2010 Ramonet, Bourgogne Pinot Noir
‘Nomacorked’. Medium, medium-plus colour. Quite high toned fruit but with a dark-skinned cherry impression. Whilst the 09 was a bit of a triumph chez Ramonet, this is a wine that is just a little mouth-puckering. Fresh it is though, and with a nice intensity too – I’d definitely want some food as a foil to this, though.
Rebuy – Maybe
Starting with bit of an advertorial from François Labet at Château La Tour in the Clos de Vougeot.
We just started slowly and our forecast looks quite accurate. We picked yesterday the young vines replanted in the Vieilles Vignes plots at Chateau de la Tour.
We expect to produce about 50% of a normal harvest!!! fortunately the buckets of sorted fruits are quite empty as the grapes used are ripe and clean. This will enable us to produce a great vintage.
There will certainly be a Cuvée Hommage in 2012 !!
François Labet, this morning
Ça y est c est parti ! Gros score hier au nombre de parcelle , clos des angles , pommard fremiers , jarolieres , chanlins, volnay fremiets , cailleret , taillepieds , chevret …. Mais très petit score au niveau des raisins entre 12 et 18 Hl / Ha !!!
Nicolas Rossignol, this morning
The are some new notes here.
The rain of yesterday has abated for today, indeed it has turned-out to be a beautiful mid-20°s afternoon, but storms are forecast for tomorrow – just as I arrive – that will be good baptism I expect.
Bumped into Fred Mugnier in his Amoureuses. Totally healthy and ok volume. Not much Marechale though
— Jasper Morris (@justjasper) September 23, 2012
Forecast is pretty mixed for the next week, so many people have advanced plans. David Clark has done Vosne and Morey, CDN Villages today
— Jasper Morris (@justjasper) September 23, 2012
Starting with two views…
Miserable day in Burgundy. Rain overnight and drizzling now. Not good for the grapes.
— Nayan Gowda (@vinosity) September 22, 2012
Rainfall from yest to this morning. 32mm in Savigny, 22mm in Volnay. Given the drought in the past 5 weeks, I think the vines can take it.
— Chanterêves (@TomokoKuriyama) September 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/Patrick_Essa/status/249403183401680897
At the home domaine anyway!
Today was the home-team’s start (ignoring a little bourgogne blanc must, already delivered) with grapes arriving from Beaune 1er Cras, Savigny 1er Les Peuillets and Aloxe 1er Les Valozières.
‘The Boss’ notes:
Honestly, it looks good – I’m surprised to be happy!
I’ve delayed as much as possible, but these vineyards (at least) are quite easy to triage – just some dried grapes from either hail or sunburn. So-far we’ve had no botrytis to remove, the grapes arriving this morning were cold and firm – it was around 5°C when they were picked. Of-course, every vineyard is different: some of my usual contracts I’ll walk away from due to pretty awful fruit. On the other hand some of my usual suppliers have walked away from me as they have nothing to sell. Clearly from what we have, the liquid to solids ratio is going to be quite low, yields probably averaging about 20hl/ha (some whites are lower!) but we won’t know for sure until we press…
The team is aiming to get some Meursault on Saturday, Volnays on Sunday and the Chassagne 1ers either Sunday or Monday. As noted, the mornings are cold but the harvest is being done today in bright sunshine – maybe there’s a chance of some rain on Friday though.
Many other domaines started last week for whites – in Meursault at least – to be joined by the likes of Jadot, Latour, Olivier Leflaive, Nicolas Rossignol, Thomas Bouley, J-N Gagnard, Antoinne Olivier, Chandon de Briailles and Ray Walker from yesterday onwards.
A small selection of their images:
For those with an interest, there’s a new book been published about the Hospices de Beaune – in theory with new material from the archives. At almost 500 pages you will have to work hard to find the new material, if for no other reason than the book is published in French! Looks like a true reference work…
(No affiliation, etcetera…)
Oh, and for your interest – and a bit of fun – how about trading-up?
2010 Jean-Marc Bouley, Bourgogne Hautes Côtes de Beaune
Medium-plus colour. Not super-concentrated aromas but the delicate dark red berries are rather precise. The obvious first impression is the tightening of your cheeks due to the forward acidity, only afterwards do you get your reward of an intense, rather concentrated fruit, it’s like a summer-pudding – to which you might normally add a little cream or sugar! I’m certainly enjoying it, and returning to it (often!). It’s lovely, but I’d say drink it in it’s first three years to avoid it becoming harsh as the fruit fades, but it has a lovely fine and transparent fruit finish. Day 2 the last 1/3rd of the bottle seemed more balanced – certainly a super Bourgogne.
Rebuy – Yes
I’m currently straining at the bit for ‘vendanges info’ as I won’t be in the Côtes until next Monday – to distract myself this weekend, not only a few hours walking in the ‘hills’ but a trio of nice wines too: Starting with Daniel Rion’s 1995 Vosne 1er les Beaux Monts. It’s not that long since I gave a note on that one – so I won’t repeat myself – but again it was a good wine. Then a pair of Île de Vergelesses – both were on great form. I can see me collecting a few other labels from this vineyard over the next months…
2009 Chandon de Briailles, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Ile des Vergelesses
Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose gives a simply wonderful impression – a large bowl of dark-skinned, perfectly ripe cherries. In the mouth there is real concentration, understated tannin which may be suave but is also powerful. The acidity is enough, if undemonstrative, yet effortlessly delivers the mid-palate’s depth of flavour. Understated yet impressive length – rather like the wine itself…
Rebuy – Yes
2008 Dubreuil-Fontaine, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Ile des Vergelesses
Medium, medium-plus colour. There’s a hint of musk with dark red fruit – not so much vanilla as last time. Finely muscled and intense, borne on the lovely (when balanced) acidity of the vintage. The mid-palate fruit also showcases that musky character – but in a very, very nice way. Super finishing flavours – this remains a hit and is still very, very drinkable.
Rebuy – Yes
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