Tasting Notes
Vinous – 92
(12.9%; 3.46 pH; from a small crop of about 25 hectoliters per hectare): Good medium red with no amber showing. At least as spicy and exotic on the nose as the ’09, conveying somewhat lower-toned aromas of raspberry, cherry, plum, licorice and cedar complicated by soil tones. A very rich, thick wine with considerable density and power, as well as an element of medicinal reserve, but not the delicacy or filigree character of less extreme vintages. Finishes very long and classically dry, with essentially fine-grained, palate-saturating tannins. This wine can be enjoyed now but will go for many years on its sheer concentration and tannic support.
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2038
Robert Parker – 90-92
Jadot’s 2005 Corton Pougets displays luscious plum and black cherry in conjunction with grilled, singed lamb and chalky, alkaline, stony underlying character. Allspice, black pepper and pungent herbal shadings become evident on the palate. This impressively dense, meaty, mineral-laden wine displays polished tannins and persistently clear, ripe bitter-sweet black fruit, leading to a long, firmly gripping finish. Don’t be in any hurry to revisit it, and expect at least a dozen years of interesting development. (A Corton Greves on which I withhold any judgment was awkwardly tart and tannic, having as yet for some reason, said Lardiere, failed to recover from its post-malo racking.)
JancisRobinson.com – 17.0
A little sweet and stewed on the nose but round lightish fruit with marked acidity. Pretty dry tannins and rather raw for the moment. One of the cheaper Grands Crus… Angular – a ballet rather than cabaret dancer.
Anticipated maturity: 2013-2019
