Locally we have the 'ascension' holiday - so the weekend has come early.
I have left a dirty trail of wax in the kitchen after chipping away the capsule of a 1986 Confuron-Cotetidot Clos de Vougeot. It starts with a gorgeous, sumptuous nose but the palate cannot compete....
Andrew Hall
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Had '91 D. Laurent Malconsorts at lunch today.
OK. Slight brown to the color, but proper on the palate. Nice dust to the nose. Palate was slightly earthy, dried fruit in a good way. Was nice enough, but lacked any VR pizazz, let alone Malc character. Ended up being outshown by a trio of esoteric whites.
Bert Bessems
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I started with a Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Sous Frétille 2007 from Rapet, good fruit, lovely nose on the palate ripe and fresh though I might keep a few bottles to try in 2 -3 years. Yesterday I had a bottle Clos de la Roche 2001 from Rousseau lovely nose, cool red fruit but on the palate the wine is not ready.
Andrew Hall
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Thanks for the note on the Rousseau. Have a couple bottles of that lurking and that will stay lurking.
2006 P-Y Colin-Morey Puligny Les Folatieres last night at Blue Hill. Mineral candy. Nice citrus. Layer of baby fat which grew over time. Still really enjoyable with dinner and a bit later with a particularly ripe cheese.
Goughie13
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Been working weekend on and off on the ole bank laptop hence decided suitable reward was justified Sunday evening with the added bonus of watching the English batsmen wallop Australia all round Bridgetown, Barbados cricket ground to win the world 20:20 whilst Millie, our ageing pedigree Ragdoll cat, purred on my lap.
First up Domaine Larue, 2002, St Aubin 1er cru Murgers des Dents de Chien. 3rd bottle of a full case of this bought en primeur from OW Loeb of London, recently pulled from bond. Subdued nose but hawthorn blossom and cream vanilla. Mid to pale gold. Initial stony minerality then a burst of mouth filling front palate richness, green appley fruits, tinned pineapple, over a chalky, dusty base. Lingering finish. Very good indeed. Lots to this. I love the terroir and like Larue for their under the radar q p r and subtle, slightly austere, mineral, wth good acidity, true to the terroir, wines.
Next, avec boeuf borguignon, Domaine Rene Engel, 1997, Vosne-Romanee 1er cru Les Brulees. This is in a nice phase moving into a secondary place. Decanted 30-45 minutes, fading watery, pale ruby, cloudy rim. Big nose, very vegetal, mushroom , compost, sous bois, cold black coffe hints & Vosne spice. Super cool blackberry fruit palate, totally together, no rough edges at all, maybe on the down slope but a lovely cool, complex, fruity drink onto very slightly noticeable drying tannins. Maybe at it's best a year or two back with more depth/body. This is gving me more with every sip. Nowhere does Pinot Noir like this than the Cote D'Or. Such a sad event that so talented a wine maker like Philippe Engel is no longer with us.
Finally, maybe should be on another thread, but 'er indoors finished off my V & F Jouard 2002 Chass-Mon 1er cru Maltroie from last night and invited me to taste. This had shown all the signs of prem-ox yesterday. But, cor blimey wow, what a difference overnight in the fridge for the last fifth of the bottle. Am kicking myself for not following my own previously Bill's site posted mantra of decanting white burgs if looking dodgy. This even seemed to have changed colour to a lighter, less orange, appearance. Still tasted atypically Jouard new oaky but otherwise was a lovely drink of creamy fruit and minerality. Very yummy. Know what I'm doing now with my remaining 2 bottles of Jouard 02 C-M 1er cru Chaumees !! If these guys throttled back on the oak a little these would be knock out.
Nice notes Mark - hawthorn blossom - that's the note I sometimes find but can never think of while at the keyboard!
:-)
MarkR
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For me the 1st of a half case of 2006 Domaine Jean Grivot Vosne-Romanée. This is quite harsh, lots of tannin, with cranbury fruit. I would hope this will be a good wine in the future, there is definitely structure there, just not enjoyable at the moment. Will leave the others for a good few years.
Mark,
I last tasted that wine about a year ago and it was far more enjoyable than your note suggests. Perhaps it's time to let these 2006s rest for a few years?
Cheers,
Will
Andrew Hall
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Last night : David Duband 06 Clos de la Roche
Nice enough. Stemmy succulence and transparent structure. Good fruit. Sides of the mossiness, roundness and bulkiness of CdlR. Certainly enjoyable and better than many. Shallow on the finish and lacking overall stature. Not bad, but still so hard to evaluate in the context of the history of this parcel and the loss of a truly unique expression - not fair to this wine, I am sure. Overall, not truly of GC depth or merit.
bmcq
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I made the mistake of opening a 2005 Dominique Laurent Chambolle villages last Wednesday night. It was totally closed: virtually no nose and a dimensionless brooding dark cherry and tar taste. The potential is there, but it's not coming out for a while.
By contrast, on Friday we opened a 2006 Hudelot-Noellat bourgogne which started off displaying higher notes of strawberry and a little sweet vanilla with the flavor melding into some tighter tannins and wood at the end. It was light and lacked the full spectrum of better appellations, but for the money, it was a very good bottle. Again, it displayed it's class by remaining decent the next day: obviously more oxidized, but decent darker fruit still showing through with a tighter finish.
The previous week, for a dinner, we opened a bottle of '96 D. Laurent Charmes-Chambertin. It had a classic long gritty Gevery body in the midpalate introduced by sweet darker fruits and finished by some iron tannins. The whole spectrum was seasoned by that pepper spiciness that really lasted.
Rick Dalia
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Mark, I had all but forgotten the '97 (or was it '96?) Engel - Brulees that I attempted to get by an online auction site, only to have it snatched up by some unknown online bidder about 15 seconds prior to the bidding close, leaving me no time to make a counter-bid (I so prefer live auction houses...) Now I'm reminded and saddened that I may never get to try one of Engel's wines.
Anyways, thanks for a great TN.
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