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Wine Education Service - Red Burgundy
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Tasted November 17, 2014 by tendring with 310 views
Introduction
Presented by Sandy Leckie
Flight 1 (1 note)
Red
2009 Henri Prudhon & Fils Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Sur le Sentier du Clou Vieilles Vignes
88 points
Some maturity showing.
Clean smelling, sweet berry fruit.
Fruity with a hint of sweetness, balanced tannins and acidity, simple, quite a youthful taste but drinking well, good length.
Clean smelling, sweet berry fruit.
Fruity with a hint of sweetness, balanced tannins and acidity, simple, quite a youthful taste but drinking well, good length.
Flight 2 (1 note)
Red
2009 Domaine Bruno Clair Marsannay les Grasses Têtes
91 points
Some aging.
Mature nose, a little oaky, sweet fruit underneath - interesting.
Oak in the mouth, welcome rather than intrusive, fruity, balanced, smooth and very youthful, quite long. Keep 3-5 years at least.
Mature nose, a little oaky, sweet fruit underneath - interesting.
Oak in the mouth, welcome rather than intrusive, fruity, balanced, smooth and very youthful, quite long. Keep 3-5 years at least.
Flight 3 (1 note)
Red
2008 Domaine Thierry Mortet Gevrey-Chambertin
89 points
Orange brown rim.
A complex nose, liquorice and spice, interesting.
Fruity, still very tannic, will work with food but it's still young, quite long. Keep at least 5 years.
A complex nose, liquorice and spice, interesting.
Fruity, still very tannic, will work with food but it's still young, quite long. Keep at least 5 years.
Flight 4 (1 note)
Red
2005 Domaine Henri Boillot Volnay 1er Cru Les Chevrets
92 points
Just translucent and showing age.
Lots of complexity vanilla over vegetal notes.
Juicy sweet fruit in the attack, serious, full, sweetness in the finish, very long. Needs about 10 years to mature.
Lots of complexity vanilla over vegetal notes.
Juicy sweet fruit in the attack, serious, full, sweetness in the finish, very long. Needs about 10 years to mature.
Flight 5 (1 note)
Red
2004 Domaine Lucien Jacob Beaune 1er Cru Les Toussaints
90 points
Quite light coloured, distinctly brown.
Slightly vegetal notes over lovely fruit aromas.
Sweet juicy fruit in the attack, lovely balance, savoury mid palate, very long.
Slightly vegetal notes over lovely fruit aromas.
Sweet juicy fruit in the attack, lovely balance, savoury mid palate, very long.
Flight 6 (1 note)
Red
2003 Domaine de Montille Pommard 1er Cru Les Pèzerolles
86 points
Less age than you'd expect in the colour, legs.
Very perfumed, dissipating into plummy fruit.
Sweet and juicy fruit, black cherries and plums, but it tastes of a Rhone style!
Very perfumed, dissipating into plummy fruit.
Sweet and juicy fruit, black cherries and plums, but it tastes of a Rhone style!
Flight 7 (1 note)
Red
2001 Maison Roche de Bellene Chambolle-Musigny Collection Bellenum Vieilles Vignes
89 points
Orange brown.
Animal odours, soft and lovely.
Fruity, balanced, soft tannins, juicy mid palate, very long.
Animal odours, soft and lovely.
Fruity, balanced, soft tannins, juicy mid palate, very long.
Flight 8 (1 note)
Red
2006 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton-Clos du Roi
93 points
Quite orange.
Complex animal notes, very attractive.
Wow, it's all potential at this stage, there's fabulous fruit, oodles of tannic grip, very long. Open your next bottle in 10 years to reveal the full potential.
Complex animal notes, very attractive.
Wow, it's all potential at this stage, there's fabulous fruit, oodles of tannic grip, very long. Open your next bottle in 10 years to reveal the full potential.