ouch – some dangers in mixing and matching…

Update 30.5.2017(29.5.2017)billn

As I sat tasting a few excellent Beaujolais last week, my tasting partner asked – fancy a P-M interlude? It wasn’t really my subject du jour but I can be a game old boy, so why not? Of-course I was expecting a gulf of difference, of elegance, of effortless excellence – but it didn’t work out like that.

Now, a number of people have accused me (to my face, so that’s fair) of being a Perrot-Minot hater – simply because I didn’t include him in my book – but there was a much simpler reason for not including the domaine: For someone writing in 2010, was I supposed to choose pre-2007 P-M or post-2007 P-M to write about? If the latter, were 2 vintages sufficient to provide a well-rounded judgement? – Of-course, no. Any followers of the domaine will know that there is a world of difference, post 2007 wines having left behind the lure of heavy extraction in the search of elegance. I think the wines are even better today than 5 or 6 years ago, admittedly they are expensive, but in the same pricing echelon as Grivot, Méo and a host of others.

So the Nuits was subdued, beautifully textured but lacking sparkle or energy. The Chambolle – despite its price – fared worse, only the finish left a great impression. We went back to our Beaujolais (in the May report) and order was restored. A funny world…

Agree? Disagree? Anything you'd like to add?

There is one response to “ouch – some dangers in mixing and matching…”

  1. aseah31st May 2017 at 1:26 amPermalinkReply

    Do you think this is the house style or is it perhaps a bit young and recovering from bottle shock?

    • billn31st May 2017 at 3:19 pmPermalinkReply

      I don’t discount it out of hand Alvin, but the BJ wines were also recently bottled – and it was a flower day 🙂

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