The wine is medium ruby. Medium+ intensity of aromas.
Nose is lovely, bramble and wild strawberries, just-ripe sour cherries, turned earth. There’s a darker fruit lurking in the back here but I’m having a hard time pulling it out - maybe fresh blackberries. Nothing overripe or stewed, but ABV (14%) is a little apparent on the nose.
On the palate, the wine is dry. Very subtle medium- silky tannins. Medium+ acidity. Medium (-) body. Medium+ alcohol throwing this out of balance a bit for me. Palate shows more wild strawberries, sour cherry, an herbaceous leafy thing, potting soil. Pretty lithe, nuanced palate here. Perhaps a little too lithe (thin). Also don’t sense a ton of new wood.
An overall pleasant wine, though not terribly complex. I got this at auction for maybe $60 plus premium. I wouldn’t pay the retail price for this; had a Pernot Clos de Teurons last week that was $60 at retail that I think smokes this bottle handedly. This one is just a little too boozy for me.
Just meaningfully dipping my toes into Burgundy and shit, the variability is absolutely dizzying… #drink #food source