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Louis Jadot 2020 barrel sample tasting
Branch Line, Watertown MA
Tasted March 7, 2022 by tak4 with 271 views
Introduction
Dinner hosted by Gordon's with Frederic Barnier from Louis Jadot. Opportunity to taste the 2020 Jadot line from barrel samples. The food was very good - much better than my previous visit to Branch Line. Weather was chilly but the food and wine helped a lot! Some excellent wines but strangely the event was held after the deadline to order futures, so not much came out of it.
Flight 5 was dinner, by the way
Flight 1 - White flight 1 (3 notes)
White
2020 J.A. Ferret Pouilly-Fuissé Premier Cru Les Perrières Tête de Cru
89 points
Apple on nose, moderate acid, good body
White
2020 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Le Clos Blanc Domaine Gagey
92 points
lovely structure, great acid
White
2020 Louis Jadot Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot
88 points
Touch of sugar or pseudosweetness. American smarties. Not v typique
Flight 2 - White flight 2 (3 notes)
White
2020 Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos de la Garenne Domaine du Duc de Magenta
90 points
Power! Full body, full acid, deep fruit. Aubert! (jk)
White
2020 Louis Jadot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot Clos de la Chapelle Domaine du Duc de Magenta
92 points
Slight reduction on nose. Great balance, good acid, lots of power.
White
2020 Louis Jadot Corton-Charlemagne Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot
90 points
Powder and grapefruit. Acid, floral, more delicate. White flowers
Flight 3 - Red flight 1 (3 notes)
Red
2020 Louis Jadot Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Clos de la Croix de Pierre
91 points
Great acid, strong fruit, Needs to come together but wow
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Red
2020 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Ursules Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot
92 points
More acid, still strong fruit, blackberry. Awesome
Red
2020 Louis Jadot Corton-Pougets Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot
90 points
Rich nose, a little disjointed but good raw material
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Flight 4 - Red flight 2 (3 notes)
Red
2020 Louis Jadot Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Fuées
93 points
Very acid forward and great fruit structure. Wow
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Red
2020 Louis Jadot Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Boudots Domaine Gagey
93 points
Amazing structure, great acid. Aromatic already
Red
2020 Louis Jadot Echezeaux
91 points
Very acid forward, needs to integrate with time, a little 'hot'
Flight 5 - Dinner (8 notes)
White
2018 J.A. Ferret Pouilly-Fuissé Clos des Prouges Tête de Cru
89 points
Pseudosmoke nose, mineral. Great structure. Lovely. Typique
White
2018 J.A. Ferret Pouilly-Fuissé Les Perrières
91 points
Bigger nose, more yellow fruit forward, pseudosmoke, delicious
White
2018 Louis Jadot Beaune 1er Cru Grèves Le Clos Blanc Domaine Gagey
88 points
Lovely structure, young, needs time. Mineral, smarties
Red
2018 Louis Jadot Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Clos de la Croix de Pierre
89 points
Restrained on nose. Fruit and acid on palate. Really needs time
Red
Red
2018 Louis Jadot Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Vaucrains
88 points
Raw. Really needs to come together. Spice, acid, heavy tannins. Needs about ten years!