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p.ox
premature oxidation of white wines
p.ox denial…
Producers in denial as blight leaves some French white wines ‘almost undrinkable’
Hardly a major exposé, but the generalist wine-writing cliques are slowly catching-on…
1999 morey-blanc meursault (yuk!)
1999 Morey-Blanc, Meursault
Inspecting the half-bottle, there’s some very fine sediment at the base and the wine is not perfectly bright. Under the capsule it is completely black, it looks like you could plant potatoes! The cork comes out and has pink and blue lines down it, the dark coloured wine is – [...]
white wines with a red nose…
Impressed with my dexterity in Photoshop? Actually it is just a moody (blurred!) image from my phone…
Only a few days after a day-trip to Mürren we find ourselves in Klosters – well it is the season! Mainly blue sky, but getting a little warm with sticky snow by lunchtime – good for delivering the [...]
côtes + antonin guyon 2000 corton-charlemagne
Friday was a day in the Côtes – and pretty cold it was too! White (mainly) fluffy stuff was hitting the car and ground for 99% of the journey to Beaune, but 5km from the Beaune exit and the snow was gone – unfortunately rain prevailed – still I wasn’t going to be walking [...]
1998 jean-marc boillot puligny-montrachet
After the ‘98 Fevre, I thought it safe to pull out another – if you have any of these, I suggest you drink them quickly. Perhaps I’ll pull out the last of my ’98s – I have a Jadot Charlemagne somewhere. I hope that this informal trio (Fevre, JM Boillot & Jadot) don’t [...]
2000 bouchard père chablis 1er montmains (p.ox)
2000 Bouchard Père et Fils, Chablis 1er Montmains
Just a little darker than last week’s 02 Perrières, but frankly nothing more than a medium gold – no alarm bells. The nose is deep, a little exotic and not really hinting of oxidation, more about toffee-edged fruit – not exactly Chablis-esque, but way-ahead of the [...]
the loss of a faithful old friend… (p.ox)
I’d heard rumours of its demise, but only now have the rooks come home to roost (chez moi). The wine retains an overly optimistic young hue given that both the aromas and flavours are coloured by oxidation – this wine has passed. I will drink my last bottle over the weekend; either to [...]
2002 meursault 1er perrières bouchard père et fils
I was ‘pushed’ to try this following reports from another place that this cuvée was starting to show signs of p.ox – that would be a real shame because, from day 1, it’s been a wonderful wine – and it would also mean that I would need to drink up my modest few bottles. [...]
ponsot 02 morey st.denis 1er clos des monts luisants vv
The pic is from my bottle of the 2001, whereas this 2002 by comparison disappoints. Medium gold and plenty of oxidative aromas and flavours. Given that I (the hater of oxidation) still drank 3 glasses, shows there is still something positive to be said for the wine – though this is clearly an [...]
“white burgundy time-bomb…”
Here.
Welcome Jane – but about 2-3 years late for many of your readers.
I wonder if this more public discussion will finally start to reduce the auction price of 1995 and younger wines. Those prices have previously held up remarkably well in the face of owners ‘getting rid’ (dumping). If auction prices [...]
ouch – potential p.ox from a benchmark wine
Thursday was just your average evening: me gatecrashing a dinner in Beaune with 3 former ‘harvest (07) mates’, plus two winemakers and someone ‘ITB’ (in the business) from Australia…
Prompted by an earlier Henri Boillot bottle that was more than a little tired I had decided that I had to open a 2001 Corton-Charlemagne. I [...]
sauzet 2000 villages chassagne
2000 Etienne Sauzet, Chassagne-Montrachet
Golden colour – maybe a little too golden for the vintage. The nose confirms it, oxidised – not too badly to drink, or too strident – a level that would be forgivable if it was ten years older. The palate has some width and creamy, oaky flavours of reasonable length. Despite quite [...]
