Spice and earth dominate the nose and palate. Still tannic and drinkable overall. Good started Burg. (86 pts.)
2004 Fernaud & Laurent Pillot Pommard 1er Cru Clos de Verger- France, Bugundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
A nice wine with mushroom, earth, forest floor and spices. Concentration is solid on the palate and it possesses a medium finish. A nice pairing with a mushroom dish. 90 points
2004 Fernaud & Laurent Pillot Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Epenots- France, Bugundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Not as fruit forward as the 05 with floral, strawberry, minerals and medium tannins. Good structure overall and should age past 2012. 90 points
2004 Henri de Villamont Savigny-Les Beanue $$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Mushrooms, mineral, strawberries
Taste: Bitter with mineral, earth, spice
Finish: Short with lack of substance
Evaluation: For $20 you can do much better buying Oregon 84 points
2004 Henri de Villamont Savigny-lès-Beaune - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune (3/5/2010)
Medium purple. Nose of spice and floral. Simple palate. (86 pts.)
2005
2005 Jean-Claude Boisset Mercurey - France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Mercurey (3/5/2010)
Medium purple. Nose of spice, floral and earth. Medium tannins and medium on the finish. Overall a nice wine. (87 pts.)
2005 Bouchard Aine & Fils Cuvee Signature Fixin $$$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Asian spices, rose petals, mineral
Taste: Asian spices, cranberries, mineral, shoe leather, rose petals
Finish: Intense burst and settles into an elegant wine
Evaluation: About as good as Burgundy gets for under $30 90 points
2005 Hospices de Beaune Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Rousseau Deslandes Bouchard Père et Fils (Hospices Auction Group) - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru (4/6/2010)
Haskell's Wine Sale Tasting; 4/5/2010-4/6/2010 (Bloomington): Bursting with cherry, truffles, strawberries and minerals. Palate is matching up with the nose and it is balanced across the board. Medium finish. A bit different then 2 previous bottles but solid wine. (90 pts.)
2005 Bouchard Aine & Fils Bourgogne Cuvee $
Color: Light purple
Nose: Strawberry, spice
Taste: Smooth wine with some nice fruit
Finish: Medium and very little tannins
Evaluation: Every day Pinot from Burgundy 85 points
2005 Hospices de Beaune Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Rousseau Deslandes Bouchard Père et Fils (Hospices Auction Group) - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru (2/26/2010)
Medium purple. Nose of floral, earth, truffles, and raspberries. On the palate strawberries, floral, spice, floral and raspberries. Medium finish. Firm tannins and needs some cellar time. Really nice wine with potential to go up to 93. (91 pts.)
2005 Hospices de Beaune Beaune 1er Cru Cuvée Rousseau Deslandes Bouchard Père et Fils (Hospices Auction Group) - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru (4/6/2010)
Bursting with cherry, truffles, strawberries and minerals. Palate is matching up with the nose and it is balanced across the board. Medium finish. A bit different then 2 previous bottles but solid wine. (90 pts.)
2005 Domaine De Courcel Clos Des Epenots Pommard $$$$$
Color: Medium purple
Nose: Elegant nose with floral, cranberry, strawberry
Taste: Asian spices, floral, cranberry, strawberries
Finish: Medium and complex
Evaluation: A very nice wine 94 points
2005 Domaine de Courcel Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Épenots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru (6/13/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club does Burgundy; 6/12/2010-6/14/2010 (Christine's House): Drinking really well wiht floral, vanilla, wood, spices and minerals. On the palate some mushrooms and overall a balanced wine. Good acidity and my wine of the night at a recent Burgundy Tasting. (93 pts.)
2005 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin $$$$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Cherry, leather, spice
Taste: Cherry, mineral, spices
Finish: Medium with average tannins
Evaluation: Not a great 05 for the money 86 points
2005 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Les Boucherottes $$$$
Color: Light red
Nose: Spice, floral, cherry
Taste: Light spice, good acidity, floral and smooth tannins
Finish: Medium and elegant wine
Evaluation: A nice Premier Cru wine for under $50 92 points
2005 Louis Jadot Nuit St. Georges $$$$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Spice, strawberry, very light
Taste: Light wine with spice, floral, mushroom and strawberry
Finish: Short to medium and balanced
Evaluation: Not a high alcohol fruit bomb and very nice 91 points
2005 Louis Jadot Vosne-Romanée $$$$$
Color: Light red
Nose: Asian spice, floral, cherries
Taste: Nice earth tones with cherry, soy sauce, and floral
Finish: Medium with good acidity
Evaluation: Nice wine from a great Village 92 points
2005 Jean-Philippe Marchand Bourgogne Cuvée Alexis - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne (3/5/2010)
Light purple. Nose of spice, cherry, and minerals. Nice overall palate and medium finish. Solid intro Burg. (87 pts.)
2005 Michel Picard Mercurey 1er Cru Clos Paradis Récolte du Domaine Voarick - France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Mercurey 1er Cru (4/6/2010)
Nose shows strawberries, minerals and cedar. The cedar is a bit much on the palate otherwise a few more points. Earth dominate wine and medium finish. (87 pts.)
2005 Fernand & Laurent Pillot Pommard 1er Cru Rugiens - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru (6/12/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club does Burgundy; 6/12/2010-6/14/2010 (Christine's House): Light red. Decanted 2 hours. Nose vibrant with cherry, minerals, cranberry and floral. On the palate cherry, minerals, earth, spices and good acidity. Medium finish and solid wine. (91 pts.)
*Tasted 3 more times (same as the Clos de Verger) and very similar. These are more for an American palate and very fresh wines. Good acidity and medium finish. Pair them with Salmon or Turkey. 88 to 92 points.
2005 Fernand & Laurent Pillot Pommard 1er Cru Clos de Verger - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru (8/6/2010)
Old World style with funk, floral, earth and raspberries on the nose. Good concentration and balanced wine. Drinking well right now. (91 pts.)
*2005 Fernaud & Laurent Pillot Pommard 1er Cru Clos de Verger- France, Bugundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Tasted 3 more times with consistant notes of floral, earth, raspberries and wood. The funk quality does burn off quick and these are wines to drink now and not cellar. 88-92 range.
2005 Nicolas Potel Charmes-Chambertin $$$$$
Color: Light red
Nose: Fig, floral, earth
Taste: An earthy wine with some cherry, fig and floral
Finish: Medium with good acidity
Evaluation: Very nice wine but not cheap 92 points
2005 Roty Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire Pinot Noir $$
Color: Light purple
Nose: Rich with earth, spice, smoke
Taste: Heavy minerals with smoke, cranberry and spice
Finish: Medium with plenty of flavor
Evaluation: This is real starter wine from Burgundy. Be careful of the silly labels that advertise Pinot Noir from France 88 points
2005 Nicolas Potel Volnay Vieilles Vignes $$$
Color: Light gold
Nose: Stones, cherries, spice
Taste: Light bodied wine with cherries, stones, earth
Finish: Medium but too acidic
Evaluation: Not the best wine for the $23 I paid 84 points
2005 R. Dubois Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru (3/5/2010)
Medium purple. Nose of spice, floral, and cedar. On the palate cedar, floral and earth. Good acidity overall. (87 pts.)
2005 Henri de Villamont Chambolle-Musigny - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny (4/6/2010)
Good color. Expressive nose with scorched earth, cherry, mineral and mushrooms. The palate is also intense and balances the earth and fruit nicely. Good acidity and a medium finish. Solid effort! (91 pts.)
2006
2006 Louis Jadot Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru (6/13/2010)
Minneapolis Wine Club does Burgundy; 6/12/2010-6/14/2010 (Christine's House): Classic Red Burg with wood, spice, floral, cranberry and some cellar funk. The funk blew off and a nice cherry element appeared on the palate. Good acidity and still firm tannins. I would hold for another 5 years and try again. (92 pts.)
2006 Henri de Villamont Pinot Noir Bourgogne - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne (3/5/2010)
Light color. Bubble gum and cherry. Short finish and too acidic. (81 pts.)
2007
2007 Louis Latour Pinot Noir Bourgogne - France, Burgundy, Bourgogne (3/5/2010)
Subtle nose with spice, cherry and floral on the palate. Short finish. (85 pts.)