Medium-plus colour. Sweet, ripe fruit – really good balance and length – surprisingly good length. Fresh and very interesting.
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2003
2003 Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune Clos St.Landry
2003 Pavelot Jean-Marc et Hugues Savigny-lès-Beaune Blanc
2003 Bichot Albert Bourgogne Pinot Noir Vieilles Vignes
Medium cherry-red colour. High-toned with kirsch on the nose, swirling reveals red fruit and a green note. The palate shows quite a vegetal mid-palate – not quite right. The replacement bottle is completely different, deeper coloured, sweeter nose and nothing green on the palate. Almost good structure. This is a well-made wine that would make a good house red, but leave it for another year first.
2003 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay Fremiets Clos de la Rougeotte
On the nose there’s a little less ‘punch’ than the ’03 Enfant’. It’s higher toned and mixes red and black notes, slowly giving up a concentrating cherry edge. Super softness, creamy and concentrated fruit with a complexity that is not today apparent from the ‘Enfant’. A slight dry edge to the tannins on the finish. Lovely.
2003 Bichot Albert Mercurey Champs Martin
The land (1.0 ha) was only purchased recently. Medium-plus cherry-red. It’s a ripe nose that is both fresh and a little earthy though tighter than the last wine. Good breadth to the fruit and harmonious acidity and tannin. This is a young, fresh and quite explosive package that has a good shot at elegance as the structure softens – very interesting.
2003 Comte Liger-Belair La Romanée
2003 Pataille Sylvain Marsannay Clos du Roy
The medium colour is a little more ruby shaded than the Bourgogne. The nose shows some high tones but is a little tighter than the Bourgogne. Even nicer mouthfeel, good velvetty tannin and excellent acidity. There’s a slightly more roast character to the fruit – a little prune perhaps. Interesting and very tasty.