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1. 

   Will Cashman
   Member

   I had the pleasure of attending Nigel Donnans 2009 Red Burgundy tasting last week, which was was good fun. There was an interesting mix of wines on show, although Jadot & Vougeraie made up the majority of the offerings so the tasting wasn't as insightful as it might have been (as obviously producer style can have as much an effect as the vintage).

   The wines tasted were:
   Arlaud Bourgogne
   Bize Bourgogne
   Barthod Bourgogne
   Jadot Cote De Nuits Village
   Jadot Vosne Romanee
   Vougeraie Pommard
   Vougeraie Gevrey
   Jadot Beaune 1er 'Ursules'
   Vougeraie Nuits 'Damodes'
   Vougeraie Bonnes Mares

   Overall I quite enjoyed the wines, as they were less blowsy than I might have expected them to be. While there certainly wasn't an excess of acidity on show, the wines for the most part were well balanced. Some of the wines were incredibly accessible already. My
   favourite wines for the tasting were the Barthod Bourgogne, Jadot Vosne & Jadot Ursules, which all showed great balance, perform and had super finishes. The Vougeraie wines were quite impressive but a little too modern for my palate on the night (although I expect
   that they had plenty of stuffing to age on, which might help integrate the not insubstantial amount of oak that they contained.

   On the back of last night I think there is a good chance that 2009 will provide some nice wines for early drinking. I think I'll leave my basic 09s for another year or so and then start trying them out, whilst leaving the 05/06/08/10s age for a good bit longer.

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Gilberto
   Member

   First of all let me say hello to everybody on this fine forum.

   I post my comment and question here, although this could have been done also elsewhere. I have the impression that Bill in his reports and most people on this forum tend to consider 2010 a better vintage than 2009. The latter being best suited to early drinking. I do not have enough experience to judge myself and am just comparing opinions.
   In particular I had heard an interview with Frederic Mugnier by Antonio Galloni, in which Frederic said the opposite, namely that he would rather drink 2010 before 2009. He was not putting one vintage above the other and describing with emphasis the positive characteristics of both. He just said that they were "as opposite as two vintages can be". But the point he was making very strongly about 2009 was that this was a vintage of true "vins de garde", and that most wines of this vintage would outlive most of us.
   Aging would bring out the complexity in the wines.

   Comments? Opinions?

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   bill nanson
   admin

   Hi Gilberto - I'm happy drink either vintage young and old, and I'm pretty sure that both will be rewarding in their own way.

   Thanks for the perspective Will!

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   maureen nelson
   Member

   Not sure how helpful this comment will be, Gilberto (or how relevant once the 2010s show up). But I had the opportunity to taste a half dozen bottled barrel samples of 2010 Jadot reds just a few days after a group of us tasted 8-9 2009 reds - and I greatly preferred the 2010s for drinking right now because the 09s seemed young and grapey (as you'd expect) while the 2010s seemed more subtle and sophisticated. If this snap judgment approximates M. Mugnier's relative assessment of his 2010s vs. his 2009s, it makes sense he'd prefer to sit on his 09s relative to his 2010s.

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Gilberto
   Member

   maureen nelson said:
   Not sure how helpful this comment will be, Gilberto (or how relevant once the 2010s show up).

   Thanks, Maureen, these were quite relevant remarks.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   Pena
   Member

   New to this Forum, and found a need to comment on this thread. A lot has been said about the 2009 vintage, and for me it was a real disappointment. There isn't enough acidity for my liking, the extract is to high, and the fruit to dark. I bought my regular allocations from top domaines, and supplied only with wine I have tasted personally.
   2010 however is really shining so far (from the few bottles I have tasted). They have real nerve, crunch, are in perfect balance and offer great pleasure now.
   I hope that the 09s will eventually come into balance, when the overwhelming dark fruit mellows out, and the acidity is brought forward. But to me, so far, it seems a bit like "to much of a good thing". If one general thing about 09 could be said, it is probably that you should go for the normally very rustic villages - nuit-saint-georges and gevrey-chambertin.

   Posted 1 year ago #
7. 

   Joachim
   Member

   I totally agree with you, Pena. We had this discussion here some month ago, just have a look on the second page of the forum, there you can find our posts (Even if its just to find out that you're not alone) ;-)

   Posted 1 year ago #
8. 

   Antoine
   Member

   I had a beautiful and delicious Bouchard Volnay les Taillepieds 2009. Suppose the terroir does balance a bit the vintage but the wine had great nose and some complexity on the palate

   Posted 1 year ago #

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