2002 Clos de Tart, Mommessin (750ml)

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Vintage: 2002
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Memmessin Clos de Tart
Vineyard:
Designation: Grand Cru
Appellation: Clos de Tart
Producer: Mommessin
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Cote de Nuits
Alcohol:

Tasting note: Bright red-ruby. Highly nuanced, expressive nose combines strawberry, raspberry, minerals, lavender, chocolate, underbrush and fennel. Superconcentrated, silky and sweet in the mouth but with superb definition and energy. The wine's sheer density of material completely buffers its 14+% alcohol. Finishes dry and classic, with explosive rising fruit and terrific thrust. The tannins are buried in fruit and soil tones. A great Burgundy. (95pts Steven Tanzer)

Tasted: Mar./Apr. 2005
Score: 95
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: An expressive, extremely ripe black fruit nose nuanced by hints of torrefaction, earth and coffee are followed by soft, delicious, round and textured flavors underpinned with completely buffered tannins and loads of ripe extract. This is a powerful yet supple wine that does seem to carry its alcohol well with only a trace of finishing warmth. This is a delicious and unbelievably long wine though less elegant than several previous vintages and as I noted above, I prefer the '01 to this. (91pts Allen Meadows AKA 'The Burghound')

Tasted: Jan 01, 2005
Score: 91
Drink: After 2014

Tasting note: A big red, round and sappy, exhibiting black cherry, kirsch and sweet spice aromas and flavors. Picks up some chocolate and smoke midpalate, with the richness and exuberant fruit of the vintage. Fine length; needs time to absorb the oak and tannins. (93pts BS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Sep. 30, 2004
Score: 93
Drink: 2005-10