Domaine Jean Tardy, Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru, Aux Argillas

A late night open. A very serious and borderline austere wine. Nice spices and acidity. Open for business but definitely needs a lot of air. I do worry if it has enough fruit to hold up to the structure over the long term though.

Slightly sour red cherries, with some earth and oak, decent complexity, but a bit thin and acidic. This bottle was a bit past its prime.

Nose is pushing secondary. Sweet aged berry perfume and suis bois transition to the palate. Fruit turns darker with a mostly harmonious midpalate. Finish gets a touch rustic. Nice overall and in a good spot. Needed some air.

Burgundy wine night w/Jim and Jim.

nose - rustic, carrot top, slightly vegetal nose mouth - bitter red fruits, good complexity, fresh, and very lively. good minerality. enjoyable wine.

Red fruit, nice acid level, earthy on the finish.

PnP at Bon Temps. Fairly open aromatically, smells of baking spices and macerated fruits. Palate is dark red fruits, high minerality and some unresolved tannin. Showing some charm but I’d hold a few more years though it’s drinking now. Good QPR for the $50 I paid.

Appearance: medium- ruby, garnet rim, no staining, medium tearing, no sediment. Nose: clean, pronounced intensity, developing, black cherry, red cherry, cranberry, red plum, strawberry, rose hip, forest floor, sandalwood, toast, smoke, clove, dried cranberry, baked plum, dried sour cherry. Palate: dry, high acid, medium tannin, medium body, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium+ intensity, long finish, black plum, red plum, black cherry, red cherry, cranberry, raspberry, rose hip, forest floor, mushroom, sandalwood, toast, smoke, clove, dried cranberry, baked plum, dried sour cherry. …

Dunkles Rubinrot Brombeeren,Johannisbeeren,erdig,wenig kräuterig, leicht floral,aetherisch-minzig. Gute Tiefe,seidig,kraftvoll,anfangs leicht prägnante Säure,mittlerer Körper,integrierte Tannine,Potential. Mittellanger dunkler Abgang. 2010 kann man eigentlich alles(nach-) kaufen,wenn der Preis stimmig ist. Einfach gut.

Taste: good fruit, but most prominent is the acidity – although not to sharp –, that dominates the attack as well as the mid-palate. But the finish is very, very good. Excellent oak, I guess. I would keep this for at least another year. 91-93.