“The new standard of excellence is Burgundy…”

Are wine-drinkers becoming restless? Is Burgundy becoming the new Bordeaux?

Let’s hope not, I might feel the need to defect – or burrow deeper into only St.Romain and Monthélie ! 😉

DOMAINE DE L’ARLOT 2008 – Nuits-St-Georges

NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Le Petit Arlot 75cl 39.50 (Swiss Francs)
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Clos de l’Arlot 75cl 68.00
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Clos des Forêts Saint Georges 75cl 68.00

VOSNE-ROMANEE Les Suchots 75cl 84.00

ROMANEE SAINT VIVANT 75cl 248.00

l’Arlot are getting better and better press – presumably that means they can charge a premium over other producers – let’s see…

DOMAINE BOUCHARD PERE & FILS 2008

VINS BLANCS
MEURSAULT Genevrières 75cl 56.00 (69.00 in 2007) Swiss Francs
MEURSAULT Les Perrières 75cl 59.00 (75.00)

CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 75cl 104.00 (119.00)
CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET 75cl 178.00 (229.00)
CHEVALIER-MONTRACHET La Cabotte 75cl 309.00 (399.50)
MONTRACHET 75cl 355.00 (429.00)

VINS ROUGES
VOLNAY Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot 75cl 49.80
BEAUNE Grèves Vigne Enfant Jésus 75cl 75.00
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Les Cailles 75cl 63.00

LE CORTON 75cl 69.00
CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 109.00 (139.00)
ECHEZEAUX 75cl 109.00 (129.00)
CHAMBERTIN 75cl 154.00 (189.50)
CHAMBERTIN Clos de Bèze 75cl 149.00 (169.00)
BONNES-MARES 75cl 178.00 (228.00)

Some reasonable price movement here versus their 2007 offer – I’m sure I bought the Volnay and Meursault Perrières at those same prices in the 2002 vintage!

Whilst I still find the ‘baby Jesus’ a little expensive, I see real value in the premier crus if you are happy to drink the whites young, and of-course their Le Corton if you can afford to wait 20 years 😉

CORTON CHARLEMAGNE Grand Cru 2008   75cl 109.50 Swiss Francs (119.00)
CORTON CHARLEMAGNE Grand Cru 2008 150cl 224.00 (243.00)

The 2007 price is in brackets and from this source was the same as 2006.

Particularly in this vintage I have to say that this price flirts with ‘value’ – unfortunately there’s still no reason to presume that it will live longer than 5 years in your cellar.

Question: What’s worse than a bottle of p.oxed wine in your cellar? Answer: A magnum…

’tis the season…

Côte de Nuits
GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN Les Cazetiers 75cl 58.00 (59.00) Swiss Francs (2007 pricing)
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES Les Saint-Georges 75cl 75.00 (75.00)
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY Combe d’Orveau 75cl 89.00
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY Les Fuées 75cl 89.00 (98.00)

Grand Crus Red
CORTON Clos des Cortons 75cl 89.00 (95.00)
CLOS DE VOUGEOT 75cl 99.00 (99.00)
MAZIS-CHAMBERTIN 75cl 118.00 (119.00)
CHAMBERTIN Clos de Bèze 75cl 165.00 (169.00)

Grand Crus White
CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 75cl 149.00 (159.00)
BIENVENUES BATARD MONTRACHET 75cl 178.00
BATARD MONTRACHET 75cl 199.00

Relatively steady pricing versus 2007 for Domaine Faiveley…

LA FORGE DE TART 2008 75cl 129.00 (159.80 for the 2007) Swiss Francs

CLOS DE TART Grand Cru 2008 75cl 249.00 (299.50)
CLOS DE TART Grand Cru 2008 150cl 528.00 (629.00)
CLOS DE TART Grand Cru 2008 300cl 1196.00 (1398.00)

The offers are coming in, thick-and-fast.

A modest reduction versus 2007 here. I think that a ‘great’ wine can certainly be worth 250 SFr and this domaine does occasionally deliver ‘great’ but in this case I can’t offer guidance as I haven’t tasted. That said, no 1er cru of Morey is worth 130 Francs….

CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 2008 75cl 89.50 (Swiss Francs)
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY 1er cru 2008 75cl 149.00
CHAMBOLLE-MUSIGNY Les Amoureuses 2008 75cl 318.00
BONNES-MARES 2008 75cl 318.00
MUSIGNY Vieilles Vignes 2008 75cl 399.00

There seems to be a small rush of offers right now!

I will admit to having bought all (except Amoureuses, it’s too rare) these wines for a number of vintages, i.e. when they were 60% of this price – that would be the 1997-2001 vintages – I might buy again at those prices, but I’m not tempted by today’s tariff. At least I’m not tempted before I’ve tasted them 😉