"Burgundies that can bring an Italian Wine Maker to the Dark Side" Luncheon

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Tasted Sunday, October 19, 2008 by Alex H with 540 views

Introduction

Organised by William, the purpose of the luncheon was to showcase attractive burg wines to our Italian winemaking friends - Luca and Rosanno. All wines were tasted blind.

Flight 1 - The White Burgs (3 Notes)

  • 2004 Etienne Sauzet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Referts 84 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru

    Lightly gold. Some stonefruit lined with grapefruit citrus lift with whiffs of minerals and spices. A gentle explosion of intense lemons smoothened out by lemony limey mineral salts. After some time in the glass, sweet vanilla oak and honeyed notes emerges.

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  • 2004 Domaine Henri Gouges Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru La Perrière Blanc 85 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru

    Deep yellow. The nose has floral-honeyed-caramel-covered sweet tangerines and pomelo leaves. Warm mouthfeel that is much more elegant, mellow and vintage quality than the other two whites tasted. It just needs something to make it a great.

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  • 2005 Olivier Leflaive Chablis Les Deux Rives 82 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis

    Light gold with green tinge. Warm mouthfeel that proves sweeter than the Puligny. This is not as mineral and citrus dominated too. However, this is very approachable and comfortable. This is neither simple nor complicated.

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Flight 2 - The Red Burgs (6 Notes)

  • 2002 Jean Boillot & Fils Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets 85 Points

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

    Beautiful nose of vegetal rot with classic regal burg "ass" notes. The second layer consisted of crushed cherries and slightly animalistic savorty tones. Good nicely ripened cherries, strawberries and raspberries provide the gentle fruit domination on this wine. Lovely, fresh and fleshy wiine.

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  • 1996 Domaine Taupenot-Merme Charmes-Chambertin 88 Points

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

    Very enticing with its really sexy nose of good burg "ass"yness, savory stewed cherries and rounding off with some spice heat. A soupy effort with red dates and hawberries double-boiled with roots and earthy dried bark runnning through the structure. Tamed acidity, it is a masculine pinot with nice muscle power but not like that of a bodybuilder. This is nicely toned and charming.

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  • 2002 Réyane et Pascal Bouley Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes 85 Points

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

    Crimson and looking vibrantly young. Slightly metallic with nail varnish prob from the alc. Brambly cherries with a dash of black soy and mocha notes. Very good structure that is not so much elegant as it is masculine. Good dense cherries with a squeeze of orange peel juice finshing earthy.

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  • 2002 Jacques Cacheux & Fils Vosne-Romanée 83 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    Nice hot berries with earthy undertones. Very nice strawberries and earthy dried mushroom components. Simple but not a simpleton. This has structure, acidity and nice tannins that will see it age.

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  • 1990 Liger-Belair Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 86 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru

    Aged brownish tinge. Savory cooked stew of plums, cherries and some hot butter. Mainly haw berries juice soup that finishes with some powdery / chalky tannins and cigarette ash. Still very fresh and young on the palate and showing lovely balance and structure.

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  • 2002 Thibault Liger-Belair Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges 86 Points

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru

    Lifted nose of varnish but carried nicely by mocha. Intense berries, cherries and off-dry strawberries married with medicinal mintyness. A lovely wine.

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Closing

An extremely pleasing afternoon luncheon with many good burgs and not to mention that almost half were 02s, which is just a wonderful vintage.

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