Drink: Now+
Tasting note: This mature and overtly spicy effort displayed virtually none of the herbal character that many 2004s did after they were first bottled, in fact to the contrary the nose is really quite pretty. There is good richness to the detailed and stony middle weight flavors that display the barest hint of rusticity on the delicious and dusty finish. This was served blind and I guessed a 1er from the Vosne section of Nuits St. Georges so that suggests the '04 Gaudichots is showing its underlying terroir reasonably well. Note that for my taste this is drinking well now and there is no particular reason to refrain from drinking it if you are in the mood! I will observe that in 2019 I tasted two bottles side by side and one was terrific (meriting 92 points) and the second wasn't nearly as interesting (meriting a score of 88). In both cases the wines were completely ready.
