Village Burgundy from Good Producers

Great to sample a wide range of wines in Zalto glasses with one per wine and plenty of opportunity to revisit.

• NV Deutz Champagne Brut Classic 89 Points

  France, Champagne

  Lemon Barely Water on the nose with some sourdough breadcrumbs and some lovely slatey minerality. With air a little lime oil. Palate very agreeable nice but not overpowering acidity and my kind of dosage.

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• 2015 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet

  Clean, bright, long and elegant. Some lemon oil on the nose. Palate is racy, pure and slatey. What a treat. Top notch stuff. With air at the end of the evening this has not faded one iota. There is a layer of subtle florality too.

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• 2012 Buisson-Charles Meursault Vieilles Vignes 84 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault

  There is some buttery Mintoe to the nose here and some suggestion of torn tarragon leaf but there is something not right. Some cinders and green banana. Hoping that air will bring it round but no improvement really after nearly 4 hours in the glass. Shame one senses a lovely wine underneath.

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• 2009 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Vendanges Sélectionnées 88 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

  Dark fruited and meaty on pouring with some aniseed in the mix. Palate is tannic and ungiving. Hints of sous bois but this is not much fun right now.

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• 2005 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Vendanges Sélectionnées 87 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

  More redcurrant fruit on the nose here than the 2009 it's served alongside. With air some chestnut sweetness and a little bresaola. Something odd about this and once again the palate is tight and uncompromising.

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• 2016 Domaine Ponsot Morey St. Denis Cuvée des Grives 92 Points

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

  Bright fruited and joyful. Smoky, rich and long. Some blackcurrant notes complement the plum fruit, fresh, long and balanced. Yum

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• 2001 Domaine Ponsot Morey St. Denis Cuvée des Grives 91 Points

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

  Smoky strawberries, cool fruited. Fully mature, a touch of sous bois and the faintest hint of animale. Some venison carpaccio on the nose with air. Very good. Slightly prefer the 2016 of the pair.

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• 2017 Domaine Robert Chevillon Nuits St. Georges Vieilles Vignes 93 Points

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

  Rich, deeply red fruited and slightly smoky Nuits. Some cranberry coulis, under ripe strawberries and some black pepper. Improves with air.

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• 2017 Francois Confuron-Gindre Nuits St. Georges 91 Points

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

  Takes a while to chill out after a precocious first 5 minutes; on pouring there is a pronounced lime curd quality and spiciness. A little high toned. With half an hour in the glass this has really settled down still brightly fruited but only hints of citrus lift and a more joined up palate.

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• 2010 Domaine Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Another wine with great length, some venison and blackcurrant shortcake sweetness. Palate very well balanced and more-ish. Lovely wine.

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• 2017 Domaine Duroché Gevrey-Chambertin 90 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

  Cherry sherbet nose on pouring. Takes a while to settle down. A bit of VA. Palate has good but not overpowering acidity. Improves with air and a certain pleasant meatiness emerges but this not really my bag.

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• 2018 Sylvain Cathiard Vosne-Romanée 92 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Smoky blue fruits. Some pomegranate to. Youthful but brilliant. Palate is youthful and in need of time but not shut down in the way our Volnays were. With air some sweet chestnut and violets appear.

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• 2009 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Vosne-Romanée 94 Points

  France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

  Wow. This is might up my strasse. Perfectly balance meatiness, dark fruits, some subtle Vosne spice. Understated yet fabulous. Palate rich long cool fruited and charming. I'm smitten. My wine of the night.

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Some ups and downs but the better wines were absolutely top drawer.