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2008 Gambal Alex Bourgogne Pinot Noir Les Deux Papis

By billn on April 14, 2010

A wine with lovely aromatics, underpinned with a little dark oak – very pretty. Lively, energetic and fresh personality that’s underpinned by a subtle tannin. Refreshing and rather nice.

2008 Gambal Alex Bourgogne Chardonnay

By billn on April 14, 2010

Wide, sweet aromas of pineapples and agrumes. Nice texture with good underlying acidity. There’s just a hint of barrel flavour and even a slight burst of intensity in the mid-palate. I bought the 2006, don’t remember the 2007 but will buy the 2008.

2008 Gambal Alex Bourgogne Chardonnay Cuvée Prestige

By billn on April 14, 2010

The aromas are similar to the basic wine, but finer. Softer and silkier in the mouth, again with a small burst of energy in the mid-palate. Not quite the energy of the ‘basic’ wine, but a clear step-up in refinement in all areas.

2008 Ropiteau Frères Bourgogne Blanc

By billn on April 13, 2010

A little oak toast mingles with the high tones. There’s a small burst of interest in the mouth, but this is essentially a little flat. Okay…

2008 Lejeune Bourgogne

By billn on February 25, 2010

Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose is a sweet, red/black, (mainly red) cherry over a base of herbs, even faint violets – it does remind me of Lejeune’s 2005 but this is more open. Some fat and some faintly astringent tannin before a lip-smacking tart cherry acidity. Okay length, and provided you like acid slap, this is a super, pinot fun-delivering bottle. The acidity might get a little too much in a couple of years, but this will be lovely over the summer – I really must check on the domaine’s ‘higher’ wines from 2008…

2008 Jadot Louis Bourgogne Chardonnay

By on November 30, 2009 #asides

This starts with that faintly sherbet note you often find on wines with less punch from the more marginal villages – think St.Romain. There’s a little faint oak note note that helps fill-out the aromas at the bottom and eventually a much more favourable core of yellow fruit. Above average intensity for the label, very fine acidity – then a surprise – a deep and clear extra dimension of flavour in the mid-palate; a little wood-derived vanilla cream; it’s a warm, Côte de Beaune type of flavour that would still – even at this regional level – distinguish the bottle from, for instance Chablis. The finish is a little more mineral and also holds-on reasonably well. This is very successful indeed.

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