Château Chorey-les-Beaune - Germain

2008 Château Chorey-les-Beaune - Germain Beaune Vignes Franches

By billn on June 30, 2010

Only in bottle for 1 week – it was the only one of the domaine’s wine that had a really extended malolactic fermentation. All the rest of the (red) cuvées had been bottled in March/April. Medium colour. Very high toned aromas, but perhaps that the recent bottling. Full, weighty and showing really good intensity – lovely precision and balance.

2008 Château Chorey-les-Beaune - Germain Beaune Les Teurons

By billn on June 30, 2010

Denser, deeper red fruit aromas after the Vignes-Franches. Much more intensity but it is matched by more tannic structure. Not a brute but certainly a wine to lay down.

2008 Château Chorey-les-Beaune - Germain Beaune Les Cras Vieilles Vignes

By billn on June 30, 2010

Medium colour. Soft, comforting but never heavy fruit aromas. Again this is intense, but with a much more pronounced mineral spine. A really good burst of complexity in the mid-palate.

2008 Château Chorey-les-Beaune - Germain Beaune Sur Les Grèves

By billn on June 30, 2010

Blanc. Sited toward Teurons the chardonnay vines, planted by Benoit’s great-grandfather, are about 70 years old. 1.5-2.5 (big) barrels each year. Biscuity, savoury aromas. This is soft and a little fat after the reds. There is really a nice dimension of toffee’d fruit. Long finishing on good acidity. After a few 2005 reds this is a very compelling drink.

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