2009 and 2010 CSJ Horizontals Tasting

Tasted Friday, February 14, 2014 by HowardNZ with 467 views

Flight 1 - A sighter to start (1 Note)

  • 2010 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers 92 Points

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

    Tasted alongside 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Bright red. Expressive ripe, Gevrey nose of red and black cherries, some earth and spice. On palate, sweet entry, very (but not over) ripe and racy with lovely bright acidity. Quite primary. Lesser weight than the Clos St Jacques but still good mid palate weight and depth. Sweet, fine grained tannins. Good structure and length. Attractive red berry flavours with some minerality, a little underbrush and animale. Quite long and finishes savoury. The acid structure suggests this a good medium term cellar wine (say 5-8+ years). 92.

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Flight 2 - 2009 CSJs (5 Notes)

  • 2009 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 91 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. The darkest colour of all of the wines. Nose also individual and atypical. Bouquet more dark than red berry spectrum with aromas of forest floor and a hunk of damp earth. A gamey, feral quality to the nose, seemingly brett, with suggestions of tar and smoke (Barolo-like?). A smooth entry to the palate, very dense and powerful, with great intensity. The oak very visible and a little rustic. Too low in acid, to my palate. Flavours in the savoury spectrum tending vegetal and mushroom (again suggesting brett), bitter cherries with some dark chocolate. My least preferred of the wines, but would be interesting to cellar, to see what emerges. 91.

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  • 2009 Domaine Bruno Clair Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 93 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Colour ruby. Bouquet classic Gevrey. Fragrant in the red berry spectrum, raspberries, red currants and red cherries with lifted spice. On palate, the acids much more prominent than the Esmonin 2009, but nicely in proportion and balance. A bright, harmonious, finessed and pretty CSJ. It is juicy and quite ripe, with red berry flavours, but, at this early stage, perhaps a little confected. Sweet, silky tannins and good mid palate depth. Very primary and will of course integrate and improve, 93.

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  • 2009 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Domaine Louis Jadot 92 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Ruby red. Less expressive than the 2009 Bruno Clair on bouquet but with nice florals, some spice, tobacco, again in the red fruit spectrum. On palate, this seemed the most disjointed of the 10 CSJs. Very primary, the acids a bit angular, the tannins a bit rustic, yet to settle down. Rich, sweet red berry flavours, tending a little confected. However, real concentration and power, impressive mid palate weight and structure. My sense was that the elements are all here to come together with time. For now, 92.

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  • 2009 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne 94 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Mine was a minority view in the tasting in favour of this Fourrier. Colour red cherry. One of the best bouquets of the night. Pungent and musky, expressive aromas of red berries, spice and florals, with some earthiness. On palate, sweet entry, with ripe and pure flavours. Hedonistic. Layers of flavour, with red fruits, spice and earth elements prominent, and some animale and savoury elements. Not more than medium weight, but with real concentration, power and intensity. Big oak but well integrated, with polished, very fine grained tannins. Edged out the Rousseau as my favourite 2009 on the night. Other tasters suggested brett, which I did not see. Superb now, but really needs 10+ years. 94.

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  • 2009 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 94 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Colour ruby. Not a stereotypical 2009 Burgundy. A subdued but attractive nose with spicy oak present but not dominating. Pure and ripe red and black cherry aromas, with raspberry and roses. On palate, after a sweet entry, great volume, concentration, structure and length. Well integrated, suave tannins. Lovely texture with great power. Largely a red berry flavour profile but attractive minerality. The elevage is very visible but there is the fruit weight here to carry it. The acids were also prominent but part of the overall package, still to integrate, to become something really special in 10+ years. 94.

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Flight 3 - 2010 CSJs (5 Notes)

  • 2010 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 94 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Colour darker than the surrounding wines, but not as dark as the 2009 Esmonin. Heavy toasty oak on the nose, the heaviest in the line up, a bit overpowering. Underneath it I detected aromas of tobacco, undergrowth and red fruits. On palate, much better, very smooth entry with real depth and power. The big oak was clearly there, but I concluded there was the dry extract to handle it. Excellent texture to this wine. Very primary, with serious structure and length, good acidity and impressive tannins. A wine to cellar for 20+ years. 94.

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  • 2010 Domaine Bruno Clair Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 93 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Bright ruby. Nose a little more muted than the 2010 Fourrier or Rousseau CSJ but attractive aromas of spice, musk, red cherries, redcurrants and raspberry, with a top note of violets. On palate, very primary and a little shut down. Fresh with nice attractive acids, well balanced, with real back palate intensity and good length. Very polished, fine tannins with flavours in the red berry spectrum. Hard to score at this stage, and needs long term cellaring but, largely on potential, 93.

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  • 2010 Louis Jadot Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Domaine Louis Jadot 93 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Colour bright ruby. An attractive bouquet of raspberry, cranberry and spice with lifted, perfumed, floral notes. On palate, sweet entry, very clean and pure with real precision and intensity. Obviously very primary and higher acids that many of the other 2009 and 2010 CSJs, which I liked. Flavours of sweet red fruit, the palate very fruit driven. Both the tannins and the oak very well integrated, with good structure. A complex and interesting wine. Easily 10+ years in the cellar. 93.

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  • 2010 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne 95 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. My and most of the group's WOTN. Good deep ruby. Like the 2009 Fourrier but not as expressive, a luxuriant bouquet of ripe fruit with lovely exotic spice, high toned red berry, earth and lifted floral aromas. On palate, absolutely classical, classy CSJ. Perfect ripeness, no more than medium weight but with great depth, volume and power. Real intensity and very long. Rich but with laser like precision and focus. Perhaps, on the night, a little too linear, but with this power, there is no issue for this young wine. Similarly, the suave, fine grained tannins come across as a little austere today, but this is understandable. All of the elements in place for a great wine. Ideally, cellar 10+ years. 95.

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  • 2010 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques 95 Points

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

    Tasted with all 2009 and 2010 Clos St Jacques. Colour medium ruby. As with the 2009 Rousseau, a subdued bouquet. The nose is dominated by spice, red berry, bramble, underbrush and some nice savoury aromas. There is also oak here, but it is not overdone. On palate, this wine is all about exquisite balance. There is real power, structure and intensity here, but all kept in proportion and seemingly achieved without great weight. It is understated, similarly to but even more so than the 2009, but with all of the structure and drive sitting in the background. The acids are visible but in beautiful balance and proportion. The tannins are silky with lovely minerality a key flavour profile. Everything you could look for in a classical Burgundy for long term cellaring. 95.

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