La Pousse d'Or Santenay 1er Cru Clos Tavannes

A beautiful wine, firm cork, little sediment, decanted 2 hr+, ruby color with clear edges; rose petal, plum, and spice on nose. Plum, dark cherry, and dark chocolate palate with firm tannins and medium finish. Wonderful with fennel and rosemary dry-rub lamb chops and mixed roasted vegetables.

2006 vintage

Gamey initially. At first I thought it could be corked. But it was not the cardboard of a corked wine. Fruit emerged. Nice red fruit, earthy. Tannins pronounced. A bit unique of a flavor profile.

2006 vintage

From magnum. Medium red small brick edge. Nose has preserved Amarena cherries, slight herb, very attractive. Leather, cherries, lip smacking acid, some sweetness of fruit à la 2002. Shortish finish.

2006 vintage

From magnnum. Clear with some light browning at the rim in keeping with its age. Nose is floral (rose petals), dark fruit (black cherry). Opens slowly. Palate is silky with round attack, solid mid-palate, and finish of black raspberry, black cherry with a slight granularity. Finnish is medium-long. This is not an earth-shattering wine but for the year and price I paid a really pleasurable bottle. I don’t think it will evolve much but should remain where it is for …

2006 vintage

Decanted and aired for 2 hours. This one has really come about. Worked well with deer entrecote and blueberry wine sauce. Kept developing during the night. In a good place right now. Will drink last bottle within 5 years.

2006 vintage

Pure silk. The fruit is still lovely and one of the more enticing '06s I've had in that department. But it's the texture you really soon over.

2006 vintage

Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium ruby colour with fading brick-colored rim and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium intensity aromas of red fruit of raspberry and cherries, sweet spice of clove, oak notes of cedar, mineral notes of earth, floral notes of violet, maturity notes of wet leaves. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium (+) acidity, the wine has medium (+) tannin of ripe and silky texture, medium alcohol and medium body, with medium (+) …

2006 vintage

Très joli nez évolué : fleurs séchées, bois précieux, notes terriennes Belle attaque, compacte, dense avec de la matière et du volume. Le vin s'étire prend de l'allonge, les tannins se font sentir même si la dureté ressentie reste acceptable. Finale correcte sur l'aromatique évoluée perçue au nez. Agréable en l'état, pas sûr qu'il gagne grand chose avec un vieillissement supplémentaire.

2006 vintage

Tres joli nez évolué avec des notes fumées, fruitées et florales. C'est intense, précise et il tient parfaitement du midi au soir. Belle attaque avec de la matière, de la présence et une belle texture. La seconde partie marque le pas avec une densité plus en retrait et une texture plus accrocheuse, plus sèche. Jolie finale de bonnes intensité et persistance. Très bon et prêt à boire !

2006 vintage

Rather light red, slightly opaque, some brick colour at the edge. Nose with ripe strawberries, some cherries, some oak and spice notes, and a bit of developed notes. Medium(+) body with strawberries, cranberries, good concentration of fruit, prominent acidity, decent minerality and quite noticeable tannins with a bit of a hard feeling to them. Aftertaste with berries and tannins. Definitely good weight for a Volnay, but a but chewy and angular which makes it less charming than expected for the …

2006 vintage

Wine was all about structure on opening...almost a charcoal/ashy element that veiled the fruit and acidity. Wine woke up quickly, fruit brightened and fleshed and overall was singing. Should have decanted. A little dark on appearance for Volany, but after opening up...very true to the village on the palate.

2006 vintage

Comida Sepulveda Reynaud

2006 vintage

Just beautiful. Inviting nose with notes of leather and earth. Ripe with some red but mostly dark fruits and very open for business. There are earth and mineral notes in the background, but everything is balanced and harmonious with fine tannins. Nice length. Definitely in the peak drinking window and I don't see this heading downhill quickly.

2006 vintage

Still closed, will wait with next bottle

2006 vintage

Needs two hours to poen up, but this is a beauty! Lovely red fruits, leather, tar, roses on the nose. Similar on the palate, with really good length, fine acidity and good tannin. Fantastic food-wine.

2006 vintage

PNP. Cork perfect. Color dark ruby w light brick on edges. Nose has cherry cola, early showed a hint of mint but after an hour has iodine and sous bois. Swishing gives almost all acid structure but there is some distinctive tannin that brings up the rear. Sipping gives soft mouthfeel and spicy sappy finish from seemingly lighter tannin. I think that this is showing signs of maturity but will certainly hold for awhile.

2006 vintage

Fully mature. Perfumed black cherry on the nose. Dr. Pepper/cola on the palate. Good stuff. Last bottle. Drink up.

2006 vintage

I was blown away as to how good this wine was after not tasting for 5 years. Wine needs time...

2006 vintage

Started disjointed but came together strong. Very plush dark pinot fruit. Opulent and expressive nose of flower, violet, dark cherry and orange peel. Sizable for appellation. I thought too large at first, however this developed a strong and unexpected transparency.

2006 vintage

tadted from magnum. Fine structure with red and black cherry notes and subtle minerality. Drinking well now with fleshed out tannin. P

2006 vintage

I liked this so much more this time. I am wondering about the coravin since it has been a month and a half and the difference in acidity is really noticeable. Last time too sharp. Now, it was fantastic.

2006 vintage

Coravin Pull #1 - dark cherry and tart black fruit on the nose with a little astringency. In the mouth this has a light-medium body but the acid really kicks in on the back side of the tongue especially in the finish...not my favorite sensation but after you get past that the finish lingers for a long time and is quite nice. This will be good to see over time if that "bite" in acid goes away. The tannins are …

2006 vintage

Rocking good wine with a huge fruit bowl nose.,..

2006 vintage

Ingen stor opplevelse.

2006 vintage

Med red. Lean red fruit and some leafy note in the nose. More generous red fruit on palate with good length. needed a vigourous decanting. Drink today to 2025.

2006 vintage

drinking very well, reminds me more of 2008 not 2006 very nice wine.

2006 vintage

Euro-Themed Lunch - Burgundy (Donato Enoteca, Redwood City, CA) : Very generous and complex nose with lots of (good) funk (B++/A-). Soft, well integrated palate (B++).

2006 vintage

Very dark cherry red color; maturing, tart black cherry, talc, dried cherry nose; tart black cherry, black raspberry, iodine palate; for drinking soon; medium-plus finish

2006 vintage

Day 1: PnP, poured a glass straight away but let it sit for an hour or so before getting near it. I opened this because just after buying a few bottles, I read about the "gout moisie terreux" that had hit the 06 Volnay wines pretty heavy. I was a little worried but have to say, there is a lot to like here. Overall, the wine has a substantial structure and tannic spine that wants to take center stage. However, …

2006 vintage

Great showing for this wine. It is now fully mature, with elegant soft red berries on the nose followed by flavors of retrained ripe red fruit, sweet cranberry, rose water, and subtle earth. Tannins are soft, midpalate is substantial for the appellation, and the finish is sophisticated for its level. I imagine that while at its peak, this should hold well for a number of years. Two bottles tasted this evening, consistent notes.

2006 vintage

This wine was a huge surprise, drinking very well. Big and more corton like than Savigny...

2006 vintage

Well, I didn't have the guts to open a 2010, but I opened a 2006. Was not sure where it was going on day one, seemed a bit loose-knit, with a touch of cloying caramel sweetness. Day two cured all ills; sleek, taut, no cloy, good grip, some minerality, decent tannin. Very Volnay. What an evolution! A great effort considering that so many wines from this region were spoiled by rot. I might be underrating this, but I think it …

2006 vintage

Pleasant strawberry and beet root aroma and palate, light mouthfeel almost as if it were a rose. A decent food wine, but nothing more.

2006 vintage

High acid upon first opening but after double decanting and letting it open, very nice. Minimal fruit but nice acid, tannin with terroir balance. Went well with lamb chops.

2006 vintage

I've had a bunch of this, as it's usually a great value. Not this bottle. Mute and tame are words that comes to mind. Some raspberries and red fruits on the nose, muted fruit with a minerally edge on the palate. Unremarkable. Bottle to bottle variation I guess. Usually better juice.

2006 vintage

Reduced... odd this is the 2nd reduced 06 Pousse recently after the Caillerets. Will try a 60 Ouvrees next. The 60 Ouvrees, Bousse and Tavannes were not reduced on release...

2006 vintage

Notes of earth, fresh strawberry, underbrush. This is fresh, with pomegranate and strawberry flavors, cherry, penetrating acidity.

2006 vintage

Good fruit, a bit tight but pleasant with a meal and on its own. Fine now, several years left, might improve with a year or two.

2006 vintage

Entering a drinking window, nice deep fruit, some oak showing and some tannins but complements a meal well. Simple nose, clean finish, batting at or above its weight.

2006 vintage

Sweet earth, hints of baking spice, sappy rich red fruits. Genuinely quite irony and earthy, a very attractive quality. Maintains great purity and lift but has the richness of fruit of Pousse. Tannin is a touch heavy though not coarse and the palate is a bit monolithic with bright sappy red fruits and iron. Excellent for the pedigree. Very 2006, very Cotes de Beaune. Not sure it's a good value at the $45+ this wine goes for lately but closed …

2006 vintage

Barnyard funk on the nose. With dusty cedar and red cherries. Earthy, black cherry on the palate. Nice mineral and rocky-ness. Long finish of dark fruit and mineral.

2006 vintage

Knightsbridge Burgundy Tasting (Knightsbridge Wine Shop (IL)) : Wine 15--- Very nice nose. Less intense than Garaudet Pommard Noizons and similar in style to Champy Clos de Beze. Good balance of fruit and savor. Really good wine, nice complexity. Better than prior two.

2006 vintage

Knightsbridge's New Release Burgundy Tasting (Knightsbridge, Northbrook IL) : nose: nice earth based nose of brown spices, earthen tones, dark red cherries and some bits of red currants. Very robust on the nose with good depth and a bit rustic taste: medium bodied with good tannins and medium+ acidity with tones of brown spices, earth tones, dark red cherries and some bits of dark berries. Balanced and showing a bit of youth on the palate overall: well balanced with good …

2006 vintage

Young. Bright fruit, some tannin but not too much. Nice wine.

2006 vintage

Good but not great, a little flat

2006 vintage

Nice depth, not complex, needs some time for parts to integrate, last glass very good showing potential.

2006 vintage

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