SteveTimko
Steve Timko
2004 Domaine Joseph Roty Marsannay Cuve de Clos de Jeu - France, Burgundy, Cte de Nuits, Marsannay (5/4/2010)
I thought this would be ready to drink,, being a 2004 and all, but it still seems pretty young.
There's a lot to enjoy here. Definitely tastes French and tastes like Burgundy.
When I first opened it and poured the oak was dominant and I feared for the worst. That passed away within minutes and the oak was hardly noticeable.
It's not especially ripe but this is all about the fruit. It's dark red fruit on the nose and the palate. A little bit of spicyness and maybe some sage. Good finish.
I liked the wine but it has potentially three flaws. The most serious one, which I don't think will ever resolve, is that I couldn't taste the soil. I got no sense of minerality or that the roots were sucking up nutrients from Burgundy dirt. No mushroominess either.
The two others could be related to the 2004 vintage. The tannins were fine but seemed rock hard. It could be that the wine is still young. Maybe they'll resolve in another three or four years. If they're some freaky superhard tannin created by the '04 vintage and they don't resolve before the fruit goes away, that could be a problem.
The final problem is the acid. It's not so much the amount of acid. It's that what acid is there seems shrill or spikey. It's funny while I was drinking this I was listening to a bootleg version of James Taylor and Carole King sing "How Sweet it Is (To be Loved by You)" and Taylor was trying to be the golden-throated one with lead vocals and King made her voice extra raspy as a counterpoint to Taylor. That's sort of how the acid in this Burgundy seemed in relation to the fruit.
Unless these are superhard freaky tannins I'd say hold on to this for at least another three years.
Atherton Wine Imports.
I thought this would be ready to drink,, being a 2004 and all, but it still seems pretty young.
There's a lot to enjoy here. Definitely tastes French and tastes like Burgundy.
When I first opened it and poured the oak was dominant and I feared for the worst. That passed away within minutes and the oak was hardly noticeable.
It's not especially ripe but this is all about the fruit. It's dark red fruit on the nose and the palate. A little bit of spicyness and maybe some sage. Good finish.
I liked the wine but it has potentially three flaws. The most serious one, which I don't think will ever resolve, is that I couldn't taste the soil. I got no sense of minerality or that the roots were sucking up nutrients from Burgundy dirt. No mushroominess either.
The two others could be related to the 2004 vintage. The tannins were fine but seemed rock hard. It could be that the wine is still young. Maybe they'll resolve in another three or four years. If they're some freaky superhard tannin created by the '04 vintage and they don't resolve before the fruit goes away, that could be a problem.
The final problem is the acid. It's not so much the amount of acid. It's that what acid is there seems shrill or spikey. It's funny while I was drinking this I was listening to a bootleg version of James Taylor and Carole King sing "How Sweet it Is (To be Loved by You)" and Taylor was trying to be the golden-throated one with lead vocals and King made her voice extra raspy as a counterpoint to Taylor. That's sort of how the acid in this Burgundy seemed in relation to the fruit.
Unless these are superhard freaky tannins I'd say hold on to this for at least another three years.
Atherton Wine Imports.