2002

2002 Clair Bruno Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.Jacques

By on September 30, 2006 #asides

In hindsight it was more of a mistake not to ask for larger glasses in the restaurant than to delay the request for a decanter – this wine was a missed opportunity. Over about 90 minutes the wine never opened out on the nose, subdued aromatics of red fruit with a faint black edge. From time-to-time I imagined more, but then it was gone. The palate is that of a perfectly balanced, linear light-middleweight that is fine of tannin and shows good freshness. On this outing the length is also unremarkable. Too tight for interesting.

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2002 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Perrières

By on August 31, 2006 #asides

Medium lemon yellow. The nose is fresh and understated, yet offers up many layers with a faintly creamy edge. The palate is concentrated yet also understatedly provides layers and layers of interest – I’m now regretting that only 4 more lie in the cellar. Lovely acidity and length. Wonderful in an understated way.

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2002 Tollot-Beaut Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Lavières

By on August 31, 2006 #asides

A wild cacophony of red and black fruit over oak greets your nose, slowly focuses to bright black cherry eventually with a sweet, creamy edge. This is likewise black-fruit dominated in the mouth with more than a trace of oak flavour, but no bad oak texture. Super acidity and a finish that for most of the trip is also a little oaky then surprises with a creamy flourish. There’s just a little more wood evident here than with the other wines, but there’s also depth, good texture and great balance. This wine is showing very young – I wouldn’t hesitate to leave this 5 years before revisiting, the base material is very good.

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2002 Drouhin Joseph Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Garenne

By on July 31, 2006 #asides

A young looking medium yellow. The nose is wide but subtle, quite complex, faint honeysuckle and subtle ginger. The palate is a model of balance and elegance, building concentration in the mid-palate and very slowly fading into a coconut-edged finish. A wine to slowly savour – lovely.

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2002 Long-Depaquit Chablis Vaillons

By on June 30, 2006 #asides

Medium-pale lemon-yellow. The nose is reasonably wide with a small, tight, core of citrus fruit. In the mouth your first impression is of a lively wine, of (once again) citrus inflected fruit againt good acidity and nice minerality. There’s a fine burst of intensity late in the mid-palate that flows into the finish. Today, at least with an extra layer of ripeness, this is far superior to the 2001, though it’s certainly not the ripest of 02’s.

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2002 Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune du Château

By on June 30, 2006 #asides

Medium-plus colour. The nose is sweet with vanilla accented red and black fruit. The palate is equally sweet and ripe, quite plush though at the moment I find a slightly annoying vanilla flavour through the core of the wine. Just-right acidity and quite long. Provided the ‘ice-cream effect’ fades this will be super.

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2002 Doudet-Naudin Pernand-Vergelesses Les Fichots

By on June 30, 2006 #asides

Medium-minus ruby-red – quite a nice colour in the glass. The nose starts rubbery and and toasty – not very nice – takes well over an hour to lose the rubber, still has some toast, but becomes just a little sweeter. The fruit is reasonably sweet, little tannin but the acidity is forward and tart. Just about drinkable.

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2002 Bouchard Père et Fils Chablis Fourchaume

By on June 30, 2006 #asides

Medium lemon-yellow. A clean, if rather soft, nose that eventually shows a nice edge of butterscotch. The light palate has nice acidity and and an interesting burst of flavours from the mid-palate onwards into the finish. Throughout the ‘life’ of this open bottle, and despite how tasty it was, the wine never lost that slightly ‘dilute’ sense – tatsy though.

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2002 Chartron & Trebuchet Chassagne-Montrachet Les Morgeots

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Medium-pale yellow. A tightly focused nose, perhaps a little pear fruit with faint citrus overlay. The palate has lovely acidity; pure, quite linear and delicate, yet so much to find. No real burst of concentration on the mid-palate yet the finish seems to have so much. A delicate but wonderfully engaging wine.

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