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• JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:

  June 5, 2023 - Jadot often gets a bad rap for making workmanlike, foursquare wines relative to any number of domaines and a couple of their négociant peers. In my experience, this a only partially true: you drink em young and they will express their Jadotness over site more often that not. That said, they are perfectly satisfying if not quite “transparent.” However, if you show some (okay a lot of) patience they transcend Jadot and articulate terroir and vintage quite fluently. This is the case in this bottle of Jadot 1998 Les Boudots 1er. From the Vosne side of the village downslope from Damodes and adjacent to Malconsorts, this shows more spice and red fruit nuance than rough hewn Nuits St. Georges burliness. There is some of the tannic and acidic ‘98 edge here, but red fruit of the pomegranate, wild raspberry, and cranberry character dominate the nose and palate. Some game and a fine dusting over Asian spices add nuance. And astride a finely etched mineral core (for Nuits St Georges) are some blood orange peel and sous-bois flavors. I don’t get the sense that the fruit has been overtaken by the structure and there’s plenty of expressiveness left depending on just how resolved you prefer your Burgundy. This is showing admirably with a ragu of leftover short rib over polenta—okay grits. And given the chance, I’d purchase more well-stored bottles. This is really tasty in its way and very satisfying on a rather raw midcoast Maine evening. Re-buy? Wish I had. Last bottle a few years ago was marked by producer, this bottle is very much of a place (and vintage) and shines because of it.

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• MuddyBoots commented:

  6/9/23, 7:08 PM - Boudots seems to be a vineyard that perhaps will never get the recognition it deserves. It is consistently good - from many growers. Glad you liked this 1998, which as you know, I find a vintage that has given bottles across the whole range of the quality spectrum.

• JohnMcIlwain commented:

  6/9/23, 7:15 PM - Agreed on Boudots, Keith. And that 1998 edginess is a characteristic that I’ve certainly struggled with myself.

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