Domaine Bizot, Vosne-Romanee, Aux Jachees

Zachys La Paulée "Warm-up" Dinner (Lafayette - New York NY) : Small glass, brief note. From the domaine. Also incredibly bright with ripe red cherry and berry, showing both fresh and mature fruit and both sweet and savory spice. This has the impressive depth of the vintage with very elegant structure. Very long and elegant finish. A great Villages level wine.

It showed much better than the last bottle. The nose actually resembled leroy with spice, citrus, coffee beans potbourri and perfume. Palate was not as good as the nose. A bit lean. Nose 94 and palate 90. Drinking at peak.

PNP into Zalto Burgundy glass (“Root” day): Pale bright ruby to the eyes. Even a little purplish on the rim. Literally 3 different wines within first 3 pours: Upon first sniff a little shy and monolithic on nose (mostly purplish / bluish berry fruits, florals and delicate spices). 2nd glass with small amount time in glass opened up quite a lot - much more savoury, organic red berry fruits to complete the spectrum, earth, smoke. 3rd glass an even more …

moderate depth of color, red rim with some bricking. aromatically after being open a bit this wine had expansive smells of dark and red fruits, tons of exotic spices, flowers, new oak barrels spices... just beautiful. on the palate high acids, beautiful flesh on the mid palate, still some firmness in the tannins, moderate alcohol. balanced wine with great length, intensity, and complexity... lots of aromatic finesse and precisely defined aromas... doubt this bottle could have been better. i'd drink …

Cherry cola, prunes and meaty on the nose and palate. The fruit is already fading. The wine is disjointed.

BORGOGNA GRANDI VILLAGE ( e non solo!) (Capalbio Resort) : Quando stappi un vino e i commensali al tavolo a fianco si voltano ed esclamano.... uuuu che profumo.....gli americani direbbero: "you are in for a treat"!! Parte iperspeziato, esplosivo, roba da risvegliare un sordomuto. L' intensità delle vigne vecchie e il terroir d' eccezione, sommati all' annata eccezionale creano un cocktail esplosivo e intimidatorio, sbandiera verdure bollite, peperoncino, cassis e erbe amare, fino all' hashish. Non c' è traccia di …

Village-theme'd dinner at Royal Pavilion.