So, 90 years on since they bought the vineyard – I assume that none of the original vines contributed to this wine 😉

2003 Louis Jadot, Corton-Charlemagne
Medium-plus yellow. The first sniff shows an obvious note of oxidation – it’s not on a high-level, but it’s obvious all the same. Here’s one of those wines that just gets better the longer it is open, so everything that follows is 90 minutes after opening: Depth, ripe lemons, a little honey in the middle and a mineral, flighty top-note – there’s not a hint of oxidation in the aromas anymore! Wide, concentrated and silky, with a clear mineral centre-line that has a trace of saltiness too. That line of flavour moves slowly through to the finish where there’s even a little smooth tannin and a more mouth-watering finishing flavour! Not super-fresh but certainly with adequate balance. Very good wine indeed, if not great; unless you want to describe it in the context of the vintage, at which point, I thing ‘great’ is fair comment…
Rebuy – Yes and for 2003 white too!

Jadot celebrated the centenary of the purchase of this vineyard last year – they also bought one of their domaine plot of Corton-Charlemagne at the same time. Maybe Corton-Charlemagne tomorrow, but today is Pougets’ time!

2000 Louis Jadot, Corton-Pougets
Medium, medium-plus colour. I very-much like what I’m smelling here; there’s a width of dark, plummy-damson fruit and the added freshness of some leafy development. This nose goes deep, and has a faint spice note too. This has plenty of power, and the fruit flavour is certainly fresher than the nose would suggest. There remains just a little tannin, and that tannin has a faint astringency – but it’s something to note, rather than something to dominate the conversation. An impression of width in the mid-palate and into the lithe, fresh finish. This wine tastes far better on its own than with sweet or strongly flavoured food – interesting. I just had to savour the last half after eating! As a grand cru goes, this wine in 2000 is definitely modest, but it also costs less than many 1er crus of recent vintages!
Rebuy – Yes

I guess I’ve been a lone voice reviewing these wines since at least 2003, but here’s yet another wine that offers serious value…

2009 des Varoilles, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Clos des Varoilles
Medium-plus colour. The nose has a lovely depth of red berries but despite that extra twist of 2009 ripeness, there’s fine freshness too. Full, intense and with concentrated sweet fruit – yet, just like the nose there’s tons of freshness too – I suppose that’s the way it should be, given its position on the hillside. There’s a bit of silken fat that slowly becomes more velvet as you hold the wine in your mouth. Very tasty stuff, and at a price to embarrass many famous names in the village…
Rebuy – Yes

2002 Faiveley, Nuits St.Georges 1er Clos de la Marechale
I’ve been patient for long enough – so today I’ve decided to open one of these. There’s none of that ridiculous shaking needed to loosen the hold of any CO₂, because this is when wines were made sensibly – you can simply pop and pour, and then taste wine! The colour’s still medium-plus and the nose has some spice and a sharp note of red fruit coupled with a little herb – it makes me think that this wine could bite me! As it turns out, it’s more of playful love-bite; yes there’s a faintly astringent tannic baseline, but the fruit is cool yet rather seductive. As your mouth waters, you have a fine, if understated, long fruit note buttressed by minerality. Clearly this is still very-much a baby wine, but I like what I’m tasting. Lots…
Rebuy – Yes