La Paulee de San Francisco - The Verticals

RN74 - San Francisco CA
Tasted Friday, March 12, 2010 by Burgundy Al with 656 views

Introduction

Another sensational La Paulee tasting from several years ago, particularly for the Grand Cru white Burgundy. I took legible and meaningful tasting notes on less than half the wines. I just came across these notes (from almost 4 years ago) and am trying to decipher and add them to Cellar Tracker...as I start thinking about wine to bring to the upcoming La Paulee de San Francisco.

Flight 1 - Domaine des Comtes Lafon (3 Notes)

Flight 2 - Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey (3 Notes)

Flight 3 - Philippe Colin (3 Notes)

  • 2004 Philippe Colin Chevalier-Montrachet 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Floral start with some faint earthy hints. Very good spice set with ripe apple on both nose and palate. Moderate weight.

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  • 2006 Philippe Colin Chevalier-Montrachet 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Very good fruit and spice with good power. Slightly tropical and hints of new oak still stand slightly apart.

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  • 2007 Philippe Colin Chevalier-Montrachet 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Clearly my favorite of the vertical, this is the most complete wine, best built to age. Apple, pear with a bit of clove and white pepper. Very mineral driven with subtle floral hints, everything is in good balance already, but has the structure to do well in the cellar.

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Flight 4 - Bonneau du Martray (3 Notes)

  • 2006 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Verticals tasting, brief note. Lush and forward mostly stone fruit aromas, some mint and spice support. Also lush flavors, very fat and pleasurable with moderate weight and length.

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  • 2002 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Lots of apple and some lemon on both nose and palate. Less opulent and buttery than I would have expected from 2002 Corton Charlemagne, but I like this leaner styled and energetic wine a lot.

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  • 1999 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Lots of ripe stone fruit aromas and flavors. Showing good balance of mature character - evolved fruit and spice working well with earthy elements. Unlikley to get more interesting in the future.

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Flight 5 - Domaine Michel Niellon (3 Notes)

  • 2003 Domaine Michel Niellon Chevalier-Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Ripe apple with some new oak spice aromas. Flavors are also a bit fat the start but more balanced in the middle. Good now, but lower energy, so I wouldn't keep longer term.

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  • 2004 Domaine Michel Niellon Chevalier-Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Great spice with ripe apple and pear aromas, clear earthy character coming through, some floral notes. Same on palate, very charming, but slightly more evolved than i would hope.

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  • 2005 Domaine Michel Niellon Chevalier-Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Favorite of the vertical. Lots of flowers, ripe orchard fruit and curry spice aromas. Powerful and dense on palate, giving me hope for longevity vs the 2003 and 2004 in this flight.

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Flight 6 - Domaine Ramonet (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Domaine Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. By far my favorite of the vertical. Floral and mint whiffs to start with lots of stone fruit aromas. More restrained on palate with same flavor profile plus some lemon with lots of energy and minerality. great material for a very cellar worthy wine.

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  • 2006 Domaine Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Ripe apple and tropical fruit aromas with some mint and floral notes. Slightly more ripe and rounded on palate with moderate length. Probably the best to drink young in this vertical flight.

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  • 2005 Domaine Ramonet Bâtard-Montrachet 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Tropical fruit and mint to start with floral background hints. More restrained and firm on palate with some of the same tropical fruit plus apple and lemon. Good minerality and acidity work well and should help with cellar-worthiness.

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Flight 7 - Domaine Leflaive (3 Notes)

  • 2000 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Intense and extravagant stone fruit aromas and flavors but with serious structure and concentration. Beautiful now, but also built for long term aging.

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  • 1990 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Incredible to try, incredible for the Domaine to provide, but I think it was very ripe and lower energy and slightly past its prime. Now the 1985 tasted next....

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  • 1985 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard-Montrachet

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. What great old white Burgundy can be. Powerful, lush, incredibly textured and balanced with hints of cooked mushroom and intense spice.

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Flight 8 - Bouchard Père et Fils (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Slightly floral start with lots of lemon, lemon custard and ripe apple aromas. Somehow lush and restrained at the same time with ripe fruit and great structure. Fantastic.

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  • 2006 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Oddly this is one of the tougher wines to assess today. Starts with lush, forward aromas of summer flowers and tropical fruit, continuing fairly similarly onto the palate. but this finishes with so much concentration and sneaky structure that it also comes across as very ageworthy, despite seeming to be lower acid to start. I look forward to trying this again in a few years. Probably 93-94 points for where it is today.

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  • 2004 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Lots of ripe orchard fruit, hints of toasted brioche and some Asian spice. Moderately ripe flavors, again lots of spice and great textures. Fresh and still very young.

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Flight 9 - Domaine Denis Mortet (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Domaine Denis Mortet Clos Vougeot 90 Points

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

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Ripe and forward red cherry aromas with clove, licorice and black pepper aromas. Forward as well on palate with some earthy character. Best young.

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  • 2006 Domaine Denis Mortet Clos Vougeot 92 Points

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

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Alluring and floral start with intense black fruit and baking spice. Lush and powerful black cherry, plum flavors, ever-so-slightly sweet but balanced with solid structure. Very good.

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  • 2004 Domaine Denis Mortet Clos Vougeot 90 Points

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

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Good black cherry, slightly underripe with some background spice and roasted meat. Moderate intensity, and despite modestly ripe fruit, there really isn't any "2004 green" character here today.

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Flight 10 - Domaine Dujac (3 Notes)

  • 2005 Dujac Fils et Père Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts

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

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Powerful dark fruit aromas to start with background spice. Less in the Dujc style, or even Vosne style, than the 2006 or 2007 in the vertical, but I understand that Dujac didn't have responsibility for the entire growing season (hence didn't bottle as Domaine). But still this is the most powerful and seemingly serious wine in the flight with huge fruit and intense spice emerging on very, very long finish.

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  • 2006 Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 93 Points

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

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Lots of fat red and black cherry, lots of spice. Very Dujac in that regard. Perhaps very ripe flavors, but I think this will get somewhat leaner with age. Great concentration and density help give me that level of confidence.

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  • 2007 Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts 93 Points

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

    Vertical tasting, brief note. What a sensational 2007. Fresh, incredibly bright red berry aromas and flavors with alluring spice. Perhaps not the most powerful or complex, but this wine is a perfect example of making a great wine out of what the vintage offered.

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Flight 11 - Domaine d'Eugénie (3 Notes)

2007 Horizontal. Impossible to provide a 3-year vertical with only vintages under their belt.

  • 2007 Domaine d'Eugénie Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées 90 Points

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

    Tasting, brief note. Great dark berry aromas with lots of spice and a bit of new oak that needs to integrate. Charming, rich and forward on palate, also showing great spice, perhaps not particularly Vosne right now.

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  • 2007 Domaine d'Eugénie Grands-Echezeaux 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Tasting, brief note. Alluring aromatics start with blueberry, boysenberry, blackberry, dark chocolate, nutmeg and floral hints. Intensely fresh on both nose and palate, it was hard to decide if I prefer this or the Clos Vougeot. Probably this is better now, Clos Vougeot longer-term.

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  • 2007 Domaine d'Eugénie Clos Vougeot 93 Points

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

    Tasting, brief note. Blackberry, black cherry aromas with lots of spice and floral support. Same great fruit and flowers on palate, slightly firm and dense. I think this might be a better wine than the Grands-Echezeaux longer term, even if not as forward and alluring today.

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Flight 12 - David Duband (3 Notes)

Flight 13 - Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier (3 Notes)

Flight 14 - Faiveley (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Lots of red fruit with very enticing, warm, meaty spice. Lush and almost opulent flavors with good textures, minerality providing nuance from middle to finish. A rare 2007 that seems well designed for aging.

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  • 2005 Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Bèze 95 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Huge scaled black fruit with sweet spice, vanilla, chocolate and espresso. More reserved flavors, even brooding, which is no surprise for a 2005. But the density and power coming through on finish are world class.

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  • 2006 Faiveley Chambertin-Clos de Bèze

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Dense black and red fruit aromas and flavors with lots of new oak spice. Rich and ripe, but also a bit backward and firmly structured. A tough wine to assess.

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Flight 15 - Camille Giroud (3 Notes)

  • 2007 Camille Giroud Chambertin 92 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Floral start with forward fruit very atypical for Chambertin, but very 2007. Ripe and slightly sweet, very charming today, but with substance and concentration coming through near finish.

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  • 2006 Camille Giroud Chambertin 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. Black fruit with great spice and a real sauvage character. Prototypical Gevrey-chambertin, even if its forward accessibility isn't normal for young Chambertin. Lots of concentration and density along with structure (mostly in background today) make me confident this will be very cellar worthy.

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  • 2004 Camille Giroud Chambertin 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru

    Vertical tasting, brief note. black fruit, moderate spice, hints of sauvage. Very firm tannins give a slightly bitter edge near finish, but no 2004 underripe bitterness coming through.

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Flight 16 - Domaine Perrot-Minot (3 Notes)

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