Degustation

a 2005 monthelie with a too complicated name

By billn on April 11, 2008 #degustation

2005 Eric de Suremain Château de Monthelie, Monthelie 1er Sur La Velletry to find this wine...
Surprisingly deep colour. While far from profound, the nose has a raw, fruity depth and interesting width. The palate is bathed in well-textured ripe tannin, some brown-sugar sweetness and shows a dark edge to the fruit. Understated acidity and an understated finish too – at least to start – the finish becomes ever-more interesting. It’s well-priced and well-tasty, but today it doesn’t make me dream of burgundy…
Rebuy – Maybe
PS – How do you know what to call it? – Is it Château de Monthelie or is it Eric de Suremain? Tsk, Tsk…

clos des ducs, d’angerville 2001

By billn on April 10, 2008 #degustation

angerville volnay clos des ducs

2001 Marquis d’Angerville, Volnay 1er Clos des Ducstry to find this wine...
Medium ruby-red colour. The nose remains tight and undistinguished during our time together – faintly red, slightly high-toned and floral with an occasional deep baked red fruit note – but always very understated. A silky-smooth entry and nothing more than a suggestion of tannin. The acidity is inconspiciously efficient and there seems reasonable concentration. Silky and very long are the positives, and I found no negatives – unless you count that I found relatively little. It’s tight but judging by this bottle at least, I’m not disappointed that further bottles lie in the cellar.
Rebuy – Maybe
Following the Jarollières, this was a much nicer wine, but for the price (and expectation) it needs to show much more.

jean-marc boillot 2000 pommard jarollières

By billn on April 08, 2008 #degustation

jean-marc boillot pommard jarollieres

2000 Jean-Marc Boillot, Pommard 1er Les Jarollièrestry to find this wine...
Medium, medium-minus colour. The nose is a long way towards maturity with soft, ripe and sweet red berry fruit and faint cocoa notes that could come from a 1980’s wine. In the mouth there is still a block of tannin in the middle that needs resolving that has a dry edge. Decent enough acidity, if slightly lifted. Finishes well. Still not as tasty as its first 18 months in bottle but far better than most of the years that followed. Needs anothe 2-3 years for the tannins.
Rebuy – no

jeanniard morey 2005

By billn on April 04, 2008 #degustation

remi jeanniard

I spotted this on a usual merchant’s list for 29 francs – most ‘name’ villages wines cost 40+ francs, so naturally I was hoping for good things despite not knowing the name:
2005 Remi Jeanniard, Morey St.Denis Vieilles Vignestry to find this wine...
Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose is high-toned and a little alcoholic with a suggestion of a red-fruit core. Smooth entry, quite well concentrated and balanced – also in the mid-palate. I was ready to love this wine – particularly for the more than interesting tariff – but the smooth tannins have a strongly bitter finish to them that’s like charcoal. I assume it’s barrel derived but there are no other oak artifacts – strange and a shame as the rest of the wine is nice. I found it hard to drink, even on day 2 it was not much better – except with overcooked pizza!
Rebuy – No
So, no tale of a new name that smashes the value barrier – that said, the concentration is not bad and there’s quite some dissolved carbon dioxide so made in reductive, quality oriented way – but that bitterness is too much – I’ll lookout for some other vintages though it seems there are a number of Jeanniards (2 weeks ago I didn’t know of any) as I find this on a UK merchant’s website for an Alain Jeanniard:

“Between his father’s death in 1978 and his picking up the reins of the family Domaine in 2000, Alain Jeanniard earned his living in the electronics industry. Then he decided to return to his roots. First, he put himself through a wine and vineyard baccalauréat in Beaune. On completing, he was immediately recruited by the Hospices de Beaune to look after their two greatest Grand Cru vineyards on the Côte de Nuits: Mazis-Chambertin and Clos de la Roche. His own estate is less glamorous, but the vines give absolutely superb fruit. He is a carefully focussed, sensitive wine-maker, with enormous talent. Two years ago, we were the first company to introduce his wines to the U.K. Burgundy enthusiasts pounced on them, for they are superb quality and value.”

I’ll ask some locals what they know!

alex gambal 2005 les amoureuses

By billn on April 01, 2008 #degustation

gambal amoureuses

Nectar…
2005 Alex Gambal, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Amoureusestry to find this wine...
A beautiful medium-plus colour. The nose shows a width of soft fruit from the raspberry/strawberry part of the spectrum and even a hint of spice and mocha. The palate has an executive smoothness, the extract amply covering the tannin with ripe flavours. The fruit is quite primary, but is sweet and very tasty. Little complexity here, but it’s comely and very moreish.
Rebuy – Yes

alex gambal 2005 chambolle 1er charmes

By billn on March 29, 2008 #degustation

ecard jarrons gambal chambolle charmes

Did I ever say I loved Chambolle Charmes (Ponsot, Clerget etc., etc.)
2005 Alex Gambal, Chambolle 1er Les Charmestry to find this wine...
Deep cherry-red colour. The nose is a lovely layered effort with faintly perfumed top-notes and a soft core of dark fruit. In the mouth there is well submerged structure but it’s under lovely concentrated and relatively deep fruit that widens in the mid-palate before impressively lingering in the finish. Plenty of dry extract here that will reward patience.
Rebuy – Yes

2005 ecard savigny 1er les jarrons

By billn on March 28, 2008 #degustation

2005 Maurice Ecard, Savigny 1er Les Jarronstry to find this wine...
Medium red. Wide, slightly creamy, smooth red fruit dominates the nose. Smooth entry that runs swiftly into an intense mid-palate where the acidity starts to flow and augments a long finish. The mid-palate has some impressive complexity and weight of fruit. This wine delivers impressive concentration and complexity without obvious extraction and tannin. It clearly needs some slumber in the cellar but I’m pleased that I have some bottles waiting.
Rebuy – Yes

a brace of bachelet côte de nuits villages…

By billn on March 26, 2008 #degustation

denis bachelet cote de nuits villages 2004 2005

Domaine Denis Bachelet have updated their labels for 2005 and very nice they are too – also new and just off the picture is a tiny neck ‘lozenge’ for the vintage. I already noted in the last entry that the 2004 was problematic to start with, so I gave it a day-2 chance…
2004 Bachelet, Côtes de Nuits Villagestry to find this wine...
Medium-plus colour. The nose is pungent with cedary green odours, a significant swirl is required to release a faint sweet red note. Overnighting makes little difference to the aroma profile. The palate is supple, well textured and has a ripe complexion, but the cedar is very forward here too. Excellent for CdNV length, slightly creamy – but too pungent, even on day two.
Rebuy – No
2005 Bachelet, Côtes de Nuits Villagestry to find this wine...
Maybe a shade paler than the 2004, but there is still quite deeply coloured core. The nose is wide, with high-toned black berry-notes and a softer underbelly that hints at, but never really shows its cream. Mouth-filling, with almost covered, velvet tannin. Lots of primary fruit extract and a good expansion in the mid-palate. This is seriously lovely – with emphasis on the serious. I’ll have to check the price – and availability…
Rebuy – Yes

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