1999 Jadot Louis Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze
After 4 months without a corked bottle, bugger – corked – now I only have 4 of these left. The colour is medium, medium-plus ruby red with just a little less cherry red at the rim than the first wine. The nose starts with a waft of dark, spicy oak… Read in the Note Finder
the 1999’s unveiled…
Summaries: There were no wines here that I regret buying, and none that I would regret having more of! Wine 1 – Like a beautiful lady watched across a room that I didn’t manage to speak with. This was (as many guessed) the Mugnier Amoureuses. The comment about not… Read More
top wines from 1999 – #3
The (alphabetical) list to choose from: 1999 Premier Crus Robert Arnoux, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Suchots …find… Veronique Drouhin, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Petits Monts …find… J-F Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses …find… 1999 Grand Crus Domaine des Chézeaux (Ponsot), Clos St.Denis cuvée… Read More
top wines from 1999 – #2
The (alphabetical) list to choose from: 1999 Premier Crus Robert Arnoux, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Suchots …find… Veronique Drouhin, Vosne-Romanée 1er Les Petits Monts …find… J-F Mugnier, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Les Amoureuses …find… 1999 Grand Crus Domaine des Chézeaux (Ponsot), Clos St.Denis cuvée… Read More
onto the 1999’s – a game for the next days
This really started with the ‘uncovering’ of an unopened 6-pack of Potel’s 99 Volnay VV – I opened one up and it was excellent, so what else lay in the cellar untested? I decided to call it a day once 5 bottles of the same vintage were rounded up… Read More
time to open some 99’s
Yesterday I opened a 1999 (note to follow) after spying the un-opened six-pack in a corner of the cellar. The wine was lovely – particularly the aromatics – so much so that my eyes were drawn to 3 other un-opened six-packs… it didn’t take long for me to decide what… Read More
Round-up of wines tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that, in the main, were really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were typically drunk at home, or at organised dinners between December 2006 and March 2007. Some wines drunk with their producers are included… Read More
pommard #9 + a 2004 delivery
#9 of my pre-Christmas Pommard odyssey 2000 J-M Boillot, Pommard 1er Jarollières Medium, medium-plus ruby-red colour. The fruit on the nose is just as sweet as the previous Rossignol, but it’s darker coloured at the edge with a red core, faint coffee too – very… Read More
Roundup of Wines Tasted
No slurping or spitting! This is a compendium of wines that were (in the main) really drunk with food, friends and family. These wines were mainly drunk at home or at organised dinners between July 2006 – which averaged well over 30°C so plenty of… Read More