Like chalk and cheese these two wines. The 2000 has a quite young, medium yellow colour whereas the 2001 is much more golden. Despite the colours, the 2000 is the more toasty and faintly madirised, the 2001 is aromatically much more like a classic white burgundy. The 2000 needs time in the glass as it starts also with madirised flavours – but they all-but disappear with 1 hour’s aeration, leaving some sweetness, good concentration and balance. The 2001 is very balanced but much more austere in the mid-palate and finish – just needs a little more sweetness for ’solo’ drinking, however, it fits really well with food. Overall, decent value wines that I occasionally see at reasonable prices on restaurant lists.
2000
2000 Méo-Camuzet Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Clos St. Philibert
2000 Méo-Camuzet Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Clos St. Philibert
2000 Comte Georges de Vogüé Bourgogne Blanc
Pale gold. A waxy nose with subtle, cream covered, pineapple. The nose slowly evolves a faint butterscotch edge. The density and balance when coupled with the acidity is rather good, it’s not entirely subtle but there is more than a hint of refinement, there’s even a lingering creamy edge to the nut infused finish. Very interesting and worth keeping in the cellar for 5+ years – as demonstrated by…
2000 Confuron-Cotetidot Bourgogne
2000 Méo-Camuzet Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits Clos St. Philibert
2000 Roulot Guy Bourgogne Blanc
2000 Thomas Charles Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Nuits
2000 Méo-Camuzet Bourgogne Rouge
A negociant wine. Medium, medium-pale cherry red. Rather subdued nose of, well, not that much actually. Some fat, good acidity and a nice creamy tinge to the finish. The tannin is there, but not obtrusive. It’s a reasonable enough wine, but today it’s giving up very little, and given it’s the price of a village wine I can’t really give it the thumbs up.