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Burgundy vs. Pinot around the World, 30 wines tasted blind
Tasted Wednesday, May 29, 2024 by Collector1855 with 463 views
Introduction
We met over two evenings to taste Burgundy vs. famous Pinot Noirs around the World to see where the quality stands. Outside of Burgundy, Felton Road confirmed its status as one the the best non-Burg Pinot Noir. A newcommer from Neuchatel/Switzerland. Domaine St.Sebastee is also a name to look out for. It has performed well in several blind tastings in the past.
Flight 1 - Cote de Beaune Reds (6 Notes)
Flight 2 - 1er Crus (7 Notes)
2014 Domaine de L'Arlot Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Ripe red fruit and also a bit of confiture, strawberry, feels youthful. Lots of density, gripping tannis still. Good aromatics and length. This has upside from here. 93-94
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2012 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines Vieille Vigne 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Fourrier Combe aux Moines. Beautiful nose of red fruit, spices and sous-bois. Sublimely elegant palate, very grand wine in the red fruit spectrum. 95+
2015 Rudolf Fürst Hundsrück Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs Flawed
Germany, Franken
Unfortunately corked.
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2013 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Combe aux Moines Vieille Vigne 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru
Nose still closed, some sweet spices, ripe strawberry, a little cooked fruit, strawberry jam as well. Very austere. The 2014 a day before was miles ahead.
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2019 Kistler Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 92 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Vanilla and oak, generous and sweet spices, sweet mouthfeel but attractive, more vanilla then the others. Modern, red cherries, lots of sweetness, but attractive overall.
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2018 Rudolf Fürst Hundsrück Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs 95 Points
Germany, Franken
Wonderful nose combining red and dark fruit with mint and pine. Very fragrant, very grand. Long finish. Top showing.
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2018 Kistler Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 93 Points
USA, California, Sonoma County, Sonoma Coast
Lots of Co2 on the nose that needed to dissipate. Explosive nose, very showy with strawberry bonbon and oak spice. Comes into place with air. New worldish, crowd pleasing but not vulgar, stays elegant.
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Flight 3 - Morey St.Denis (6 Notes)
2012 Lucien Le Moine Clos de la Roche 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Expressive nose with dark fruit, goes deep into forest floor territory, soft tannins, ripe with sweet spices. Nice and very complete. 95+
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2010 Georges Lignier et Fils Clos Saint-Denis Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
Strong asparagus and VA smells. Off bottle.
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2017 Rose & Arrow Pinot Noir Worden Hill 93 Points
USA, Oregon, Willamette Valley, Dundee Hills
Rose & Arrow, Worden Hill Fantastic nose jumping from the glass, cranberries, strawberry, lots of baking and cinnamon, spice. Ripe and succulent palate. May be not the deepest wine but so charming.
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2016 Friedrich Becker Sankt Paul Spätburgunder Großes Gewächs 87 Points
Germany, Pfalz
Earthy and dark. Very closed. The wine felt very rustic with drying tannins, not much elegant Pinot typicity
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2014 Lucien Le Moine Clos Saint-Denis
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Saint-Denis Grand Cru
Dense and tannic. Some cooked strawberry jam, overripe notes on the nose, finishes a touch dry. May be not the best bottle. NR
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2010 Georges Lignier et Fils Clos de la Roche
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
Lots of acidity, lightly oxidative touch, drying finish, not very pleasant, volatile acidity, austere. Faulty bottle, had many good ones before. NR
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Flight 4 - Gevrey Chambertin, Clos Vougeot (6 Notes)
2010 Domaine Trapet Chambertin 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambertin Grand Cru
Chambertin Expressive nose of sweet spices, earthy elements. Lovely balance, tannins polished. Good but would need more complexity for a higher score. 93+
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2014 Alain Hudelot-Noëllat Clos Vougeot 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Had this wine twice in blind tastings this month. Today it was much more open than last time Stunning nose of red fruit and sweet spices, lovely oak management, bright acidity, very succulent. Modern but very good. Early drinking window.
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2017 Bass Phillip Pinot Noir Estate 93 Points
Australia, Victoria, Gippsland
Very fruity nose with lots of Co2. Good sweetness, spices, lots of aroma, bright acidity, a little superficial, but charming.
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2019 J.C. Kuntzer et Fils Pinot Noir Clos de la Perrière Domaine Saint-Sébaste 94 Points
Switzerland, Three Lakes, Neuchâtel
Soft succulent, oak, sweetness, generous, very nice. Bright acidity, good mid mouth fill. Modern but good, very complete and very popular tonight. This is a producer to watch.
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2020 J.C. Kuntzer et Fils Pinot Noir Clos de la Perrière Domaine Saint-Sébaste 95 Points
Switzerland, Three Lakes, Neuchâtel
Generous, ripe fruit, much more dark fruit than the Tatasciore next to it. Reductive, top showing with freshness and density, some CO2 and flintiness. Very good. This is a producer to watch.
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2019 Domaine de la Rochette (Jacques Tatasciore) Pinot Noir Les Virgas 93 Points
Switzerland, Three Lakes, Neuchâtel
Fresh, red fruit, long, some CO2, light palate, linear and precise, subtle struture. Delineated, good, but not with Grand Cru concentration. Good but the St.Sebaste next to it had the edge.
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Flight 5 - Vosne Romanee / Echezeaux (5 Notes)
2014 Gros Frère et Sœur Echezeaux 94 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Echezeaux Grand Cru
Gros Frere Soeur Echezeaux Nose of cola, cherry notes, very succulent but so charming, how not to dislike this, very light, so nice. 94+
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2013 Domaine Coquard Loison-Fleurot Grands-Echezeaux 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Grands-Echezeaux Grand Cru
Darker, deeper than the Gros F&S next to it. Quite dense, beautiful. A little flat on the finish, tame, good but not great.
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2018 Bell Hill Pinot Noir 93 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury
Very smoky, so precise, laser sharp, flinty, extreme reduction flintiness, like in a white Burg, but great, but some people were put off by the prominent reduction.
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2016 Gantenbein Pinot Noir 92 Points
Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Graubünden, Fläsch
Oaky, stale smoke, red and dark fruit, a but rustic from the smoke, not a good showing. Had better samples of this.
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2020 Gantenbein Pinot Noir 94 Points
Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Graubünden, Fläsch
Very good showing, complete, complex. Very young. A little too smoky still from the oak but that will surely integrate.
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Flight 6 - Chambolle Musigny (7 Notes)
2014 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Musigny 90 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Dense, deep, dark fruit, not singing yet, holds potential, ripe, a touch of confiture, closed, austere.
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2010 Hubert Lignier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Chabiots 96 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Wow, really fragrant and intense nose here with the best Vosne spices that Burgundy can offer. Sous bois, leather, cinnamon. Elegant palate. A ballerina. My WOTN.
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2013 Domaine de la Vougeraie Bonnes Mares 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Really top as well. Super fragrant, has it all, spice, red fruit, succulent palate. Modern, with. Good dose of oak, but so caressing.
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2016 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 5 95 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Precise, reduction, top aromas, violets, red fruit, mint, a bit of reduction as well. Then orange peel, citron even, very fresh 95+, The group's WOTN of the tasting.
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2013 Domaine Drouhin-Laroze Musigny 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Musigny Grand Cru
Decanted for 2h. Dark fruit, and after a decant it showed some overripe notes. Still rustic. In need for more time.
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2011 Hubert Lignier Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Chabiots 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru
Like the 2010 the day before this is ultra fragrant, with red fruit, bready notes, farmyard. Wonderful.
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2015 Felton Road Pinot Noir Block 3 95 Points
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Like the Block 5, a top showing, complete with red fruit, fresh, racy with violets and red fruit, sweet spices. Wonderful. Felton Road showed its mettle again.
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Flight 7 - Aperitiv and encore wines (5 Notes)
2020 Domaine Hamelin Chablis 1er Cru Beauroy 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Discrete nose of citrus, fresh and reductive. A little thin on the palate, medium- complexity.
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2019 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Aigrots 88 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Light with red fruit, spices, some bacon, pleasant, but more an easy every day drinker
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2005 Château Pape Clément 94 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Lots of dark fruit with cake, baking spices. Dense and rich, not yet fully tertiary, still very early in its drinking window. Decant or wait.
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1959 Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 90 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Sauternes
Rich and sweet with dried apricot, saffron, smoke, mushroom. Could need a touch more acidity
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2005 Château Nairac 87 Points
France, Bordeaux, Sauternais, Barsac
Dark amber. Very thick and unctuous, smoke, apricot marmalade. Rally heavy, hard to enjoy.
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2010 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Much more advanced than usual. Not rated.
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2014 Domaine Cornu Corton Le Rognet et Corton 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Lovely structure wrapping ripe red fruit, very good balance, lots of red fruit, some meaty elements as well, masculine. A touch tannic on the finish, young. Very good freshness.
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2014 Domaine Heitz-Lochardet Pommard 1er Cru Les Rugiens 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Nose of whole cluster, clear greenness that you have to like. Some Co2, as well that dissipated with time, very racy. I love the fresh aromatics here but the pyrazines are not for the faint hearted.
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2015 Jean Stodden Spätburgunder Alte Reben 93 Points
Germany, Ahr
Discrete nose, light and pleasant, not overly deep with red and blue fruit, feels closed still. Tight palate with good mid mouth presence. A little oaky on the finish, that will need some more integration. Definitely one to lay alway still. 92+
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2019 Joseph Drouhin Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches Rouge 95 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru
Discrete nose, after swirling, beautiful aromas of sweet oak, red fruit, flowers. Very polished palate, caressing, a dream in the making, showed very well today and was the favorite of many.
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2013 Domaine Cornu Corton Le Rognet et Corton 93 Points
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru
Very aromatic wine right off the bat, intense, more licorice, rhubarb, sour cherry intermixed with spices. Excellent length. Acidity may be a little too pronounced.
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