Chassagne Montrachet Caillerets and 2013 Red Burgundy

• 2011 Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

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

  Medium yellow. Some sulfur and funk on the nose. Rich pear and yellow fruit, full, lush feel with a kiss of oak, lowish acidity but fine, mineral finish. Good but loosely knit.

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• 2011 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

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

  Medium yellow. White flowers. Elegant, silky feel. Pear, lemon, and a touch of herbs. Better underlying acidity than the Pillot. Just fantastic texture and length.

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• 2012 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

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

  Light yellow. Riper, more citrus aromatics than the 2011. Fuller than that wine. Pear fruit, clay, vanilla, and a bit of spice. You feel the wood on the finish, and it shortens it. My least favorite of the 3 consecutive vintages of the PYCM Cailerets.

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• 2013 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets

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

  Light yellow. Ooh, nothing but reduction on the nose. On the other hand, beautiful weight and feel, bright orange fruit and great acidity. The liveliest of the bunch. If the sulfur dissipates, this has the material and balance to be a superb Premier Cru.

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• 2013 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin Le Clos

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Medium color. Game and char. Medium weight but pretty chewy. Mineral, tannic, backward, and all told, quite traditional. I liked this lieu dit.

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• 2013 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaut St. Jacques

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

  Light ruby center. Slightly floral, red fruit, and earth-now this really smells like Gevrey! Fine, elegant, iron-laden core. Powerful, dry, licorice finish. Classic and needs time. Excellent quality.

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• 2013 Domaine Bruno Clair Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers

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

  Light ruby. Earth and game. Light weight. More soil than fruit, but subtly sweet red fruit lurks underneath with crisp acidity. Not as tannic as the Duroché wines. Classy bottle with admirable weight and feel.

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• 2013 Mongeard-Mugneret Grands-Echezeaux

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru

  Dark ruby core. Some funk and smoke. Lush, chewy black fruit. Long and quite tannic, but this is not completely clean through the mid-palate. Quite a bruiser for a Vosne Grand Cru without a lot of finesse.

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• 2013 Louis Jadot Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Amoureuses

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

  Light center with pale edge. Light weight. Some red fruit but really dominated by earthiness and a dry, tannic finish. This was tasted blind, and I guessed Gevrey Premier Cru. Disappointing once the label was revealed, as it neither had the lilting Chambolle fruit nor the charm of Amoureuses.

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Two of the three Colin-Morey wines showed beautifully (sulfur levels aside), and this was a nice introduction to the wines of Duroché in Gevrey.