Some 2009 Burgundies....

A satisfying day! Mix bags of some excellent wines from Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne.

Followed by a 2009 Burgundy tasting event organized by Artisan Cellar. The line up spread across the Cote de Nuits and one Cote de Beaune. Henry generously opened another 2bottles of white wines to share with us and sharing his view of Bio-Dynamic wines. A truly great session here.

Continue at Ed's place for 3rd round, more 2009 white Burgs! Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is really a star to watch.

• 2009 Jean-Jacques Vincent Pouilly-Fuissé Château de Fuissé Vieilles Vignes 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Pouilly-Fuissé

  Alcohol :: 13.5%
  From 40 - 60yrs old vine. Light golden. Popped and poured. Intensely nose with honey and sweet yellow fruits core surrounded by fresh herbs and mineral. Surprisingly approachable for this cuvee, instead of the usual restraint and tightness, thanks to the warmth in 2009 which giving better ripeness for the grapes in this relatively cold region. This has plenty of fruits concentration, perfectly ripe acidity as well as soft mineral for the smooth, creamy mouth feel that formed the excellent mid palate sap which can be drunk now. Finished off with mineral, light orange peel bitterness for better nuanced. Very good.

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• NV Jacques Selosse V.O. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 93 Points

  France, Champagne, Champagne Grand Cru

  Alcohol :: 12%
  Degorged at Aug 02, 2010. High tone aromas of honey, iron, nut and mineral wrapping up the green apple, mineral and herbs for the intense and focus aromatic profile. Superb intense on the palate with great detail and precision. I really like the balance that archive between the power, structured and richness. Everything is well in place, sumptuous mouthfeel formed by the juiciness and sweetness of fruits that supported firmly by the bright, firm acidic backbone that delivered excellent purity and depth. Long finish.

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• 1998 Château La Conseillante 92 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

  Alcohol ::
  Decanted for 45mins. Complex and elegant aromas of sweet cassis fruits over laced on a bed of dried herbs, leather, soil, smoke meat and perfume red and blue flowers. Silky smooth on the palate, with great delineation and soft, elegant texture that offer very good purity of sweet dark fruits, savory plum and complexity of soil, herbs and mineral. Full of nuances and the inner perfume here is really seductive. Not a wine with power, but intensity instead. This medium scale, feminine Conseillante showed excellent drive on the soft, juicy lingering long finish with a touch of sweet tannin for better grip. Yum.

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• 1996 Moët & Chandon Champagne Cuvée Dom Pérignon 95 Points

  France, Champagne

  Alcohol :: 12.5%
  Popped and poured. As expected this is very tight right out of the bottle. Ultra fine bubbles and very perfume on the nose, tight and highly intense on the palate. The wine slowly giving more with about 60mins of air. Intense aromas of white peach, red apple all wrapped by a touch of honey, hazelnut and butter that accompany with perfume yellow floral scents. Very attractive. This bottle is clearly showing much better than the previous, more open-knit with air. Ultra fine moose explode on the palate with care, very intense. Really lovely lushness and purity here, superb detail layer that gentle expand across the palate with massive concentration of sweet yellow fruits, green and red apple, mineral, honey and nut all blended perfectly well with the huge but fine and ripe acid backbone. Really delicious, everyone like it. This has such power but remain light on its feet and very elegance. I especially like the very fine detail finish that just goes on and on. Lovely.

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• 1995 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande 93 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

  Alcohol :: 13%
  Popped and poured. This is almost immediately engaging right after the first sniffed and sipped. A little bit tight but the aromas here is so complex, deep and fragrance with sweet plum and blackcurrant fruits in the core accompany by layer of pencil leads, capsicum, dried flower, tobacco and soft mineral at the background for the freshness. Structured but polished with seductive soft, lush mouth feel that offered wave after wave of sweet dark fruits, herbs, tobacco, leather that firmly supported by the firm but silky tannin that giving amazing grip and tension flow all the way to the highly intense, complex detail finished with dark chocolate and mineral aftertaste. Fresh, pure and focus with razor sharp precision. This is a gorgeous Lalande that can be drunk now but will only get better with age.

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• 2002 Château Trotanoy 90 Points

  France, Bordeaux, Libournais, Pomerol

  Alcohol :: 13.5%
  Very sweet intense core of dark plum, creme de cassis, blackcurrant wonderfully blended with earth, savory meatiness, leather and roasted herbs that the complex flavors also reflected on the intense palate with excellent sweetness, freshness and roundess with dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean flavors that leads to the silky smooth mid palate which continue the deliciousness toward the intense, juicy finish. Really delicious with a touch of savory for better complexity.

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• 2009 Marchand & Tawse / Pascal Marchand Bourgogne Avalon 88 Points

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

  Alcohol :: 13%
  Bottle breathed for 1.5hrs. This Bourgogne is a very fine example that show casing why 2009 is a great vintage, even a Bourgogne has excellent purity and cleanliness. Perfume aromas with strawberry, raspberry and chalk. Good roundness and sappiness as well as minerality and vibrancy for the juicy finished that end a little bit dry with chalky mineral aftertaste. Very delicious.

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• 2009 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Aux Charmes 91 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis 1er Cru

  Alcohol :: 13%
  Bottle breathed for 3hrs. Less than S$100? This has to be the best bargain today. Still pretty tight despite few hrs of aeration. Red cherry and raspberry in the core with touch of caramel. With time, additional layer of red floral, chalk and fair hint of stemminess. The fruits is perfectly ripe and pure. Delicate mouth feel with velvety texture. Wonderful mid palate complexity and sappiness that lingered through to the very juicy, fine finish with succulent sweet red fruits and chalky mineral. 91-92

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• 2009 Bernard Dugat-Py Pommard La Levrière Vieilles Vignes 89 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard

  Alcohol :: 13%
  Bottle breathed 2hrs, decanted for 1-2hrs. The most distinctive aromas today, high tone meatiness that highlighted the wildness of this wine. Accompany by red floral scents, iron, red and black berry fruits. With time, a hint of caramel and spices. Deeper pitch and darker fruits profile, the sweet entry bring out the richness and concentration of this VV, but also with excellent freshness and soft mineral for the sense of elegance and mid palate sap that went through to the chalky mineral finish that is quite long, all supported firmly but the slightly edgy tannin.

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• 2009 Dominique Gallois Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru

  Alcohol :: 13.5%
  Bottle breathed for 3hrs. This is a very stylish wine that stand out for today line up. All wines show good purity of fruits and healthy sweetness, but this has outstanding level of acidity which keep the wine crisp and vibrant. Touch of stem, very perfume with darker berry fruits, meatiness, red floral for the very fresh and bright aromatic profile. The bright acidity hit on the entry and bring out amazing freshness and definition. Great mid palate depth for a 1er, showing very good concentration of fruits as well as dry extract that perfectly buffered off the massive but fine tannin which make this super approachable despite of the firm structured. Subtle, feminine but with punch in the intense finish with soft chalky mineral after tastes. Yum. 92-93+

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• 2009 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Clos Vougeot 92 Points

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

  Alcohol :: 14%
  Bottle breathed 2hrs, decanted for 1-2hrs. The red fruited and high tone red floral nose is intense and rounded, display some soft Asian spices, meaty and chalky mineral tone. It was really unyielding and pretty straight forward that hardly will come across as a Grand Cru, not even a 1er. However, after some vigorous swirling, the wine started expand on the palate with great sense of harmony. Silky smooth and lush, highly concentrated of sweet ripe dark and red cherry fruits, with mineral freshness kick in at the back of mid palate for lift and sappiness. The tannin is unusually fine and silky for a young Clos Vougeot hence the feminine character and not at all austere. Long fine finish with finesse. 92-93

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• 2009 Domaine Fourrier Bourgogne Blanc 86 Points

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc

  The aromas display excellent freshness with relatively intense for a Bourgogne with: almond, lemon and pear. Crisp on the palate with good lightness as well as sweet mineral and lemony flavors for the mid palate punch that move on to the slightly grippy, juicy finish. Subtle and gentle, a great bargain.

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• 2009 Marchand & Tawse / Pascal Marchand Saint-Romain Blanc 87 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Saint-Romain

  This bio-dynamically farmed St-Romain started off a little bit less expressive, and monolithic but keep getting better in the glass, with excellent tension and drive. Ripe lemon, lime and grapefruits with perfume white floral and ginger bread. Very good focus and mineral with champagne like mid palate flavors, bio dynamic? Good roundness and brightness, character, good linear finish with juiciness. After this wine, I'm really interested to try more wines from Pascal Marchand.

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• 2009 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Chenevottes 91 Points

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

  Alcohol :: 13.5%
  Bottle breathed for 7hrs. While not as intense and deep as the Genevrieres, this display higher tone of chalk, mineral, melon, pear fruits and slightly colder tone: ginger, spices and almond. Fresh, crisp entry that rounder and creamier profile on the mid palate with sweet ripe yellow fruits. Excellent mid palate sappiness and complex mineral and purity. Touch of spicy infused on the long lingering finish with almond, orange peel after taste. Excellent 1er Cru from Chassagne.

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• 2009 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières 94 Points

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

  Alcohol :: 13.5%
  Bottle breathed for 7hrs. The aromas here is stunningly deep, complex, intense with amazing fragrance that captured my attention immediately. Airy, superb pure with mild herbs, sweet pear, melon and huge mineral background, with the white and yellow floral as well as a touch of almond nut that added better breadth. Astonishingly richness that offer immense purity, depth, structured all wrapped in a total harmony package. This classy juice flowed through on the palate with care and gently. Despite the amazing grip and layer of concentration, the sense of elegance and lightness here is remarkable. The finish just goes on and on which lasted more than 40sec with touch of complex salinity. 94-96

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