Thanks for the comment. This is way out of my normal drinking range as well, but I did have the entire bottle with some friends. My fiancée managed to talk a restaurant into letting us buy it and take it home a little over a year ago. Paid $700 for it, which is an absolute steal. I sat on it for another year and we opened it to celebrate.

In a strict quality sense, I gave the wine a 97 point score: it was amazingly expressive and complex. I did give it a B- for value. At first glance it may seem that a wine of this price should get an F for value, but when giving the value score I take in to account everything about the wine. Getting a bottle of Pinot Noir of this amazing quality from anywhere in the world is so incredibly rare. Also taking in to account its ability to age and the fact that it comes from one of Burgundy’s most prestigious domains, I feel that it is justified in receiving this score. That doesn’t mean everybody should rush out and buy it, but for somebody looking for something truly exceptional (or someone who simply has plenty of money to spend on wine) then this wine is more than worth the money. (If you haven’t read it, this page describes my full explanation of the value grades: http://www.supplewine.com/grades/. A score of C is worth the money. Anything above is more than worth it, anything below is less.)

Cheers,
Mike