France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses
Yellow. Some oak toast, herb, and ripe fruit. Medium weight, good flesh and gloss. Mostly yellow pear fruit, not too woody in the mouth, good acidity and some minerality. This outperformed my expectations for a village Pernand. Very good.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Full yellow. Lots of toasty oak dominates the nose. Pretty large scaled with an obviously oaky base with strong citrus fruit and excellent acidity and minerality. Still, I don't think I would have identified as a Puligny (none of that racy steely quality), and despite the structure, the wood gives it a heavy feel.
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Yellow, less deep than the Caillerets. Immediately lighter, more floral aromatics. Not nearly as blockish as that wine with a wonderful balance of zesty orange fruit and some rich lactic creaminess. Much firmer acidity and nary a trace of wood. I liked the liveliness and incipient complexity of this, which oddly enough was priced the same as the Puligny Premier Cru.
Full red. Attractive not overly ripe black cherry. Medium weight, fairly meaty. Strong red fruit of the same character complemented by moderate, intriguing smokiness. Fine acidity, modest amount of wood showing, round tannins. Not the most finesseful wine ever, but a very well made Beaune that is a good mouthful even now.
Ruby. Slightly brambly nose. Medium weight, sappy mid-palate of mixed red and black fruit followed by a tangy, more austere, licorice-filled, quite tannic finish. This definitely goes out like a Pommard in its prickly back end structure, but it has a lot of nice fruit and flesh in the middle, hopefully enough to wait for the finish to soften and become less astringent.
2012 Deux Montille Pernand-Vergelesses Blanc
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses
Yellow. Some oak toast, herb, and ripe fruit. Medium weight, good flesh and gloss. Mostly yellow pear fruit, not too woody in the mouth, good acidity and some minerality. This outperformed my expectations for a village Pernand. Very good.
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2012 Domaine de Montille Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Le Cailleret
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Full yellow. Lots of toasty oak dominates the nose. Pretty large scaled with an obviously oaky base with strong citrus fruit and excellent acidity and minerality. Still, I don't think I would have identified as a Puligny (none of that racy steely quality), and despite the structure, the wood gives it a heavy feel.
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2012 Domaine de Montille Corton-Charlemagne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Yellow, less deep than the Caillerets. Immediately lighter, more floral aromatics. Not nearly as blockish as that wine with a wonderful balance of zesty orange fruit and some rich lactic creaminess. Much firmer acidity and nary a trace of wood. I liked the liveliness and incipient complexity of this, which oddly enough was priced the same as the Puligny Premier Cru.
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