2002 Red Burgudy Tasting

Thyme - Chicago
Tasted Sunday, July 17, 2005 by KenK with 1,028 views

Introduction

An off-line with nine board members to asess the early qualities of the 2002 Red Burgundy vintage on July 12th. The only stipulation was to bring a wine costing about $50. In general, the group thought this was a very good vintage as the wines were generally well balanced with plenty of fruit, acid and tannins.

Flight 1 - Welcome Champagne (2 Notes)

Flight 2 - White Warm Ups (2 Notes)

  • 2002 Jean-Philippe Fichet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

    Soft leesy aromas of cream. On the palate, vibrant acidity, tart white fruits, somewhat austere and dry. Nice concentration with solid core of fruit, but tightly wound by acid. A bit angular for me needing time to intergrate. Others found this a clean wine with lots of minerals and ranked it much higher then me.

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  • 2000 Mount Eden Vineyards Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains 94 Points

    USA, California, Santa Cruz Mountains

    Nose: Smoky with beautiful bacon fat tone - rich and lush
    Palate: Big wine with lots going on. Earthy entry with toasty element in concentrated soft lush style. Bursting with flavors of rich round apple fruit and some buttery notes. Nice balancing acidity under layers of fruit. Finishes with soft long toasty quality. Some found it almost to buttery and oaky, but I thought it well made and reasonably complex.

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Flight 3 - Cote de Beaune Wines (5 Notes)

  • 2002 Louis Jadot Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Barre 90 Points

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

    Group ranked it 91 points and WOTFlight.
    Soft sweet cherry nose with oak, spice and some floral aromas.
    Palate followed the nose closely with added depth of black cherry, toast, baking spices and nice backbone of acid and tannins. Most felt it had great balance and got better the longer it sat in the glass. Some with more experience than I considered this textbook young Volnay. Scores of the nine tasters ranged from 90-92.

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  • 2002 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes 88 Points

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

    Group ranked this 87 points w/range of 81-91

    Rich ripe dark cherry fruit dominated the nose.
    On the palate, lean dry black cherry fruit with tannic toasty finish. Most found this tight and lean with stemmy dry tanninic edge distracting from fruit. Maybe already shutdown, not much fun to drink right now, but seems age worthy. Question is will it improve?

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  • 2002 Domaine du Château de Chorey (Germain) Beaune 1er Cru Les Cras Vieilles Vignes 89 Points

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

    Group ranked this 90 points with broad range of 82-94, most clusted in 89-93.
    Dense Blackberry nose with rustic edge
    Dry cherry flavors dominate wirh peppery quality. Tightly wound with good underlying richness and toasty quality. Gained weight with time, but still quite hard at this stage. Some noted an herbal earthy quality that was described as harsh. "Seems like it was bottled yesterday" was one quote.

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  • 2002 Domaine de Courcel Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Épenots 92 Points

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

    Group ranked this 88 points with a range of 80-92. Most scores ranges from 88-90.
    Spicy cherry with distinct cinnamon character to nose
    Nicely balanced with dry stony cherry that filled out in mid-palate. Great fruit density missing in others with solid finish. Has fruit, acid and tannins at right levels to expect bigger things down the road. I was the high score. Others found an herbal earthy quality and thought it was harsh, like it was bottled yesterday.

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  • 2002 Louis Jadot Corton-Pougets Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

    Group ranked 91 points in a range of 88-95, but with most 90-93
    Earthy nose with a touch of anise, dark and almost brooding in style
    Palate follows nose with dark earthy nuance, toasty with undertones of black cherry fruits and dry almost coarse, an old world style. Some felt this one was shut down, but had a great finish. Fruit was lacking, but lots of terrior.

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Flight 4 - Cote de Nuits (5 Notes)

  • 2002 Lucien Le Moine Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru

    Group ranked 91 points in range of 89-92 with an 88 and 96 thown out.
    Huge and earthy nose with massive dark red fruits, very open relative to others in the flight. Big floral perfume aroma.
    On the palate, light on its feet with lovely dry cherry lightly toasted with dry fruti finish. A modern style that had voluptous entry with somewhat harsh dry finish.

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  • 2002 Domaine G. Roumier / Christophe Roumier Chambolle-Musigny 89 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

    My score was lowest of the group. The range of scores was 89-94 with most 91-93. Group rank was 91 points.
    I got red cherry with carmel and toast on the nose with a hint of tea.
    On the palate, soft, elegant style with nice dry cherry essence coated with minerals. Only concern was a dry finish. In reviewing my notes. perhaps I scored this one too low.

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  • 2002 Gros Frère et Sœur Clos Vougeot Musigni 97 Points

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

    My WOTN and groups WOTN. Group ranked as 92 with ranging scores from 90-97, but most 90-93.
    Huge blast of concentrated dark cherries, eath and some barnyard notes a WOW nose.
    Palate was also rich and concentrated with big soft cherry flavors in a very feminine style. The wine was simply singing to me with great depth, good complexity and amazing balance and long finish. Not sure why others did not like this better, maybe too much fruit and oak?

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  • 2002 Domaine Bertagna Clos St. Denis 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru

    Group ranked at 91 in wide range of 85-97. Most in 90-92 range
    Nose was dominated by anise and smoky sweet dry cherry
    Palate featured dry toasty component with lean dry cherries. Noted subtle complexities underlying the dominating features, which may speak to future nuances. Spicy finish of only medium length. Some found the nose intense relative to other wines, but other tasters found the palate very tight, maybe shut down.

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  • 2002 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Cuvée Duvault-Blochet 87 Points

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

    Group Ranking 92 points and would have been groups' WOTN without my score dragging down the results. Excluding my score range was in a tight 90-94 band with four of eight giving 94 poiints. Below are my notes with group comments too. I suspected at the time, and continue to believe, my stem was not clean.

    Nose: Tight with elements of dill and bird seeds
    Palate: Dry and tart with herbal green tea quality some red fruit components buried underneath tons of minerals. Hard wine and seemingly shut down.

    Group notes: Acacia flowers, very floral nose with well defined layers of complex fruit completely balanced by perfectly integrated acidity. Toasty, richly concentrated with many nuances.

    I tried Jody's pour and I clearly had a different wine in my glass. I still do not understand what happend.

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Flight 5 - Dessert (1 Note)

  • 2001 Château Rieussec 96 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes

    Nose of sweet flowers along with toasty ripe tropical fruits
    Palate was rich and creamy with layers of peach, pinapple and pear. Nice balancing acidity and mineral tones keep it from going over the top. Finishes with long creme brulee sweetness. Still a puppy, needing time to gain some fine nuances, but all the components are there. The tremendous balance between the fruit and acid is best feature today. No group rating or notes.

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Closing

Individual wines and tasters preferences were wide spread as the personalities of the wines and tasters were all unique. Perhaps the the vintages defining character is that even at such an early stage these wines had distinct personalities, but most shared common elements of solid fruit-floral core with tones of minerals and good acid levels. Tannin levels and ripeness along with oak levels and nuances differed

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