Terroir-istes International - France, Burgundy

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Tasted Monday, February 4, 2008 by rikipedia with 35 views

Introduction

A brief look at 2000 White Burgundy and 1998 Red Burgundy from a number of different appellations

Flight 1 - White Burgundy from 2000 (5 Notes)

  • 2000 Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard Chassagne-Montrachet 85 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet

    Light tertiary aromas of fungi and mushroom. Elegant wine with restraint, touch cheese notes, fair acidity, but all rather lacking much weight or depth. Fairly complex, , seems a bit lean, touch of oxygen ingress leading to a phenolic finish

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  • 2000 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis

    Lemon-straw in colour, fairly intesne aromas with white peach. A rather nery acidity, ripe fruits, rather medium acdiity wit a warm glycerol sweet note giving fatness. Some oak toasty. Fair, It grew on me.

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  • 2000 Domaine Bruno Clair Morey St. Denis En la Rue de Vergy Blanc 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis

    Deep yellow-gold, planky workshop wood notes. Quite aromtic with aniseed, mineral or rock dust. Racy acidity with delineated edges, elegant and very approachable. Very nice.

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  • 2000 Domaine Rollin Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne 86 Points

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

    Deep yellow-gold, aromas of boiled sweet, fungi, oak and hint of oxidation. Rich entry with damp earth, underlying oatmeal lees texture, washed stone, Mineral, fair example, Feels a little compromised.

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  • 2000 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet

    Deep yellow-gold, expressive bouquet of crushed nuts, toast, barley sugar and macadamia. Medium bodied, this serems more of the classic nuttyiness of Meursault yet this P-M has a crisp acidity, elegance, and tightness to be more appropriately Puliugny. Well balanced there is apple and pear fruits running to a long length.

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Flight 2 - Red Burgundy from 1998 with one 2000 (4 Notes)

  • 2000 Domaine René Leclerc Gevrey-Chambertin 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    Light and brght cherry-red colour. Aromatic nose with ripe red plum, wood toast and cherry. A lighter bodied wine with elegnce, well balanced with lively acidity, freshnes, and lift through to a long finish. Tight tannins, still nees time to integrate ewith a barnyard note that lifts later. A lithe wine for Gevrey but very enjoyable.

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  • 1998 Simon Bize Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Aux Vergelesses 88 Points

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

    An aroamtic bouquet that is earthy with elements of forest fruits yetas the wine opens a touch of VA. Initial entry is pure and focussed with elegance, extreme intensity and super long finish. The Va seems to blow off somewhat and it finishes long but with a firmness and bite to the tannin.

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  • 1998 J. Confuron-Cotetidot Vosne-Romanée 88 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    Light red to an orange rim. Aromas of strawberry, tilled earth and red cherry greet the nose. A crisp acdiity on entry with intense flavours of sweet ripe fruits. Tinned Bing cherries, super ripe strawberry all lead ot a soft yet noted tannin - it envelopes you. But works with the fruit. Lacks a little mid-palate.

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  • 1998 J.M. Boillot Volnay 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

    Deep red to core. Intensly aromatic perfumed with oak toasty notes, red fruits and wet chalk. Youthul and vibrant, this mid-boied wine has a lively acdiity, powerful mid-palate with chesy plum skin tannins. Long with a warm, glycerol finish and more toasty notes. Feels delicous but a crowd-pleaser.

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