Alain Hudelot-Noellat Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers

Great condition from La Nuits Blanche in Tokyo. Ruby colour, nose is dark red berry fruit dominant though with some evolution. The wine is well resolved now with smooth texture. Well balanced ripe red cherry fruit comingling with wet leaves filling the palate. Harmonious wine and ready to drink now. Would be even better with more length.

2002 vintage

Opened at Whale in HK. P&P and served blind. Good, but unfortunately a bit tired. This was much darker and quite broody on opening, but softened a bit to show some more red-fruited Vosne notes with some spice with more air. Unfortunately though this really should have been opened about 5 years ago, and I feel like these are just losing power. Still, a lovely blind from BK, and can't wait to return the favour!

2002 vintage

Fine wine, not especially exciting, but well made, hanging in there, not faded. Within the HN wines on the table at this luncheon, I thought the 07 CM 1ere Charmes and 01 Clos de Vougeot were both a good deal better. I would drink these if I were holding a bottle or two.

2002 vintage

A very good review from Wine Cannuck sums up my take as well. I was anxious after buying this because I found out that the maker feels this vineyard gives its best in hotter years, due to its cooler aspect. Now 2002 could be described as many things but a hotter year would be a stretch. Additionally, I had a cork that was spongy and had leaked. However, in the great wine lottery that is wine under cork, I had …

2002 vintage

This pours light ruby in the glass, minimal if any bricking. The nose is lifted and elegant, showing dried cranberry, raspberry, rose petals, forest undergrowth, white mushroom, grapefruit zest, dried ginger, and fresh thyme. The palate enters on pure tart red fruit accented with touches of citrus. Tannin is low, acid is medium plus. The finish is moderate in length and nicely balanced closing on bitter herbs and dried ginger. All in all this is lovely stuff that is developing …

2002 vintage

The fill was a bit low for 2002, but the cork was sound and the wine wasn't flawed. Still juicy but with some dirt and moss on the palate, showing appropriate development for the age. Mostly red-fruited. Well balanced. A bit of bitterness on the medium-long finish. A little rustic, and not quite the quality level that HN wines show under Van Canneyt’s winemaking. I’m glad I had an opportunity to taste it.

2002 vintage

Boxing Day wines at Domaine : A lovely bottle of at peak Vosne 1er with plenty of lush fruit that is filled with spice. Nice black tea and earth notes adding complexity. Should hold at this level for a decade.

2002 vintage

Nice nose with earthy notes, wine for the first hour didn't have smooth structure. Took about an hour to change things around. Like the nose better than the palate.

2002 vintage

In the beginning the nose was weird but this needs air... was actually better the next day with lots of earthy smell, wet forest floor. Medium long length,

2002 vintage

Needed its time in the glass to open up but post like 30 minutes this was at good form. Well evolved, soft and earthy, soft red fruits. Elegant and classy on the nose and albeit lacks a weight in the mid palate this is good old school Burgundy. Maybe past its peak fruit wise but still very solid 92

2002 vintage

Needs 8-10 years in the cellar, and I say this with confidence because we drank a fully mature 1995 Suchots next to it and the difference was startling. The 02 is clearly a fantastic wine - really special I think. Lush fruit in a well focused package with great balance and minerality, showing hints of the star anise and other spices that will make this such a joy down the road. Just clearly an excellent wine. But it was tight …

2002 vintage

This showed good Vosne typicity, but the palate needs more time to develop. The fruit can still relax and the tannins soften a bit.

2002 vintage

nose - cranberry mouth -powerful and mineral, red licorice, very clean, proper and long

2002 vintage

Hudelot-Noellat, a Favorite Producer (The Wolf, Oakland) : Ready to drink! Incredible bouquet of wild weeds, bugs and bees. Smokey. Smooth and flirtatious then exciting structure, with sprinkles of funk and warm iron. A toe-curling wonderful bottle and my WOTN. Catch this at peak! Ideal now-2021 but no reason to expect a steep decline immediately thereafter. What this had over all the others is that with everything it gives it never skirts off the rails; it gives and gives and …

2002 vintage

as expected I failed to sense TCA but it clearly wasn't showing like a Beaumont from an excellent vintage with 15 years bottle age. spicey more than anything. shame

2002 vintage

Hudelot-Noellat, a Favorite Producer (The Wolf, Oakland) : Just slightly corked: only the more tca-sensitive were put off by it. Still showed some round, dark beautiful fruit. But was clamped and inconsistently muted. At times during the night the must seemed to blow off but then it'd be back. I wonder if Sycamore's 12/26/15 bottle had a tad of the same flaw. I bet a clean bottle of this would be great and best enjoyed over the next few years.

2002 vintage

Spicy, a little sandalwood, red and black cherries, some backbone, I quite enjoy. A-/B+

2002 vintage

Another beautiful Vosne 1er Cru, albeit several decades younger than the Charles Noellat. This too had a lovely nose, with drifts of earth and mineral around a deep core of plums and dark cherry aromas, then layers of Vosne spiciness, and a little floral note. Served blind, no one had any doubt this was a Vosne-Romanee based on that nose alone. It was still quite youthful on the palate, tightly packed, with plenty of fruit and a structure of fine-boned …

2002 vintage

Really nice nose of small red fruits. Could be chambolle more than NSG. Showing some maturity and in a good spot. Palate was a bit stewed and was a notch behind the nose. Overall the wine was delicious over the 5 hours we followed it.

2002 vintage

Light garnet color. Nose offers up small red fruits, smoke,spice and barnyard. Mature beautifully silky balanced palate with great secondary characteristics, lovely minerality. Long finish.

2002 vintage

Magnificent, and in a great place right now. Super-earthy. Quite secondary in character. Excellent balance. No rush if one has some, but really nice right just the same.

2002 vintage

As Slaton mentioned below, this bottle requires gentle aeration to come out of its shell. With a few hours open at cellar temperature, this opened up to reveal good Vosne typicity in its aromatics and a firm, grippy mineral palate. It's certainly a wine that requires care and attention from the taster though.

2002 vintage

Score reflects the bottle's high points more than anything else, as it was quite uneven. At its worst, it was borderline sour, certainly tart. At its best, earthy, spicy and nicer (i.e., not sour/tart) fruit. Just when you think its opened up and hit its stride, though, it barrels into another speed bump. Perplexing and disappointing, really. Save the last one for a couple of years and hope for more.....

2002 vintage

Corked �� Good underlying fruit.

2002 vintage

As other drinkers have recently noted, this initially presents as slightly past peak, with little fruit remaining but plenty of maturing savory notes plus tertiary caramel, mushroom and soy flavors creeping in around the edges. But with gentle aeration over a couple of hours it finds another gear and delights the drinker with sweet red fruit, Indian spices, mushroom broth, excellent length and various other treats. Absolutely amazing and why we drink Burgundy.

2002 vintage

hay and strawberry on the nose. very elegant, silky, feminine and supple. Not much earth or funk - solid acidity - gained weight and perfume as it opened. medium length finish. Not going to get better IMHO so drink now. if there was more intensity to the fruit I would rate this higher.

2002 vintage

La Paulée de San Francisco - The Verticals (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA) : Tasting, brief note. Good combination of red and black fruit with earthy aromas and flavors. Moderate spice and intensity. Good textures, length and finesse. Best now.

2002 vintage

Light bricked red color with pale meniscus; mature, tart cranberry, dried red berry, light mushroom nose; tasty, ready, poised, tart raspberry, mineral palate with powdery tannins; could use 3 years; medium-plus finish 92+ points

2002 vintage

La Paulée de San Francisco 2014 Verticals Tasting (The Fairmont, San Francisco) : Intoxicating perfume, showing some maturity, excellent mix of maturing red/black fruit.

2002 vintage

Impressions from the 2014 La Paulee Verticals Tasting (Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco) : Pale, browning-mature looking. Subtle red fruit. Light weight but sappy with significant wood char at its base. Would not wait if you own it, seems fully developed and at risk for having the wood take over. Very good now, the best of the vintages here.

2002 vintage

Still very nice but it has started it's slow decline.

2002 vintage

Sweet dark fruit over some meatiness and forest floor is the dominant palate impression. Still lively acidity, very soft tannins. Drinking well.

2002 vintage

Terroir-istes International - France, Burgundy, Nuits St Georges (Rodwell House) : Light to medium crimson-purple hue. Enticing and intense aromas of rose petals, bing cherries, red plum, and strawberry. Youthful, the wine segues to violet with some savoury, spicy nuances that add to its appeal. The mid-palate exudes rose petal and violet elements framed by firm tannins. A fleshy yet solid wine with well-integrated oak with a lively acid and medium finish.

2002 vintage

A little muted at first, showing but a faint espresso note and a glimpse of fruit but really got going with air. Only mid-weight with nice balance. The red and black fruits are laced with anise and there some meat and earth in the background. It is lacy with fine, minerally acidity and decent cut to the finish.

2002 vintage

sweet red fruit and floral note nose. Red fruits, earth, medium weight, lively. Drinking well now.

2002 vintage

Perfectly mature with fresh berries and devleoped aromas with floral tones. Lacking concentratration and a short finish. Decanting is not recommended. Pour small glasses and drink now. Will not improve.

2002 vintage

A bit too woody. Good fruit. Young

2002 vintage

woody and disjointed. Dissapointing

2002 vintage

quite evolved but delicious

2002 vintage

Needed half an hour to open up, but this is a smooth and expressive wine. Dusty tannins with slight herbaceousness (in a good way). Not a blockbuster, and not deeply complex, but mature and competent.

2002 vintage

Not much on nose, the palate full of sweet smoky pinot, gentle, layered, but still not fully expressive

2002 vintage

For those who don’t have children under the age of 10, let me explain a little about Dora the explorer. She is a kid’s cartoon character who speaks ‘Spanglish’ in an annoyingly, whining, American accent and travels around with her sidekick boots the monkey (who has the same voice just an octave lower). Well there’s a fox called Swiper who tries to steal things while Dora and Boots chant ‘Swiper no swiping’! For the sake of this tasting note let’s …

2002 vintage

consistently excellent and still quite young.

2002 vintage

Pale, subtly fragrant, touch of gaminess, nice balance of piquant pinot acidity with brown sugar sweetness, tasted older than its years, but still very fresh

2002 vintage

This has gained a lot of weight over the past year. Still dark ruby, but the palate impression is excellent. Initially lots of dusty cherry on the nose, but after about an hour of air, the fruit really came to the front with a supporting shot of wood spice that doesn't stick out, but I prefer for it be more integrated which could easily come with time. Very fluid on the finish with decent acidity. The tannins are mostly buried …

2002 vintage

Dinner for Burg Week 3: 2002 (Chicago) : Medium ruby, slightly dull at the rim. Immediately identifiable from the nose as Vosne, this wine is all about spices and a clean streak of stone, there are only suggestions of fruit underneath the other aromas. Light bodied and pure silk texture with incredible minerally focus on the mid palate--vibrant acidity and fine tannins show brilliant cut and then allow a spicy complexity to open back up on the long finish. A …

2002 vintage

on the nose dilute cranberry and cherry. Light to medium bodied, delicate but not special. Can't see how this will get a lot more interesting.

2002 vintage

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