Confrerie Burgundy Trip – Day 3

Chassagne-Montrachet /Vosne-Romanee
Tasted Thursday, November 12, 2009 by MFong with 958 views

Introduction

For one week, cumulating at the Trois Glorieuses, we committed ourselves to uncovering vinous and epicurean pleasures in the villages of Burgundy.

All 2009s were tasted before malo. Most 2008s were tasted out of barrels, malo completed.

Flight 1 - Domaine Blain Gagnard (12 Notes)

Perhaps reflecting Jean-Marc’s Sancerre origins, these wines are deliciously balanced with pure minerals and clean fruit.

Flight 2 - Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard (10 Notes)

Well made wines with clean pure fruit but less minerals than Blain-Gagnard’s. Acidity here appeared higher, perhaps because we were tasting from freshly popped bottles compared to day old bottles at the earlier domaine.

Flight 3 - Lunch at Le Montrachet (2 Notes)

Butternut soup
Monkfish and pancetta with basmati rice in ginger sauce
Mango mousse with mint covered aniseed
Chocolate millefeuilles

Flight 4 - Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg (9 Notes)

(Known as Domaines Mugneret-Gibourg et Georges Mugneret prior to August 2009)
Profoundly perfumed, strong yet feminine wines.

Flight 5 - Domaine d'Eugenie (5 Notes)

Work in progress. From the current clutter of exposed wires and unfinished floors as the domaine in its fourth vintage settles into new and modern facilities in Vosne-Romanee, to the winemaker’s hesitance in expressing the style of his wines. With up to 80% new oak, these are modern and brash wines; and one feels, this domaine is still in the process of finding its own identity.

Flight 6 - Dinner at Le Jardin des Remparts (3 Notes)

Tartare of charolais with Gillardeau oysters and sea foam
Roasted turbot with langoustine and patanegra

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