Knightsbridge 2009 Burgundy Tasting Highlights

Northbrook, IL
Tasted Sunday, April 1, 2012 by Burgundy Al with 1,049 views

Flight 1 - 2009 White Burgundy (8 Notes)

Flight 2 - 2009 Red Burgundy (28 Notes)

  • 2009 Domaine Robert Groffier Bourgogne 87 Points

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

    Wine tasting. Lush, ripe back fruit and good spice on nose and palate. Good overall balance and charm, very impressive for its level. A wine everybody can enjoy.

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  • 2009 Domaine Anne Gros Bourgogne 85 Points

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

    Wine tasting. Lots of red fruit with good spice from fruit and new oak. Simple but drinking very nicely today for its level.

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  • 2009 Domaine Anne Gros Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits

    Wine tasting. Good red fruit with modest spice but some awkward rough edges. Not quite as balanced or interesting as the Anne Gros 2009 Bourgogne, also just tasted.

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  • 2009 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

    Wine tasting. Good red cherry and strawberry aromas. Similar fruit on palate, slightly lean with a rustic edge at finish.

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  • 2009 Louis Jadot Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Barre

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Very ripe fruit stands alone aromatically, with almost a roasted character. Similarly ripe cherry on palate with some black pepper in the middle, then firm structure on finish. A bit off center today, give this at least 3-5 years before revisiting.

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  • 2009 Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Red and black cherry on nose and palate, less forthcoming on both fronts vs. what I remember from a bottle from last summer. Fruit and spice are behind the wine's firm structure right now, give this 5+ years to rest in the cellar.

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  • 2009 Benjamin Leroux Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Cave des Ducs

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Ripe red and black cherry aromas, followed by greater emphasis on red fruit only on palate. Good concentration, good spice. I think this had been open a few hours already so don't think this a 2009 to pop-and-pour today, but expect it will provide good enjoyment in general starting from 2015 or 2016, then going strong for a decade+ for certain.

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  • 2009 Domaine des Croix Corton-La Vigne au Saint

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Very accessible young Corton. Red cherry and berry aromas with new oak spice. Not the most powerful Corton, but very balanced and integrated with a modern feel.

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  • 2009 Sylvain Cathiard Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Murgers 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Really exceptional wine. Red and red cherry on both nose and palate with very elegant and nuanced spice. Great acidity and delicate tannins, this is already charming today with great long-term potential. The downside is quite aggressive pricing for an NSG Murgers.

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  • 2009 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Murgers 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Black cherry with some cherry pie aromas. Firm structure supports big, bold fruit and spice on the palate. Very good today, even better long-term potential.

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  • 2009 Domaine Jean Grivot Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Very good overall but this didn't show classic Boudots character to me, which is typically an enticing intersection of Nuits St. George and Vosne-Romanee. This was big and bold with earth spice and character. Dense and firm. Very good, just not at the level i hoped for in 2009.

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  • 2009 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Ripe black fruit aromas. Same on palate with some moderate candied character. Fairly firm structure that seems a bit assertive today from the middle to finish. Cellar for a few years.

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  • 2009 Domaine Bizot Vosne-Romanée Les Jachées 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    Wine tasting. Sensational perfumed start with ripe black cherry and blackberry with baking spice. Very ripe fruit on palate also accompanies by good spice. Modest structure and a moderate length. Forward and lush in every way, this will drink very well young.

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  • 2009 Domaine Bruno Clair Vosne-Romanée Les Champs Perdrix

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    Wine tasting. Ripe black cherry and cherry liqueur aromas. Plenty of new oak spice. Same ripe fruit on palate with firm and fairly assertive tannins.

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  • 2009 Louis Jadot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Red cherry and berry aromas with modest spice. Forward and accessible today, but with good minerality, acidity and tannins coming through in the middle. Modest intensity and length.

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  • 2009 Maison Albert Bichot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Malconsorts Domaine du Clos Frantin 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Intense red fruit aromas, followed by red and black fruit on palate. Dense and powerful flavors, but slightly backward and structured today. This will need a decade or two to fully show its charm, but isn't that just Malconsorts?

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  • 2009 Domaine Anne Gros Echezeaux Les Loachausses 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Much better than I remember from tasting in barrel in late 2010. Intense and ripe red fruit with sensational Asian five spice. Forward red fruit on palate, well supported by very elegant structure. Very alluring and easy to enjoy already today.

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  • 2009 Olivier Bernstein Gevrey-Chambertin 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Wine tasting. Big black fruit on nose and palate, everything working in harmony right now. Very easy wine to enjoy.

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  • 2009 Olivier Bernstein Charmes-Chambertin Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Shut down and showing nothing for hours. Hard to say what was wrong but nothing like previous tastings.

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  • 2009 Olivier Bernstein Clos Vougeot

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Big and ripe, even for a Bernstein 2009. Lots of black fruit on nose and palate, very easy to see how this will be enjoyable in a few years as the tannins soften and baby fat gets less prominent, but it's still not at the top of my Bernstein 2009 playlist.

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  • 2009 Olivier Bernstein Clos de la Roche 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Lush and ripe aromas with great spice, intense concentration and some perfumed spring flowers in the background. This is a powerful, intense and serious wine, accompanied by very alluring spice. Even better than I remember from tasting at Bernstein in late 2010. But this will need plenty of time in the cellar.

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  • 2009 Sylvain Cathiard Chambolle-Musigny Les Clos De L'orme 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

    Wine tasting. My first time tasting this since a Domaine visit in late 2010. Classically Chambolle with lots of red fruit and great minerality and textures. Somewhat simple start picks up concentration and finesse through the middle towards the exciting, energetic and nuanced long finish. This will keep getting better for many years going forward.

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  • 2009 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogüé Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Somewhat reductive, which made it tough to easily assess. Black cherry and blackberry aromas that came across as brooding and slightly slightly unfriendly at first. This wine took some effort with its density, fairly firm tannins, and the reductive quality. Still, the superb fruit quality was clear, with great spice on the finish with a modest gamy character. This took a lot of effort, however, to fully appreciate and will certainly benefit from a decade in the cellar.

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  • 2009 Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Wine tasting. Much like I recall from late last year. Black, dense and very good, even if not very nuanced yet today. Still it has the structure to develop some charm and finesse, probably at its peak starting 2017 or later.

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  • 2009 Domaine Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Wine tasting. An exceptional villages level wine. Slightly leaner and longer than the Claude Dugat Gevrey-Chambertin just tasted, and a great contrast in styles. This emphasizes spice at the level level as the fruit, and had supporting structure that is already contributing finesse. Charming and beautiful today with upside potential going forward.

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  • 2009 Domaine Humbert Frères Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Poissenot 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

    Wine tasting. Black fruit from start-to-finish with meaty spice. Lots of concentration and power, this should really stand out in another 5-10 years.

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  • 2009 Pierre Damoy Chapelle-Chambertin 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Very ripe black cherry aromas and flavors with more than a hint of liqueur. This is a large-framed and powerful wine with great fruit that isn't meant to impress anybody with its charm or finesse.

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  • 2009 Maison Albert Bichot Chambertin Domaine du Clos Frantin 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    Wine tasting. Very impressive in every way. Ripe black cherry with good spice and earthy hints. Black cherry and blackberry flavors are also ripe but show great balance and elegance, not showing the heavy character of some other more ripe Grand Crus today. Long finish almost shows a lean, textured character.

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Flight 3 - Post-2009 Tasting (3 Notes)

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