Bacchus Wine merchants trade tasting

Intercontinental hotel, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Tasted Monday, May 6, 2013 by chatters with 561 views

Introduction

Trade tasting by Bacchus Wine merchants (plus a couple of others) - I got there early and tucked in, shall we say, before the crowds arrived.

Flight 1 - Bracket 1 Chardonnay (8 Notes)

Nom nom nom. I know I shouldn't but I do, and I think I always will, take massive pleasure from the ubiquitous ABC's nemesis

Flight 2 - Bracket 2 Red Burgundy (11 Notes)

Hmm, I find when I taste red Burgundy there is a lot of earth (no pun intended) and not much gold. But there is always a damn site more gold than I find when I taste NZ, Australian and Californian Pinot Noir.

  • 2009 Henri de Villamont Pinot Noir Bourgogne Prestige

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

    Medium minus intensity aromas are spirituous, with candied fruit over spice and a touch of cork taint. Savoury red fruit, spice. Meh

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  • 2008 Henri de Villamont Volnay

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

    Slight farmyard funk and smoked bacon, red berry fruit - it's almost got an oxidative quality. Initial spritz on the palate, drying tannin, dark berry fruit, savoury, plenty of tannic weight. Not really what I expect from Volnay. Meh

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  • 2007 Henri de Villamont Chambolle-Musigny

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

    Earth, red berry fruit, slight oxidation. In the mouth there is medium plus acid, juicy fruit followed by big tannic grip throughout the mouth but both carry through on the longish finish. Okay

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  • 2007 Henri de Villamont Pommard

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard

    Almost marmite/yeast extract initially then red berry fruit, sweet spice and earth, Dense, thick, savoury red fruit and spice in the mouth, plenty of structure and weight, the wine finishes a little bitter. It kind of works for me.

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  • 2008 Henri de Villamont Nuits St. Georges

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges

    Medium minus intensity red berry fruit and quite subdued spice notes. In the mouth it is more concentrated, though still savoury and a bit out of whack. There is also something slightly 'off' in the chemical spectrum here. Nah.

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  • 2010 Henri de Villamont Savigny-lès-Beaune Le Village

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune

    Primary fruit over spice, cream and perfumed top notes. In the mouth juicy red fruit dominates then there is slight tannic grip and spicy notes join the primary fruit on the long finish. Good.

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  • 2010 Henri de Villamont Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Guettes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru

    Medium plus aromas of concentrated red berry fruit, slightly smoky, spice and some almost cedary notes. In the mouth there is medium plus body and acidity, juicy strawberry fruit, some stalk notes - though not green, massive structure and not all from oak. Very good.

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  • 2011 Nicolas Rossignol Bourgogne

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

    Spice, muted red fruit, slightly smoked/burnt note. In the mouth there is slightly smoked red fruit, long finish that is bitter. Quite simple, well made but that burnt note is a little distracting.

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  • 2011 Nicolas Rossignol Volnay

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

    Cream, red fruit, slightly muted spice. In the mouth red berry fruit dominate and there is a slightly warm spread in the palate that lends weight to the wine. The tannin and the fruit are slightly out of balance at the moment. I'd suggest this needs a bit of time.

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  • 2010 Nicolas Rossignol Volnay 1er Cru Santenots

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

    Slightly metallic notes, perfumed, red fruit. Spice, little warm, medium plus acid and big tannic grip dominate. On the palate this lacks fruit and is very structured. I would suspect it needs some more bottle age.

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  • 2010 Louis Latour Marsannay

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay

    Earth, smoked bacon, funky red berry fruit. Jammy in the mouth but with medium plus acid but the wine finishes very short. Initially it's lovely but then, bang, it's done.

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Flight 3 - Bracket 3 Yarra Yering (4 Notes)

Missing my favourites - the Chardonnay and the No.3 but I thought I'd have a go at there Pinot and Cab blends.

  • 2011 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    Jammy mixed red berry compote, slightly dusty notes. In the mouth there is cream to cover the compote and a little tannic grip. Nah.

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  • 2008 Yarra Yering Dry Red N°1

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    Combination of jammy red tending to black fruit that has notes of plums and an underpinning of a herbaceous, mint quality. In the mouth there are medium plus tannins and the jammy fruit dominates. Meh

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  • 2005 Yarra Yering Dry Red N°1

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    Herbaceous notes are more to the fore here, with hints of eucalypt, mint and almost straying to medicinal herbs. There is also some cedar and spice and some blackcurrant fruit. In the mouth there is medium plus tannin and the fruit and herbaceous notes are more in harmony and balanced. coming along nicely. good.

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  • 2007 Yarra Yering Agincourt

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    Jammy black fruit, cream, nutmeg and clove. In the mouth more of the same - jammy fruit over spice.

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Flight 4 - Bracket 4 Stella Bella/suckfizzle reds (3 Notes)

  • 2009 Stella Bella Cabernet Merlot

    Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

    Herbaceous notes over slightly jammy blackcurrant conserve and some cedar notes and a slightly burnt/charred quality. In the mouth there is the herbaceousness, a cassis quality, very slight salt spray, medium plus body and tannin. Good. It's the first wine I've had for a while that sits between the stools of simple and complex as well as handling ripe and more green fruit well.

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  • 2008 Stella Bella Cabernet Sauvignon Suckfizzle

    Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

    Herbaceous - mint especially - brambles, notes of soy and aniseed. In the mouth it is again, herbaceous, brambles, black currant tending to dark red fruit, slight aniseed. Medium plus grippy, firm tannins. Long. Very long. Lovely. Quite young.

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  • 2009 Stella Bella Cabernet Sauvignon Serie Luminosa

    Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

    This tastes like a mid point between the (Stella Bella cab sav 09 and the suckfizzle cab sav 08). Herbaceous notes are, again, right up there with the fruit but this time joined by creamy notes. The fruit is quite ripe and, in the mouth, this comes across as a slightly off dry quality. medium plus finish that carries cream and black fruit. It's good but probably not what I'd go for.

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Closing

Good tasting, lovely to try all those Henri de Villamont entry level wines...not that I necessarily thought they tasted lovely though. I could have happily stayed tasting for another hour or two but the office beckoned...

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