(Mostly) 90s Burgs in Indy

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Tasted Thursday, December 8, 2016 by salil with 339 views

Introduction

Incomplete notes - also an older Aglianico and an 88 Rieussec poured, though I didn't focus on those as much with the Burgs and later the Rivesaltes being poured.

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 2012 Domaine Ramonet Puligny-Montrachet Les Enseignères 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet

    Beautiful wine; focused and elegant with bright citrus and pear fruit at the core, and layers of hazelnut, smoke, mint/other herbal notes, and chalky minerality emerging with more air to add complexity around the ripe fruit. There's impeccable balance here with plenty of acidity keeping it very light on its feet, and an impressively long finish.

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Flight 2 (2 Notes)

  • 2001 Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke Riesling Spätlese 95 Points

    Germany, Nahe

    An incredible showing, one of the best I can remember for this wine. I cannot imagine it getting much better. There's intense red fruit, peach, red apple, and tarter citrus fruit flavours accented with lemon cream, smoke, and an intense stony minerality beneath. It comes across just off dry, with the now moderate sweetness buffered by the powerful '01 acidity, and there's amazing length to the finish.

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  • 2015 Alzinger Riesling Smaragd Loibenberg 92 Points

    Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau

    Intensely bright and exotic in its flavour profile, though also very large scaled - this will definitely need some years in the cellar to calm down, as it's all about youthful richness right now. It's packed with ripe orchard fruit, and all sorts of bright floral notes - lilac, lavender, and other sweet scents, with a gentle minerality beneath. There's bright acidity underneath and impressive balance, but right now it's more about potential.

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Flight 3 (1 Note)

Flight 4 (5 Notes)

  • 1995 Daniel Moine-Hudelot Chambolle-Musigny 86 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

    New producer for me - apparently this was the (former?) mayor of Chambolle. Lots of bright red fruit and some savoury earthiness here, but it also has a high toned, almost spirity note on the nose that makes me wonder about a bit of VA. It's better integrated with air, but overall suffered in comparison to the other red Burgs on the table.

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  • 1990 Georges Lignier et Fils Clos St. Denis 94 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru

    Fantastic wine - powerful yet very elegant, with an intensely ripe, rich core of red and dark berried fruit augmented by more developed earthy, mushroom, leathery, and other savoury notes. It's certainly a big wine that seems rather large scaled when poured alongside the Jouan, but it has great balance with enough acidity to keep it focused, and a beautiful, silky texture with the tannins mostly resolved.

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  • 1996 Henri Jouan Clos St. Denis 93 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos St. Denis Grand Cru

    The aromatics here are absolutely stunning and quite evocative of some of those amazing Burgs I had from Truchot. Such an array of fragrances here, with gentle red fruits, spices, leather, bright floral notes, and more low toned earthiness all coming together into an amazing scent that's hard to move away from. The palate doesn't quite live up to the (admittedly very, very high) expectations from the aromatics - there's good complexity here, but it shows a bit of the vintage's astringency on the back end where there's still some grainy tannin apparent and some acidic tartness.

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  • 1991 Mongeard-Mugneret Grands-Echezeaux 93 Points

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

    Very pretty - a lovely fragrance with lots of high toned spicy and floral notes, and more savoury/bass notes of earth and mushrooms framing a core of red fruit that's still very fresh and lively. Medium weight on the palate and drinking very nicely with the tannins mostly integrated, and a long, savoury finish.

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  • 1991 Faiveley Corton-Clos des Cortons Faiveley 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

    Probably the most powerful and structured of all the red Burgs on the table - there's impressive intensity to the array of red and dark fruited flavours, earth, and the other rusty and leathery notes that emerge with more air. It doesn't show the same textural finesse of the other wines on the table with some noticeable grainy tannin on the finish, and I get the impression this still needs a bit more time, even though it's very enjoyable now after a decant.

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Flight 5 (1 Note)

  • 1941 Château Sisqueille Rivesaltes 92 Points

    France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Rivesaltes

    The same bottle that Adrian posted a note on back in October, and Prof B. was kind enough to bring the remaining half bottle to dinner. All that air, shockingly enough, has not turned this into an acetaldehyde-laden mess of flaws. Very complex and layered, with figgy, raisiny fruit at the core, and layers of butterscotch, toffee, caramel, and more oxidative nutty notes adding depth. Certainly quite sweet, but also very well balanced with bright acids beneath that give it good lift.

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