rounding up some recent bottles…

Update 9.6.2022(8.6.2022)billn

I have been lacking in my ‘home bottle’ notes of recent, mainly because I’ve been drinking plenty of my ‘home’ wines – ie ones that you’ve already seen too often in these pages – but here are a few different ones:

2020 Ardhuy, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Chaumes
It was nearly the end of the week and the tasting bottles were too numerous for the domaine to do anything with – so one was thrust into my palms:
This a wine with ripe, dark-fruited, moderately spiced aromatics – and fine clarity too. A wine with ample energy despite a generous demeanour – a delicious wine. Very stable too – it drank beautifully over three evenings.
Rebuy – Yes

2017 Alex Gambal, St.Aubin 1er Murgurs des Dents du Chien
There’s still a little aromatic oak padding here but the nose is still an invitation. A wine of evident structure and fine mouth-watering flavour – but for my taste, the oak is still a little too dominant. I will return to this only in another 2-3 years – but with confidence given the DIAM seals.
Rebuy – Maybe

2012 Domaine Faiveley, Corton-Charlemagne
This was the last vintage (2012) where I long-term cellared any whites that were sealed with cork – having thrown away too many high-priced, potentially great wines, due to oxidation.
Rather a dark colour but happily no oxidation – indeed there’s more of a firework-style reduction here – and what a complexity of aroma too – not the full creaminess of an aged white – but it’s starting to appear – still with energy and plenty of ripe fruit too. In the mouth – oh yes – so complex. For the first years this was a wine that I found a little over-generous in shape and energy but today it’s taut – it has been in training – it’s a great, great wine – bravo!
Rebuy – Yes

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

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  1. Markydb10th June 2022 at 8:54 pmPermalinkReply

    Every sound 2012 white I’ve had this year has been really good to great so the obviously sound Faiveley CC continues this trend. By the way, the 2012 Coche Meursault Perrieres left all 6 Burghounds at the table utterly speechless because it was utterly perfect.

    • billn10th June 2022 at 9:04 pmPermalinkReply

      Mark, of a slightly lower order, I recently had both 12 and 18 villages from Coche – the 12 was a marvel, the 18 very good but just lacking the complexity for very next level…
      The 2018…
      Also had the 19 villages – it’s showing waaaaay better than the 2018 right now!

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