2002

2002 Gaunoux Jean-Michel Meursault Perrières

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Medium lemon-yellow. Initially the nose is rather tight and undemonstrative, you really need at least 30 minutes of ‘breathing’ before things become interesting – then you have a much wider and indeed classic profile – quite lovely and fresh, citrus infused high toned fruit. The palate will not win an award for density, but it is as well textured as it is balanced and shows a very nice burst of concentrated interest on the mid-palate. The finish is reasonably long. Overall it’s a nicely mineral wine, both enjoyable and worthy, if not a class-leading Perrières.

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2002 Potel Nicolas Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Vergelesses

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Drunk to follow the Bichot village Savigny. Medium-plus cherry-red colour. The nose is initially more about forest floor than fruit, even a concern about taint, but it doesn’t develop on either the nose or palate, eventually (2+ hours) good, high-toned red fruit. The palate is less about the austere precision of the Bichot, and more about an earthy (from a texture perspective) and exciting complexity of sweet fruit – exactly the same contrast as in these two producer’s 2004 Malconsorts – grainy tannin and just an edge of blackness, perhaps a hint of toast too on the finish. Frankly the texture makes me think of brett, perhaps how the nose starts substantiates that – perhaps not. Right now this is still a good wine of real value.

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2002 Long-Depaquit Chablis Vaillons

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

Medium yellow. The nose mixes sweet citrus notes with seashells. Understated, some concentration of agrumes-style fruit, nice acidity and medium length. Slowly mouth-watering. Clean and interesting. A good value wine.

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2002 Chézeaux Chambolle-Musigny Les Charmes

By on February 28, 2006 #asides

A wine too far. Paler than the 2003’s. The nose is unusually mineral with a little cured meat being the main note. Much less plush than the 03’s, again there’s quite a savoury aspect to the palate, plenty of tannin, but not too drying. The fruit is quite nice, but this wine struggles to follow the extra sweetness of the 2003’s.

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2002 Rousseau Armand Gevrey-Chambertin Clos St.Jacques

By on October 31, 2005 #asides

Medium, medium-plus cherry-red. High toned, red and black cherry nose plus a little earthy undercurrent against a creamy oak background. Balanced, fresh and elegant with real intensity. Lovely silky palate. The finish is long with that creamy oak thing still apparent. Very lovely wine – and I mean very!

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2002 Mugneret Dr Georges Chambolle-Musigny les Feusselottes

By on October 31, 2005 #asides

Similar depth of colour to the 2001, but the shade is more cherry-red. A deep nose again, this time a little more coffee-infused with a hint of blood-orange – more things to find, but less focused. Very different style on the palate – the length of finish is comparable, but it’s no crescendo, this wine starts as it ends – full-speed – starting much wider than the 2001. The finish is long but currently a little saccharin. There’s just a little more material – but not necessarily better material. Today I’d much rather drink the 01 (it’s that saccharin thing, I also don’t like Cola-Lite), longer-term my cellar is keeping an open mind despite retaining an emphasis on 2001…

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2002 Ente Benoit Nuits St.Georges Aux Chaignots

By on October 31, 2005 #asides

Oops – corked. Bottle 2: Surprisingly deep colour for such a young wine, mid-plus yellow. The nose is tight and a little honeyed. The palate is dense with quite some concentration, though initially seems to have some spritz. The fruit hints at alcoholic melon with a slightly toffee edge to it, relatively low acidity too. The finish is quite long but has a slightly harsh, barrel-induced edge. Starts off in quite an unfavourable way to my own preference and vastly overpriced vs its level of ‘Puligny-ness’. The nose certainly opens up with time, becoming much more interesting, the palate also takes on much more balance, but misses minerality, blind I would still guess it came from California.

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2002 l'Arlot Nuits St.Georges Clos des Fôrets St.Georges

By on October 31, 2005 #asides

Medium, medium-plus colour. Dark and deep in character with a faintly spicy edge. There is a higher level of tannin, though velvety, and extra dimensions of dark fruit on the palate. Well balanced, though certainly more masculine in style. Good length and interesting aspect to the acidity as it seems to ‘melt’ the tannins in the finish – a very interesting and impressive wine.

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2002 Prieur-Brunet Chassagne-Montrachet Morgeot

By on October 31, 2005 #asides

Medium cherry-red. A nose of red fruits, a shade of something green and a little caramel on standing. The palate has racy acidity, medium tannin but comes across as a little harsh and woody – perhaps the tannins have a bit of green about them. Good enough to drink but disappointing in the context of the ‘average’ 2002.

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