2002

2002 Bouchard Père et Fils Vosne-Romanée

By on October 31, 2005 #asides

Medium cherry-red colour. High toned nose shows a disconcerting musty edge for the first 30 minutes, but does eventually leave the scene. Sweet raspberry is the main aspect remaining on the rather ‘thin’ nose. The palate is sweet and elegant, nicely balanced though not very concentrated. The tannins are a little grainy, but you need to hold the wine in your mouth to find them. Tasty and elegant, with good length. Elegance over concentration here, but eventually a very enjoyable wine for all that.

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2002 Mugneret-Gibourg Georges Vosne-Romanée

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Medium-plus cherry-red. High-toned, dense red fruit. The palate is sweet, concentrated and shows lovely acidity, acidity that pushes the vanilla-tinged finish ever longer. It’s a wide rather than deep expression and is a first-class villages.

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2002 Laurent Dominique Nuits St.Georges Cuvée Tradition

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Medium, medium-plus cherry red – no purple highlights. Monsieur Laurent seems to have taken his foot off the accelerator a little when it comes to the oaking of this wine, yes, it’s still a little toasty – medium toast – but the oak mingles well with the fine and creamy red fruit notes, particularly about 1 hour after opening – nice. Very well balanced, excellent acidity and whilst I’d like a hint more density there’s a nice creamy length. I don’t think it told me much about Nuits, but this is almost good and was certainly enjoyed.

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2002 Méo-Camuzet Frère & Soeurs Côte de Nuits Villages

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Although the label is very much in the domaine’s style, it’s nice to see a little more differentiation on the label for this ‘vin de négoce’. Deep but not opaque cherry-red. The nose is a rather impressive and intense core of black cherry surrounded by higher tones. The palate is an oak-spice and black fruit extravaganza thats coupled with slightly tart acidity and well mannered tannins. Mouthwatering with medium length – a gem of Côte de Nuits.

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2002 Boillot Jean Puligny-Montrachet

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Medium lemon-yellow. A forward and interesting nose of white blossom and a really inviting, slightly woody depth. Crisp and clean with wonderful acidity and real steely concentration – this is really my type of wine. The finish is medium-plus in length, still with a nod more towards the barrel-maker’s art than Puligny, but this is without doubt a repeat-purchase wine. Excellent villages.

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2002 Méo-Camuzet Frère & Soeurs Fixin

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Medium, medium-plus cherry-red. The nose is a little more subdued than the Côte de Nuits Villages but becomes ever more intense and impressive – tight red fruit of some depth. The palate has good acidity, just a little less tart than the ‘Villages’, rounder and longer too. Much less oak spice but I have to say that today there’s a little less personality too – that said the underlying material is better here. There’s a black aspect to the fruit here too, but less so than the last wine – a rather polished Fixin but one that didn’t ignite the spark of excitement, despite that, I think it’s clean, well-made and will improve over the next 5 years.

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2002 Mugneret Dr Georges Gevrey-Chambertin

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

From the young vines of their Ruchottes-Chambertin. Medium, medium-plus cherry-red. The ebullient nose still has an extra edge of oak derived vanilla, but behind, swirling releases truffley, high-toned, red fruit. The palate has lovely acidity that pushes the vanilla-tinged finish ever longer – in fact very long. Lovely fruit, this is a nicely textured, medium bodied wine and one that I’m very pleased to have (a few) in the celler.

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2002 Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Only medium cherry-red colour. The nose is full of toffee and caramel toppings to the red fruit – surprising considering the modest amount of oak that Jean-Marie uses. Medium bodied, quite elegant palate. Nice acidity and subdued tannin a tasty and quite lacy wine. A little remaining wine stored overnight sadly fell apart – perhaps not a long-term wine then but very lovely on day one.

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2002 Potel Nicolas Aloxe-Corton Les Boutières

By on June 30, 2005 #asides

Medium-plus, purple-tinged cherry-red. A fresh coulis of black-skinned fruit greets the nose. The smooth palate shows nicely intense fruit – again black-shaded. There is plenty of tannin, but it’s currently very well wrapped in the fruit extract. Nice balance from the acidity and a really pleasing finish. If I can keep my hands of this wine I think it has quite some potential, not drinking these could be difficult. Not as exuberant as when tasted in barrel but a very good wine all the same.

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