St Jacques Burgundy Offline
Tom's Kitchen, Chelsea
Tasted January 5, 2007 by Paul D with 821 views
Introduction
UK Wine Pages off-line held in Dunhill Room, on the top floor of the above venue. Ten of us sat at a large rectangular table with, somewhat mysteriously, a large silver model of an aeroplane as the centre-piece. 2 glasses of champagne served on arrival - Tarlant 1996 and a Gosset Grande reserve NV (no notes taken).
Flight 1 - 2000 Vintage (5 notes)
Served just before the starter (Scallops and roast pork belly with lentil and hazelnut vinaigrette), which I thought proved a good match and brought out the wines well.
Red
2000 Domaine Maume Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Wow, strong animal, farmyardy nose, some rubbery type notes too - but just stays the right side of interesting. Similar on palate, some fine tannins evident. Slowly evolved and settled into something more fruity and conventional.
Red
2000 Bernard Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Pleasant, if slightly closed sweet red fruits on nose. Some darker fruit notes, nice purity here. Nice savouriness on palate, well judged oak, slightly closed and a little tannic on finish. Very good indeed, this grew on me with time in galss. Plenty of scope for improvement.
Flight 2 - Mature Wines (4 notes)
Served with main course of Roast chicken with cep persillade and gratin dauphinois.
Red
1993 Domaine Denis Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St. Jacques
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Open, smoky nose with attractive plum and cherry fruit. Attractively light on the palate, cherries and strawberries, well integrated smoky oak - turning a touch gamey, lovely thrilling, balancing acidity carries through to a good length slightly savoury finish. Excellent - my WOTN on current showing.
Red
1991 Domaine Bartet Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Pale/medium garnet, lots of sediment. Quite attractive nose, caramel and fruit cake, but slightly oxidised and tired. Lacks freshness on the palate too, short finish, still drinkable but for me past it's best.
Red
1996 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Lovely, complex nose. Smoke, red fruits, some gamey notes and caramel. Lovely purity to this. Actaully a little closed on the palate, noticeable, but fine tannins, lovely purity again with sweet red fruits and a touch of caramel, long finish with lovely balancing acidity. Excellent.
Flight 3 - The Rest (6 notes)
Served with cheese (Brebis, Reblochon and Comtes served with fig cakes and chutney)
Red
2001 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques Vieille Vigne
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
This was actually quite open, at least in comparison to the previous wine. Signature Fourrier sweet strawberry fruit on nose, lovely purity, some oak but clearly well judged. Reasonably well concentrated palate but elegant too, surprisingly accessible tannins and good acidity, good length finish. Lovely, pushed the Rousseau 2001 very close for the wine I would like most in my cellar, but fell down a little in comparison in terms of volume and structure.
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