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2000 Roulot Guy Bourgogne Blanc

By on June 30, 2003 #asides

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 Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny

By on March 31, 2003 #asides

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

By on March 31, 2003 #asides

Medium ruby red. The nose is spicy with toasty oak – does a good job of masking the fruit. The palate is oaky and sweet with very smooth tannins and good acidity. I like the concentration. Personally I’d wait for the oak to subside, but this drinks very well already – excellent value too.

2000 Tollot-Beaut Chorey-lès-Beaune

By on March 31, 2003 #asides

Medium cherry red. Nose is sweet and oaky with difficult to define, though cooked red fruits. Soft, with good acidity and concentration. Sometimes I get a bit of a “bubble-gum” impression with Chorey, but not in this case. Very good for Chorey-les-Beaune.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Les Clous

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

20% new oak used here, the vineyard is at the top of Meursault, lots of limestone in the vineyard. Again quite pale. Nose is ‘wider’ and a little deeper than the last wine. Fuller palate with a touch of fig fruit on the much longer finish, nice acidity too. Also a lovely wine.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Les Genevrières

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

40% new oak. Quite pale, the nose being a little more floral. Much more involving palate, more of ‘everything’ with a subtle buttery texture. Persistent finish. Very good.

2000 Romanée-Conti Richebourg

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

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.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Gouttes d'Or

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

Slightly more new oak than the Genevrières. Nose is fairly subdued with faint toast. Sweet palate is a little more buttery, perhaps honey too. Not obviously oaky. Nice acidity with reasonable length. A very nice wine.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

From the top of Le Corton. Three passes through the vineyard for this wine, each vinified separately then assembled prior to bottling. Faint toast on the nose plus even fainter appley notes. Really intense palate, very full and fruity. Lovely length too. Really super.

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