Pale yellow. The nose is lovely blend of apple and pear. Not quite the intensity of fruit to be found in Leflaive’s Bourgogne, but quite fat and there’s still a lot of material that’s held together with refreshing acidity. Medium length, currently a one-dimensional wine that I’d be tempted to leave in the cellar for a couple of years. Potentially very good Bourgogne.
2000
2000 Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny
Medium cherry red. The nose is a forward mix of cherries, cassis, oak and faint vanilla. Very smooth, slightly oaky and concentrated palate. The acidity is adequate and the medium density tannins are very fine. A very long finish. Priced higher than many 1er Cru’s – but worth the outlay. Excellent villages. I’d suggest leaving 3 or 4 years to tone down the oak influence, but no rush to drink for several years there-after.
2000 Morey-Coffinet Chassagne-Montrachet
2000 Tollot-Beaut Chorey-lès-Beaune
2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Les Clous
2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Les Genevrières
2000 Romanée-Conti Richebourg
Colour is perhaps, not so dense as the Romanée Saint-Vivant, but a similar shade of cherry. Beguiling and persistent, the deep red and black cherry nose shows just a little kirsch at the top end. There’s good acidity, and forward, though controlled tannins. There’s also a richness to match the volume you experience in the mouth, but somehow on tasting, this wine seems less involving than the others; gorgeous aromatics though.