2003 Maison Nicolas Potel Chambertin Grand Cru
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Good medium red. Headspinning, expressive nose combines candied red fruits, chocolate, minerals, pepper, smoked meat, five-spice powder, underbrush and flowers; this incorporates all the Chambertin food groups. Hugely thick, sappy and sweet, with outstanding volume and breadth. Wonderfully dense flavors of raspberry, menthol, five-spice powder and underbrush. Finishes with broad, noble tannins and unflagging persistence. This captures the essence of the 2003 vintage, and is showing spectacularly today. A no-brainer for those lucky enough to find a bottle: I thought I was drinking an old-style Burgundy from the '40s.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good deep red. Highly complex nose combines iron, mocha, exotic spices, pepper, roasted herbs and gunflint. Then lush and fine-grained but distinctly old-fashioned and rather folded in on itself, with sound framing acids and captivating saline soil tones. Large-scaled and extremely long. Consistent and classy clear through to the finish, but much less showy today than the Clos de Beze.