Burgunday-Tastings Around Town

K&L Wines, San Francisco and San Francisco Wine Trading Company
Tasted Saturday, November 12, 2016 by drwine2001 with 367 views

Flight 1 - Whites (6 Notes)

Flight 2 - Reds (10 Notes)

  • 2012 Domaine Pierre Gelin Fixin 1er Cru Hervelets

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Fixin 1er Cru

    Light tawny color with brown tinge. Attractive char and spice nose. Light with unexpected sappiness. Ripe red fruit, orange zest, cinnamon, scorched earth, fine acidity. Leaves an impression of brightness and freshness. I must say that this is an exceptional Fixin. I simply cannot recall another one that had so much to it and a texture like this.

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  • 2014 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets

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

    Even ruby. First bottle not a charm-corked. Back up bottle floral with medium body, excellent feel, dark cherry fruit, finishing soil and moderate tannin. Some oak crept in at the very end, but on the whole, this struck me as less woody than Pousse d'Or has often been. Very good, but perhaps denser and less lithe than I'd like for Volnay.

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  • 2013 Domaine Bruno Clavelier Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Brûlées Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru

    Light ruby center. Brambly dark berry aromatics. Medium weight. Stemmy black fruit. Backward, restrained, and stern, although not overly tannic. This one needs a number of years to unfold.

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  • 2013 Faiveley Echezeaux

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru

    Light, pale at the rim. Soft red fruit and gentle herbs on the nose. Light weight, elegant, supple, earthy entry followed by late arriving acidity and even more soil. Good length. Subtle wine that is already accessible, but rather a joke for Grand Cru wine in this price range in terms of depth and overall interest.

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  • 2013 Domaine d'Eugénie Clos Vougeot

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

    Light ruby with fading edge. Ripe fruit and wintergreen. Medium weight, great sap without a lot of wood. Round, ripe attack with char, earth, and moderate back end acidity. Slightly drying tannins. Overall, fairly open for young Clos Vougeot, but I suspect that that may change given the structure that shows in the finish. Excellent potential with more time.

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  • 2014 Domaine des Chezeaux Griotte-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

    Red center, light rim. Strawberry and brett on the nose. Very light weight even accounting for the fact that it is a Gevrey Grand Cru. Nice red fruit, citric lift, some soil, lowish tannins. Pretty but lacking depth and length. I'd drink this early, which is an odd thing to say about a Griotte.

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  • 2013 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St. Jacques

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

    Relatively pale in color. Classic red fruit/soil Gevrey combination both aromatically and on the entry. Natural sweetness, medium weight, utterly harmonious and sappy. Remarkable complexity now, fantastic late soil and acidity, and not at all too tannic to prevent early enjoyment. Oh, and it just goes on and on. This is a honey of a wine, more Grand Cru in quality than 2 of the actual Grand Crus that preceded it. Cue the head banging and teeth gnashing that stems from the reality of these wines being so out of reach these days. Nevertheless, a great treat to taste, even young.

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  • 2014 Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles

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

    Red core. Lovely florality and red fruit. Medium weight with a feel of rich clay, whole berry fruit, nice sap, back end soil and slight tart acidity. Light tannins and a very light wood foundation. I liked this a lot, and it is perfectly suited for pleasurable early drinking. God, tasting this, it is hard to believe that this is the same Lucien Boillot domain that crafted dirty, skinny wines through much of the '80s and '90's.

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  • 2014 Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets

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

    Deeper than Les Angles. More obvious oak too. Not as easy as the former wine. Cherry and soil first, then leaner and more penetrating in the mouth. Great acidity, moderately tannic with a touch of austerity. I'd give this several years before retrying, but it could turn out to be excellent Volnay.

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  • 2014 Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru La Perrière

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

    Red, light rim. Immediately more earthy than the 2 Volnays with pungent green notes as well. Light to medium bodied. Not at all sappy, in fact pretty sharp, austere, tannic feel. Dry finish. Now this is more like the old Boillot wines, and I don't care for it. I really question the balance.

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