Roche de Bellene

2008 Roche de Bellene Meursault Vieilles Vignes

By billn on July 07, 2010

Medium yellow. A faint toast quickly lifts to leave a wide and deep, but never heavy, curtain of ripe but fresh, sweet fruit. In the mouth there is perfect acidity and a sweetness that comes from perfectly ripe fruit. Wide but essentially linear flavours just add a hint of extra creamy width in the mid-palate – there’s no obvious fat here. Good length with still a hint of sweetness. A bottle that on a warm summer day empties very quickly indeed…

2008 Roche de Bellene Volnay Pitures

By billn on June 30, 2010

From the white marl close to Pommard 1er Chanlins. Perfumed, quite beautiful fruit. This is the first wine that shows a little fat to counter the structure. Gorgeous fruit – super.

2008 Roche de Bellene Volnay Santenots

By billn on June 30, 2010

The aromas are narrower than the Pitures but the red fruit is still a very pretty thing. Again there is some fat here, the tannins being well-covered. Rounder than the Pitures though I preferred that expression of fruit.

2008 Roche de Bellene Nuits St.Georges Les Murgers

By billn on June 30, 2010

The aromas have a denser impression to the red fruit but there are still some pretty floral aromatics too. Good fruit and structure – there’s a good balance here.

2008 Roche de Bellene Gevrey-Chambertin Les Combottes

By billn on June 30, 2010

A wine that Nicolas says he has been waiting a long time to get hold of. Nice, elegant and fine fruit – not showing much depth today. Clearly there’s an executive texture of silky tannin here. The flavours like the aromas are a little tight. The wine impresses on some levels, it’s certainly quite elegant, but I’d have preferred to spend a little more time with it.

2008 Roche de Bellene Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts

By billn on June 30, 2010

The same understatement as the Petits Monts. There’s a little extra fat but essentially the same post-bottling tightness as the last wines.

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