Entries from 2008

drouhin-laroze 2005 gevrey 1er au closeau

By billn on July 04, 2008 #degustation

drouhin-laroze 2005 gevrey 1er au closeau

I think that Drouhin-Laroze are the only label you are likely to find for this 1er cru…
2005 Drouhin-Laroze, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Au Closeautry to find this wine...
Medium-plus cherry-red with plenty of purple at the rim. The nose doesn’t have too much depth, but the width is interesting with fresh, precise red cherry/berry notes and an edge of cream. Leave it a couple of hours and you end up with a more classic and forward earthy note edged with cream.  Fresh and perfectly balanced with understated but relatively fine tannin. The tannin comes a little more to the fore with time.  Not the concentration of many Gevrey 1ers from the vintage, indeed it just seems a little light until you get some 1er cru dimension in the mid-palate and length. Would be a real success in 2004, but in context it’s only almost good in 2005. At any rate it’s interesting, competent, clean and fresh with no overt oak character – it’s also very tasty. At the price I paid (almost 60 Sfr), it’s far from great value though.
Rebuy – Maybe

niellon 2006 chassagne-montrachet

By billn on July 03, 2008 #degustation

niellon chassagne montrachet 2006

2006 Niellon, Chassagne-Montrachettry to find this wine...
Medium-pale yellow. The nose is a full dose of medium-toast oak and additional quite savoury notes – if you give it a couple of hours there’s a little baked apple fruit. The taste is concentrated and likewise savoury and initially wood-dominated. Decent acidity pushes the length a little further – and it is long. I’d like my glass to show a little more fruit, but this has the potential to be a good Chassagne, just leave it a couple of years.
Rebuy – Maybe

jc boisset 2006 morey 1er monts luisants

By billn on July 01, 2008 #asides

jc boisset morey saint denis 2006 monts luisants 1er cru

Why not follow a Monts Luisants blanc with a Monts Luisants rouge?
2006 Jean-Claude Boisset, Morey St.Denis 1er Monts Luisants (Blanc)try to find this wine...
Medium-plus cherry red. The nose is soft, heavy with cherry-red fruit that’s accented by faint white pepper. Fills your mouth with ripe red fruit that widens into the mid-palate and takes on a slightly savoury element. The acidity is perfectly balanced, lingering in the mouthwatering finish. Understated concentration and intensity. Very primary for sure though accomplished and tasty.
Rebuy – Yes

jc boisset 2006 morey monts luisants blanc

By billn on June 29, 2008 #degustation

jc boisset 2006 morey saint denis monts luisants blanc chardonnay

2006 Jean-Claude Boisset, Morey St.Denis Monts Luisants (Blanc)try to find this wine...
One of the rarer bottlings by JCBoisset winemaker Gregory Patriat – a single barrel, 295 bottles. Pale lemon yellow. A nose of creamy oak plus bright pineapple fruit that slowly fades. Well textured and with perfect acidity. The flavours are ripe – not too much so – and tasty, but far from simple, I even imagine (perhaps) a little aniseed and coconut. Slowly fades. A super wine, and a fine buy.
Rebuy – Yes Two bottles drunk already, best re-order…

marc jomain 2005 puligny 1er les perrières

By billn on June 27, 2008 #degustation

marc jomain puligny perrieres

2005 Jomain, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Les Perrièrestry to find this wine...
Medium-pale lemon yellow colour. Width, and after their Combettes a more obvious higher-toast oak depth, with cream-edged pear fruit. The palate is more lithe and linear with better acidity. Good dimension in the mid-palate and the oak is less jarring and textured, super length here. This also needs 3 or 4 years for the oak to lessen, and the higher toast is not my beau, but there’s real quality here. Already after 2 hours open the high toast is transformed. Not as obviously dense as the Combettes but finer balance.
Rebuy – Yes

jomain 2005 puligny-montrachet 1er les combettes

By billn on June 26, 2008 #degustation

2005 Jomain, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Les Combettestry to find this wine...
A medium lemon yellow colour and a nose of citrus width, though never developing anything other than a little brioche depth. The palate is a mouth-full and initially reasonably textured, but as it slowly slides to the finish there is a little oaky texture and a lot of oak flavour. Despite concentration and intensity I’m currently missing freshness and a 1er cru mid-palate dimension. It’s a little one-dimensional and far from mouth-watering. I wouldn’t open another for 2-3 years to let the oak subside and hopefully unleash the wine within. If the oak just neads time, where will the freshness come from(?)
Rebuy – Maybe

I won’t quite describe it as humble pie, but after 48 hours in the refridgerator, there’s a nice extra creamy dimension on the nose and palate, and that oak has largely melted. I’d still like more acidity but this is at least a ‘maybe’ now…

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