Gagnard Jean-Noël

2008 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Blanchot Dessus

By billn on November 29, 2011

Full, round and very complex aromas – never a classic wine of Chassagne to me – but super it its own way. Lush and rich yet with excellent acidity and energy. Surely some creamy barrel aspects but the layers of flavour are so compelling. Is there anything missing? Perhaps just a hint of Caillerets minerality; with that, it could have been the best 2008 I tasted at home this year.

2008 Gagnard Jean-Noël Santenay Clos des Tavannes

By billn on April 23, 2011

Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose has a cool yet welcoming range of fruit aromas, perhaps topped with faint violets. Very good flavour that seems quite wide and, with it, a very good persistence. The balance here is just about perfect (for me), tannins only showing themselves if you chew. Lovely wine. As a direct comparison, and as drinkable as this wine is, it falls short of the intensity of the Montrevenots earlier in the week, by comparison seeming more dilute – that doesn’t mean that I like it any less – the aromas improve all the time and are quite a match for the Beaune.

2008 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Blanchot Dessus

By billn on April 17, 2011

Medium lemon yellow. The nose is clean and gives-up a line of bright, ripe yellow fruit; like the Caillerets accented with faint creamy vanilla – though perhaps with less to hold the attention and saying little to me of Chassagne. Slightly fat texture but with very good acidity bubbling below – it’s certainly richer than the Caillerets but not in a negative sense. I find this tighter than my recollection though there’s a concentrated block of good flavour and intensity in the mid-palate – the flavour lasts long too. Very nice wine indeed but, today at least, it can’t match that precocious Caillerets (of which I think I need more!).

2008 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets

By billn on April 13, 2011

Medium-pale lemon yellow. The nose is crystal clear and accented with faint creamy vanilla – very absorbing. Gorgeous balance with an intense core of mineral and fruit that lingers long in the finish. This wine is taking over the evening with a vituoso performance. Lovely

2009 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet La Maltroie

By billn on April 08, 2011

A tiny amount of sulfur on the nose. In the mouth this both mineral and intense – and has a lovely, lingering acidity. Joyous!

2009 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Blanchot Dessus

By billn on April 08, 2011

The nose is a little more generous than the previous wines. In the mouth it’s more complex than the preceding wines with flavour that grows in the mid-palate and is very long lasting.

2009 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets

By billn on April 08, 2011

The nose is more detailed with that background of Chassagne herbs. Lovely freshness – wide yet very mineral. Super-intense. I find this absolutely lovely!

2009 Gagnard Jean-Noël Chassagne-Montrachet Les Morgeots

By billn on April 08, 2011

(Red) This nose has a wider impression of fruit, tinged with a little herbs. More tannin, again with a little grab but finely grained. The flavour slowly lingers in the finish – more mineral than fruit. It would be silly to call Morgeots an elegant wine, but after the l’Estimé I think you will understand what I mean.

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