Wine-ark Burgundy Tasting

Big Burgundy tasting organised by Wine Ark. A table for each of the importers (e.g. Cellarhand, negotiant, Bibendum etc) but I just went through the white and then the reds. I finished with the Beaujolais because I wanted to end on something refreshing...bit of an unusual choice but there you have it.

That Louis Michel Montee de Tonnerre feels like it might worm it's way into my cellar especially based on price point.

• 2015 Domaine Louis Michel Petit Chablis

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Petit Chablis

  citrus, stone fruit, muted butter. Juicy, fleshy, citrus fruit but quite short. Easy drinking

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• 2014 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru

  Peachy fruit, quite perfumed. On the palate this is fleshy, fresh and creamy. Fruit shines Some front of mouth burr. Very nice.

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• 2014 Domaine Louis Michel Chablis Grand Cru Vaudésir

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  A little closed and reticent on the nose. Slightly creamy cheesy lees, smudged stone fruit and spice. More of the same on the palate. Quite liner with a mineral core. Medium plus length. Hmm.

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• 2014 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis

  France, Burgundy, Chablis

  That slightly herby note. Stone fruit,. Lemon, fleshy, quite warm and spiced. Plenty of font of mouth grip. Lacks a bit of acidity for me.

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• 2014 Domaine Christian Moreau Père et Fils Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

  France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

  Rich, stone fruit, spice, some oak here as well. Massive fruity bomb up front. Touches of sulphur as well. Very young. Needs time to integrate. But good…Very good.

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• 2013 Mischief and Mayhem Bourgogne Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc

  Cream, vanilla, sweet spice over muted fruit. A bit sure from an acidity perspective but then, oddly a little warm on the finish. Pokey oak as well. Nah

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• 2014 Domaine Cornu Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits

  Quite herbaceous, wet stone, chalk. Herbs as well. Tight and a bit chewy. Short. Nah

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• 2013 Domaine du Chateau de Meursault Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc Clos du Château

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc

  Stone fruit, cream, spice there is a sudden step up in richness with this wine. It's a little tart and out of whack on the palate though. Stone fruit, butter, cream. Time?

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• 2010 Domaine du Chateau de Meursault Meursault 1er Cru Charmes

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

  Peachy fruit, butter, cream and sweet spice. A little muted after the 2013. More of the same on the palate but the oak is a little obvious and overbearing for me today. Hmm

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Saint-Aubin Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Saint-Aubin

  Peachy, creamy, buttery with sweet spice and vanilla. Quite ripe Burgundy and tending towards the new world but well balanced. More of the same on the palate. The oak is a little pointy but this is pleasant enough.

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• 2013 Roux Père & Fils Rully Clos des Mollepierres Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Rully

  Cream, sweet spice, slight toasted notes and peach, easy and quaffable. Not massively long but very pleasant

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• 2008 Domaine Parent Corton Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  Slight sulphur, struck flint, cream, muted stone fruit and slight citrus notes. Massive spice palate keeps going and going. Bit of font of mouth grip as well. Cream, butter, toasted notes but, perhaps, lacks a touch of fruit for me. Savoury. Mineral. Yes. Hmm. not sure. I think a bottle and a whole roast chook would be a good way to spend an hour or two.

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• 2009 Jean-Pierre Guyon Morey St. Denis Clos de la Bidaude Blanc

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis

  meaty, slight stone fruit and cream but a little flat on the nose…even with agitation it's not really coming to the party. This is pretty awful on the palate as well. Nah.

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a few winners here but nothing crazy good…

• 2014 Frédéric Magnien Bourgogne Graviers

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

  Red cherry fruit, touch of clay, floral top notes. More of the same on the palate with quite grippy and gritty drying tannins. Reasonable length for a village wine.

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• 2013 Michel Magnien Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Monts Luisants

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

  tiny stalks, herbaceous whiffs. Quite dusty and funky, red currant fruit. Dense and juicy on the palate. That red currant is riper here as well. Plentiful gum grip. Tannins are finer here though and lend breadth to the mid palate. Rather nice.

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• 2011 Michel Magnien Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Les Millandes

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

  Herbaceous and leather red berry fruit, slight bonfire ash as well. That silky element translate to the palate it's quite fresh but the fruit is muted, touches of black tea as well as a sweet oak note. Hmm.

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• 2011 Michel Magnien Clos de la Roche

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

  Perfumed red berry fruit, touches of beetroot - but not in a bad way, cream, sweet spice. Stalks here as well I suspect but very well integrated. Beautifully balanced. Long. Silky tannins, smooth. Elegant. Very impressive.

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• 2014 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Savigny-lès-Beaune

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune

  Red currant and berry. Chewy tannins, especially front of mouth over pretty red fruit. Time required. Medium length. Kind of nice.

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• 2014 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru

  Slight stalks, pretty red currant and red berry fruit. On the palate savoury cherry, slightly peppery red fruit. Tannins are more restrained but very much gum gripping. Again, kind of nice.

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• 2007 Frédéric Magnien Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Charmes Vieilles Vignes

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

  meaty and savoury, red currant, slight leather. Savoury with tannic grip, not massively fruity but structured and quite long. Okay.

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• 2014 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru

  Ooh, a little coffee here and oak. Dusty with sweet spice. Fresher and more generous, for me, that the other two wines but I kind of like all three

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• 2014 Lucien Muzard Santenay Les Champs Claude Vieilles Vignes

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Santenay

  medium minus intensity aromas of stalks, meat and savoury elements. Quite tart and hard with aggressive tannins. Nah.

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• 2014 Lucien Muzard Santenay 1er Cru Clos de Tavannes

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

  struck match dominates quite muted red and black fruit. The fruit is savoury but juicy on the palate with gritty tannins. Hmm, It kind of appeals. Okay.

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• 2014 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Morey St. Denis En la Rue de Vergy

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis

  Coffee, red berry - especially strawberry, toast. Juicy, flesh with strawberries. Generous. Fine chalky tannins but fruit persists. Long. Nice.

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• 2014 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny

  Cream, muted milky coffee, red berries with slight cherry. Quite perfumed. Juicy, generous, slightly bitter coffee grounds resides with lovely red fruit notes. Tannins are silky and integrated. Good.

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• 2013 Roux Père & Fils Santenay Les Prarons

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Santenay

  Slightly herbaceous almost fresh stalks and herbs initially over red tending to black berry. It's a bit hard, tart and foursquare on the palate with a kind of carbonic maceration sweetness off setting this. Hmm. Time?

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• 2009 Jean-Pierre Guyon Nuits St. Georges Les Herbues

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges

  Savoury, slight stalks and meaty cherry fruit. It s a little tart and old on the palate with slightly chalky tannins. Meh.

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• 2007 Dominique Gallois Charmes-Chambertin

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

  Perfumed, concentrated red cherry, cream, and vanilla. More of the same on the palate with a touch of star anise. Fine, talc textured tannins. All carries long. Hmm. The ingredients are there but something isn't quite right for me on this one. Perhaps a lack of balance and harmony?

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Côte de Beaune Villages

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Côte de Beaune Villages

  Meaty and savoury, muted red fruit. Juicy to tart on the palate. Bit tough for me. Nah

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Côte de Nuits Villages Le Vaucrain

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Nuits Villages

  Polished oak, muted fruit, sweet spice. Hmm. Quite hard and tart on the palate with gritty, chalky tannins. Nah.

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• 2014 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Ursules Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot

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

  slight stalks, red berries; like freshly squeezed raspberry juicy, quite charming and pretty nose. Might be a touch of oak here as well. On the palate it's fleshy and juicy, fruit persist here with tiny coffee touches and slightly drying fine textured tannins. Nice.

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• 2014 Domaine Heresztyn/Heresztyn-Mazzini Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Village Flawed

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Both the chap next to me and myself perceived this wine as impressively corked on the nose but the chap pouring argued that this was the style of the wine. The next wine by the same producer certainly did not exhibit this stylistic nuance. I have no idea why the sellers would want to show us a corked wine and then insist that it is not flawed. FLAW

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• 2014 Domaine Heresztyn/Heresztyn-Mazzini Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champonnets

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

  Dusty and muted red fruit under some stalks. Better on the palate but in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. At least it wasn't corked. Nah.

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• 2014 Domaine du Château de Marsannay Marsannay Les Longeroies

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Marsannay

  Muted red fruit is hidden under slight coffee and cream, touches of warm spice. Juicy and fresh red currant fruit on the palate though with grippy, gritty and quite rustic tannins. Kind of nice.

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• 2013 Mischief and Mayhem Pinot Noir Bourgogne

  France, Burgundy, Bourgogne

  Medium minus intensity aromas of stalks, leather blackberry fruit. Prettier on the palate with fine tannins and medium length. Bit simple. Hmm

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• 2008 Domaine Cornu Côte de Nuits Villages Le Clos de Magny

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Côte de Nuits Villages

  Slightly bitter, touches of ash, dusty, slightly sour red fruit. Oooh, this is ungenerous on the palate. Tough, tart, hard and, well, unpleasant. Not very nice at all.

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• 2011 Domaine Cornu Ladoix 1er Cru Bois Roussot

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

  hard and stalky, meaty and wild ferment over some carefully hidden pretty red fruit. In the mouth that pretty fruit is hidden beneath stalks and gritty, chewy tannins. Hmm. Time?

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• 2011 Domaine Cornu Corton

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru

  sulphurs, very funky; wild ferment. Not much else on the nose. On the palate there is a core of beautiful fruit within the wild ferment , stalks and chewy tannins. Lots of time required here. The acidity is quite sharp as well. Okay. I like the idea of getting a bottle and leaving it for 15 years or so.

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• 2011 Jacques Cacheux & Fils Vosne-Romanée Les Chalandins

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  slight black cherry and lovely earthy quality. Opens in the glass on the nose. Pretty bouquet. Feels like a touch of stalks on the palate but quite jubey, pretty fruit. Tannins are fine. Pretty good.

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• 2011 Jacques Cacheux & Fils Vosne-Romanée Aux Raviolles

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Quite jubey black cherry fruit. Very pretty nose. Again, feels like very slight stalks inclusion from this producer. Not massive long but very pleasant and quaffable. Nice.

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That piron cote du py was pretty nice

• 2014 Dominique Piron Beaujolais-Villages

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages

  Cream with muted but present black cherry fruit. Confected black cherry fruit on the palate with fine tannins, pretty, fresh, easy and rather lovely

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• 2015 Dominique Piron Fleurie

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie

  Ha ha ha…smells like this years home made wine - stalks, whole bunch and whole berry, bit of cherry fruit and funkiness. Prettier and sweeter than my home-made wine on the palate though with gentle cherry and fine textured tannin. Touch more breadth than the entry level wine. Nice

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• 2015 Dominique Piron Morgon Côte du Py

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

  Ah, quite Pinotesque…pretty red and black berries with slight liquorice. Dense and chewy tannins, fruit persists with that liquorice note. Pretty bloody good and great QPR.

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• 2015 Louis Claude Desvignes Morgon La Voûte Saint-Vincent

  France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Morgon

  Pretty red cherry fruit, sweet, almost candied, notes. More of the same on the palate. Juicy as well. A pleasant, pretty, undramatic Beaujolais. Nice.

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pretty splendid tasting...very good fun...