2007 Potel Nicolas Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

Not often you are served a Chaumes after a Malconsorts, but here the fruit aromas are darker and edged with caramel. IN the mouth it is softer and a hint sweeter than the Malconsorts – I initially thought it was shown out of sequence, but there’s an impressively intense concentration of fruit in the mid-palate. Again some faint astringency to the tannin – this is a super Chaumes.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Meursault Vieilles Vignes

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

Fermentations were started in oak tanks before being transferred to barrels. Finer, tighter aromas with just a hint of baked bread. Very nice in the mouth – beautiful, really excellent villages (was all I wrote!).

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2007 Potel Nicolas Gevrey-Chambertin Lavaux St.Jacques

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

An interesting nose brings a slightly musky impression over fine soil, dark fruit and hints of raisin. Very silky tannin and super acidity. Understated overall despite its sweet fruit. This doesn’t particularly make me think to Lavaux today, but it’s lovely all the same.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

A higher-toned red-fruit nose of very good depth. Concentrated, though the flavours are a little more diffuse versus the Chaumes, but like that wine, it tightens to provide a super core of fruit. The finish is rewarding, though perhaps a little behind the previous two Vosnes.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Meursault Bouchères

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

A high-toned, wide with slightly creamy fine fruit. Fuller than the villages but with good balance – super in the mid-palate. Slowly fading – excellent.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Côte de Nuits Villages

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

Bottled in November. A fresh, understated nose with a few hints of herbs. Sweetness and good attack – a hint of gas – reminds of Gevrey-style. This needs a little cellar rest, but is almost good.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

Wide, ‘tender’ aromatics that are complex at the core. Just a hint of carbon dioxide on the tongue. A fulsome impression without ever becoming plump or fat. A little fine-grained tannin. Very, very pretty wine – and just a little bit more complexity than some.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Puligny-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes

By on June 30, 2009 #asides

A little more aromatic impact and similar freshness – though perhaps the fruit is less fine. Fatter but balanced by the freshness. Nice intensity – good wine.

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2007 Potel Nicolas Savigny-lès-Beaune

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Bottled in November. Another understated nose, but clean and tidy with a dark-fruit complexion. There’s good extension of flavour through the mid-palate and into the finish. Again a nicely fresh wine with an underlying structure that recommends a little resting time in the cellar.

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