Roche de Bellene

2008 Roche de Bellene Meursault Vieilles Vignes

By billn on July 07, 2010

Medium yellow. A faint toast quickly lifts to leave a wide and deep, but never heavy, curtain of ripe but fresh, sweet fruit. In the mouth there is perfect acidity and a sweetness that comes from perfectly ripe fruit. Wide but essentially linear flavours just add a hint of extra creamy width in the mid-palate – there’s no obvious fat here. Good length with still a hint of sweetness. A bottle that on a warm summer day empties very quickly indeed…

2008 Roche de Bellene Clos de Vougeot

By billn on June 30, 2010

Very different aromas versus the last wines – a much darker impression of fruit. Not austere but there is a higher level of ‘managed’ structure. The flavours have a floral dimension. I find it imposing yet, at the same time, slightly aloof. A nice challenge!

2008 Roche de Bellene Charmes-Chambertin

By billn on June 30, 2010

My nose is greeted by a width of warm fruit, plenty of freshness and occasional bright flashes of more defined fruit. Very well balanced showing lovely flavour. Very fine length.

2008 Roche de Bellene Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze

By billn on June 30, 2010

Wide, fresh and complex aromas – again with flashes of different, finer fruit. Hmmm; such width, complexity and texture – I am sold on this.

2008 Roche de Bellene Chambertin

By billn on June 30, 2010

The nose here is tighter. The palate, however, shows a superb depth of flavour that insinuates itself into your palate – very, very long. As a package, today I prefer the Bèze. Tomorrow, if the aromas bloom I might differ…

2008 Roche de Bellene Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Vergelesses

By billn on June 30, 2010

From 80 year-old vines. Very good colour. Aromatically there’s a good depth of red fruit. Riper than the bourgogne, the fresh fruit is backed by plenty of structure.

2008 Roche de Bellene Beaune Cent Vignes

By billn on June 30, 2010

“Forty year old vines from the mid-slope, more tanninc than higher up but very pure.” Plenty of pretty, pure fruit on the nose. Lovely texture of velvet from the tannin dovetails fresh fruit. This is quite long. Good wine.

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