2011 Jean Bourdy Savagnin Côtes du Jura
Community Tasting Note
Deux Chevaux wrote:
Sunday, July 1, 2018 - As a lover of distinctive oxidative / sous voile savagnin it pains me to write this note, but that makes us even, because for most of its 14 days with us it was a pain to drink. This fellow was downright nasty for 13 days: bitter, with a dirty smell and taste of old tires. Toyo, I think. Funk — which generally we find enjoyable and contributes to complexity in moderation — here fails to overcome the negatives. Multiple days left corked in the fridge mellowed it only marginally. On the 14th and final day it was more enjoyable, but at that point we were worn down and looking for something good to say about it. PS: If I recall, our last bottle of the 2007 version of this same wine has similar, but thankfully for us, subdued negative characteristics. I’m glad to see other recent positive reviews. Maybe, or at least hopefully (for those with more), this particular 2011 bottle was off.
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Comment posted by jkissane:
11/11/2018 8:04:00 PM - Drinking this wine now and the aroma and flavors you mention is a type of reduction. It was a bit stinky on opening for us also but a quick decant and some airation and it has opened right up!
Comment posted by Deux Chevaux:
11/11/2018 8:29:00 PM - Salut jkissane, thanks for your comment. We would love to have enjoyed this wine as much as we have others of its ilk. I’m very glad it was good for you. I hope the same for others. But looking back at my note, I see we gave it a full and rather astonishing 14 days, during which we checked in on it periodically — as I recall, daily for the first five or so, and then every other day or so for the duration. Wouldn’t that be enough time to shed reductive problems? — Jake