Potel Nicolas

2005 Potel Nicolas Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze

By on March 31, 2007 #asides

A very fine and sweet nose with well delineated fruits – very impressive. Wow – almost everything is available here; concentration, never-ending complexity and dimension. Marvellous, multidimensional stuff. This wine almost left me out of breath!

2005 Potel Nicolas Bonnes-Mares

By on March 31, 2007 #asides

A deep nose that also shows quite some width. Warming and swirling fills in the picture with some higher toned notes. Big and impressive in the mouth with chocolate covered fruits and a wave of tannin that keeps abreast of the fruit. Incredibly impressive stuff, but for my own preference it’s just a little brutal today. Really impressive stuff.

2004 Potel Nicolas Charmes-Chambertin

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Depth, lovely depth on this nose, everything just edged with coffee before high-tones start to evolved. Sneaky concentration – this really grows in the mouth. Versus all the other wines here this was a little anonymous, everything in it’s place but competent rather than excellent – I loved the nose though…

2004 Potel Nicolas Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

The nose is a little mineral and quite tight, opening slowly in the glass. Not a giant wine, it’s about balance with a very understated structure – mainly mineral notes with a very sneaky length. Certainly not a showy wine but all the pieces are in place.

2004 Potel Nicolas Chambertin

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Much more multidimensional on the nose, super complexity. Similar to the Clos de Bèze, quite understated though perhaps the length is not quite so sneaky. The nose from this and the palate of the Clos de Bèze would be the perfect synthesis today…

2004 Potel Nicolas Echézeaux

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Wonderful nose of both depth and interest, not showing so deep. Overflowing with flavour – really mouth-watering. It’s surprising to have such a distinct impression after so many wines. The structure is a little more forward but as is the norm here it is very well put together. Tons of potential – super wine.

2004 Potel Nicolas Grands-Echézeaux

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

A much more delicate nose, subtly complex and still very, very interesting. Even another step up on the Echézeaux – wonderful mouth-watering complexity. An absolute stunner.

2004 Potel Nicolas Bonnes-Mares

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

A tight and mineral nose with plenty of higher floral aspects. In the mouth this earthy and direct, concentrated and muscular. The fruit is certainly a good foil for the structure but this wine will require several years in the cellar. Very impressive but for my own taste less compelling than the Clos St.Denis, Echézeaux or Grands-Echézeaux – or come to think of it the Fuées or Petits Monts.

2004 Potel Nicolas Corton-Charlemagne

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

From Pernand vines. A high-toned nose that also goes really deep. Another wine that expands to fill all the gaps in your mouth. Not the fat of Potel’s Champs-Gains but more intensity and the length is good. An impressive wine.

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