Last night we had a Nuits St.Georges Les Saint Georges 1993 from Chevillon it was a great bottle. Full mature colour, meaty, earthy and spices, sous-bois, very pure Pinot fruit, elegant and long, ripe with lots of complexity. A point, lovely wine.
Sadly enough this was my last bottle.
Weekend commencing 23rd July
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Bert Bessems
MemberPosted 2 years ago # -
Shame it was your last - but if enjoyed it lived a 'worthy' life ;-)
For me and 06 Gambal Bourgogne Chardonnay, and an 07 L&A Lignier Bourgogne pinot noir. Simple but very rewarding!
Added an '86 Rebourseau Mazy-Chambertin (half) as the domestic management is 'with cold' and not drinking wine - showing very well and still 22 left from this case...!
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pifcho
MemberFor me this weekend was time to crack the 2003 Bouchard Volnay Caillerets Carnot. From a half bottle. This seemed in a great place. Very spicy - the fruit was obvious, but not overpowering. Overall extremely enjoyable with good secondary flavors emerging. I have very little experience with the vintage, as I have been generally avoiding it, but this will certainly make me look for more. Any recommendations in as far as producers that did well? Has anyone had the 2003 Bouchard Vosne Suchots? I see it at very good price... Thanks.
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BP&F have been very consistent in their contention that this was a great vintage. Personally I prefered the average 04 for 3 months until the malaise set in. I bought half my normal volume, but stayed with the top wines - I'm in for the long-haul. I expect the Suchots should also be as enjoyable as the Volnay, but I don't think it's a domaine wine(?)pifcho said:
For me this weekend was time to crack the 2003 Bouchard Volnay Caillerets Carnot. From a half bottle. This seemed in a great place. Very spicy - the fruit was obvious, but not overpowering. Overall extremely enjoyable with good secondary flavors emerging. I have very little experience with the vintage, as I have been generally avoiding it, but this will certainly make me look for more. Any recommendations in as far as producers that did well? Has anyone had the 2003 Bouchard Vosne Suchots? I see it at very good price... Thanks.
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bmcq
Member1995 M. Boillot Volnay; amazingly bright raspberry/buttonberry entry, complex, coffee and white meat midpalatte with tangents of licorice and cardomum, ending in superfine grit tannins. A really lovely bottle of wine; gentle sweet warbling oboe entry with the cellos humming seriously and deeply in the background. What faint woody vanilla was well woven into the fabric, not identifiable, but hinting around some hazy, oaky penumbra.
The nose started out a little weird with some port like wafts but then settled into classic old pinot aromas with muted gardenia and cherry. Just wonderful.
This too was the last of a quad I bought back in 1997, back in the halcyon days of affordability. I think I payed about $25US. Damn.
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Hmm - has bmcq set down a benchmark tasting note? - I'd love to put that under the nose of somebody who doesn't drink wine ;o)
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Rick Dalia
MemberMy "villages" weekend:
friday: '06 J. Drouhin - Nuits St.Georges(from restaurant's wine list friday eve) - took quite awhile to open, which is always a problem at a restaurant. (I wonder how many patrons order this and drink up, disappointed, too quickly). perfumed and lovely nose, blackberry brambles, red cherry, clean and pure on the palate. tannins there.Saturday: '07 Bachelet-Monnot Chassagne-Montrachet - very nice, though big, fairly rich, round, and fat on the palate but not too much. Yes, this reminded me of Walter Hansel's Russian River Valley Chardonnay's. The oak is there.
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