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oops Once a pastry cook in Vesoul, Dominique Laurent admitted her passion for wine in 1987, and set up as a wine merchant in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Her philosophy? decanting, minimum sulphur and bottling without fining or filtering.
pierre bourée 2005 gevrey-chambertin 1er clos st.jacques
2005 Pierre Bourée, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos St.Jacques Deeply coloured – purple at the rim. The nose starts with plenty of oak that has a hint of toast but no more – it’s very wide and covers dark-skinned fruit. It slowly evolves, but never shows the complexity and stems of the 2004. Mouth-filling, again there’s oak flavour and some well grained tannin too. The acidity starts a tiny bit forward, though only exacerbates the superb length – those flavours are a lot to do with oak and are eventually just a little bitter, but this is very impressive. Quite some concentration in the mid-palate and certainly it’s a little rustic, but it’s clearly full of wine – better than some GC’s! This will need several years [....]
pierre bourée 2004 gevrey-chambertin 1er clos st.jacques
Currently the only ‘other’ négoce St.Jacques I can think of outside of Dominique Laurent’s – though I’ve heard of a Patrice Rion(?) – drop me a line if you can think of others… 2004 Pierre Bourée, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos St.Jacques A rare négoce bottle of Clos St.Jacques. A deep core of already ruby-red colour – quite deeply coloured for a Bourée. The nose is the usual interesting blend of smoky Bourée stems a faint undertow of cedar, earthy Gevrey notes and another faint undertow of mushroom – the last droops in the glass hold a lovely pure redcurrant note. In the mouth there’s good texture; the plentiful tannins are not so astringent and are very well covered. There’s clearly plenty of concentration here, though the [....]
dujac 1992 clos saint denis
A nice restaurant with a super wine-list. Actually they don’t have a list, you have to wander around the underground rooms that make up the cellar and just find a bottle – or two! About 50% of the bottles are priced, for the rest you must ask. I wanted something reasonably mature, so ended up with a short-list of 3: 1991 Dujac Gevrey 1er Combottes, 1991 Ponsot Latrcières-Chambertin and 1992 Dujac Clos St.Denis. All were roughly the same price – I could have taken any number of 1995′s (Rousseau St.Jacques, Drouhin Musigny etc.,etc., for less money – but in the end I went for the (expected) mature 1992 and saved the 91′s for another day 1992 Dujac, Clos St.Denis A medium, quite mature colour. The [....]
clap me in irons?
I guess it’s a good job I keep a low profile – I wouldn’t have the faintest idea how to block the French – unlike their truck drivers!
from the bivb
Quoted verbatim from the BIVB “At 10 September, the grapes were continuing to ripen in the vineyards of Burgundy. The maturation stage was reached at the beginning of September. Maturation is when the grapes change colour (most visible on the Pinot Noir grape) before starting to ripen. Since then, the grapes have been ripening nicely, increasing in sweetness and losing acidity. Consequently, the first grapes are unlikely to be cut (for still wines) before 20 September. Vineyards producing Burgundy Crémants (sparkling) could begin harvesting a few days earlier. Quantity forecasts for the 2008 harvest are average: a little over 1.5 million hectolitres, according to estimates by the Technique and Quality Centre of the Interprofessional Bureau of Burgundy Wines. This is a level comparable to the [....]
de montille beaune 1er cru les aigrots 2005
Beaune 1er cru blanc today! 2005 de Montille, Beaune 1er Blanc Les Aigrots Medium-pale yellow. Lot’s of high-toned, sherbet notes over stony fruit and occasional hints of brioche. Good freshness, and not too much of the plump fat you often get in white Beaune. Actually there seems a slight family resemblance to the domaine’s Puligny – though clearly the considerable depth of flavour in the mid-palate lack’s for the Puligny’s fineness. I’d like a little more focus on the nose, but there’s no doubting how tasty it is. Rebuy – Maybe
2005 alain michelot nuits 1er les st.georges
2005 Alain Michelot, Nuits St.Georges 1er Les St.Georges Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose hangs with heavy mineral notes, a lovely pure cherry note and faint mushroom in the background. The entry texture is soft and smooth until a strong wall of grainy tannin raises its head. The acidity and the fruit extract are certainly up to the competition, providing a slight burst of complexity in the mid-palate and an oak-tinged lingering flavour. Showing mainly linearity and structure now and muscled structure at that. Tuck it away for a few years, it will need it… Rebuy – Yes
jean tardy 2005 chambolle les athets
Ah, those were the days, now where was I? 2005 Jean Tardy, Chambolle-Musigny Les Athets Medium, medium-plus colour. A deep, slightly baked fruit impression intertwined with a dark oak note – I think the oak is influencing the fruit. In the mouth the texture’s okay but I have the impression there’s some dissolved gas here making the tannin a little forward and the acidity slightly prickly. There’s some extra dimension, but it’s clearly not showing its best. Day 2 and the nose starts less interesting, but slowly a red-currant note tries to assert itself. The ‘rasp’ that I associated with dissolved gas is still there on the palate, though the tannin seems less forward. Tight? For sure, but versus some other village chambolles I could [....]
yesterday in the côtes
Yesterday was a day in the Côtes – well, Côte de Nuits anyway. Three super visits; two new domaines (Fougeray de Beauclair and JP & S Magnien), an update from an old contact (Comte Liger-Belair), lunch at the Table de Pierre Bourée and, of-course, a few bottles needed collecting “so far my vines are in great health, but that’s only because I didn’t take a holiday this summer” Naturally you’ll be interested in the weather and the grapes: there had been heavy rain overnight and we had only 15°C for most of the day – it was forecast to be 12° on Saturday! Vignerons are not too concerned about the low temperature as odium will not grow when it’s so cold, but that’s provided there [....]
offer of the week, bonneau du martray 2006…
CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 2006 – BONNEAU DU MARTRAY CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 2006 75cl 119.00 S.Fr CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 2006 150cl 243.00 Amidst all the general hype, BdM has kept prices rather steady over the last year or three. About 20% more expensive than lesser know producers, but equally about 20% cheaper than the likes of Henri Boillot. At release I would say that HB does manage to get more into the bottle, but also for me the jury is out on their longevity given ‘issues‘ with my former ‘beau’, the 2001 Henri Boillot. I think these prices are not bad at all…. Also in today, a new post from Jasper Morris to read…
summer burgundy report ++
It took some time, but finally the summer issue of the burgundy report went live on Monday. Too much work and not enough play was to blame for the delay – hopefully a little more balance will be achieved in the next months. I’ve updated the database that runs the NoteFinder – it’s well over 2,200 notes now, including domaine website and domaine profile links where they exist – it will probably go live on the site sometime tonight. I had a delivery of wine yesterday, but won’t get to taste any of it until tomorrow, but that will be a good ‘teaser’ as I’m in the Côtes on Friday – it’s just a shame the weather forecast is so bad – 12°C and wet [....]
