2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Les Charmes

• By Josh Raynolds
  February 2011, (See more on Vinous...)

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• By Jon Rimmerman
  4/17/2011, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (LES CHARMES Burgaud Beaujolais) Weekend Dear Friends, A few worthy examples are set to arrive in the next week or so – all have intrinsic value as unique entrants and/or excellent buys for what they are. All will ship this spring: 2004 Castello di Volpaia “Balifico” (Tuscany) - (LIMIT 6/person) Compare at +; from a great vintage, this is noble example of what can be done with Cabernet (at elevation) in Tuscany – it reminds me of the Medoc in a vintage like 2001 with a plum and humidor character that emerges with air – should reward mid/long-term cellaring – decant for 1-2 hours if you drink in 2011 otherwise I would wait until 2012-2014 or so - JR: 2006 Faiveley Nuits Saint Georges “Aux Vignerondes” 1er - EXTREMELY LIMITED at this price Nothing like a few years in bottle to help this wine along – is not a misprint; compare at in Europe, + in the US. 2007 Domaine Labet “La Bardette” Côtes du Jura - (LIMIT 3/person) This is the Domaine bottling not the bottling; I’ve been enjoying this wine for the last few months and it has really come alive with an electric/artisanal Chardonnay quality that cuts and coats the palate. A wonderful wine with a myriad of nuances. If you’re a fan of Bourdy blanc, try this - JR 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon “Les Charmes” (Beaujolais)- (LIMIT 3/person) This is a re-order request item – we don’t have a large quantity in-bound so please adhere to the 3/person limit 2009 Mica Vino Verde (Portugal) - (LIMIT 3/person) Another re-order request item – also very little in-bound To order any of the above: nicki@garagistewine.com This parcel is set to arrive in a few weeks (please check OARS for local pick-up after May 1st). All will ship during the Spring shipping season (weather permitting). Out of state orders will be held for free under ideal storage conditions (56 degrees/70%humidity) until shipping is possible. Locals may pick up at their leisure. For current local pick up and arrival/ship information, please see your OARS link below (at the bottom of this offer) - don’t know how to access your OARS? Simply click the link and see your account. You can also paste the link into your browser. If you are having trouble with your link or your account, please contact: support@garagistewine.com NO SALES TO RETAILERS OR WHOLESALERS Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Italy6252 Burg2199 Burg2198 SOFR8927 Port4588

• By Jon Rimmerman
  8/31/2010, (See more on Garagiste...)

  (LES CHARMES Burgaud Beaujolais) UPDATE: Where’s Jon After months on the road, I think its time to bring back a popular feature from our old web site... “Where’s Jon?” is back. Our in-house guessing game has a new home in the “Explore” section of the Garagiste website and the first puzzle is a tough one! How it works: Every so often, a photo is posted of a recent destination. Like Alfred Hitchcock or Waldo, I may not be visible in the photo but, If you think you know where the photo was taken, post your answer on the “Where’s Jon?” forum (there’s a link to the forum in the photo). The first correct guess wins a prize. If you want to see where I’ve been in the past, previous photos (correctly identified by email list members over the years) are in a section called “Where was Jon?”. See if you can recognize where I am today? New winners will be showered with glory and adulation from their peers (in addition to a nice reward from Garagiste). It’s all in fun, so see if you can figure out today’s puzzle: http://www.garagistewine.com/explore (click on the top left photo, peeking into the wine shop window) Visit the Garagiste Forum for complete rules. Good luck! - Jon Rimmerman ************************** 2009 (again) Dear Friends, I tasted the complete 2009 Beaujolais portfolio from Jean-Marc Burgaud last night and the wines are even better than my original hyperbole from earlier in the summer (which is hard to believe). Most of the wines are not not for today as they are compact and restricted from bottling but there is electricity to burn with a sense of expectation and vinous tumult to come for the patient. We offered the 2009 Thulon and Cote du Py bottlings earlier in the summer (both are sold out, see original offer below) but Jean-Marc also produces a few hundred cases of Morgon Les Charmes from a tiny parcel that rarely sees export. If we act quickly (as in this morning), we can move it along before the hordes read about 2009 Beaujolais (and Burgaud in specific) this week. Keep in mind while shopping for 2009s, the success in Beaujolais does not necessarily trickle down to the mid-lower levels of the appellation where the temptation to pick too early or (the opposite) to let the grapes hang too long forced acid level “adjustments” that are a shame. The silly part is that everyone had the ability to make terrific wines but tonnage over quality or fear that another 2003 was in store forced the hand of the wines far more than Mother Nature. In truth, the region had sunshine, warmth and harvest condiitons that favored dramatic results for Gamay Noir and Jean-Marc Burgaud took full advantage. You can read my original prose below on the overall style of his 2009’s, but the world’s finest values of terroir (meshed with deep and explosive power) rarely exhibit themselves to this degree. That style is personified in the Les Charmes - a stone-faced wine of dense minerality, shimmering ruby-color and beautiful floral fruit wrapped in an exemplary framework - it is a fantastic effort in a vintage with many stars (priced at 30-50% less than what his neighbors charge for their Morgon). While accessible today, the 2009 Les Charmes is only hinting at what it will become – give the wine 3-5 years and enjoy it over the next decade. In the current economy, all of us are caught in a new world order that continues to search for itself and hasn’t quite settled on what it will become? This necessitates hesitation with most of our directions and decisions (from housing to groceries) and Jean-Marc Burgaud has made that hiccup step in our thought process much easier to turn into a gallop. While it is a small token in the realm of intercontinental economics, Burgaud is a microcosm of the small farmer/businessman who reminds us that the finest indulgence can still present themselves for (a philosophy shared by Howard Shultz of Starbucks when asked about his company's recession-proof sense of growth – not everyone will acquire a new Mercedes when times are tough but they will still look for tiny peeks of bright light in their daily lives – for millions, that tiny peek of light is a mocha latte. In a wine geek sense, that same philosophy rings true for 2009 Morgon). VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for one of those one-off combinations of vintage, timing and value that are rare indeed. FIRST COME FIRST SERVED up to 24/person until we run out (I believe this is the only parcel of 2009 Burgaud Les Charmes for the US): 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Beaujolais Morgon “Les Charmes” - To order: niki@garagistewine.com This parcel will arrive in the fall – it should be ready to ship late in the season. Check OARS for pick up in early November. Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Click here to view the status of your orders in O.A.R.S. **************** (for an overall sense of Burgaud’s 2009 portfolio, here is the original offer from earlier in the summer) 2009 Dear Friends, In a world of vinous potholes, a sure thing is not easy to come by. With that statement as a backdrop, the tandem below receives one of my highest recommendations of the year. Where the 2008s from Burgaud were reference, varietal wines, the 2009s are a freak-show of terroir, depth and Gamay-laced rock with super-charged purple molecules swimming around a nuclear core. If that doesn’t nudge you over the edge - to take the plunge into Jean-Marc Burgaud’s mineral slathered 2009 world, allow me to push you off the cliff (in a polite way of course)... I'm not sure how to properly explain this set of 2009s but I can tell you that it took 3-4 days to remove the purple from my teeth after tasting them. If you are looking for intellectual challenge as well as fruit purity and palate pleasure, Jean-Marc Burgaud has given us all of the above with the extra benefit of exemplary value and ageing capacity. Both the 2009 Thulon and Cote du Py simply feel and taste real – they represent what is still honest in the world of wine and they do so with granite-laced and studious panache. The Cote du Py will age for years and the Thulon, usually a young drinker, is so well-endowed in the vintage that it has aspirations of medium term cellaring as well. While this may seem like a simple statement, it is important to note that this is the very best Burgaud can put on the table and he is doing so for the least amount of currency in his pocket. Call it a breath of fresh air or just plain common sense, but these are kingly wines that anyone in the kingdom can afford. They are meant for a connoisseur’s communal table where the cream will rise to the top – what’s in the bottle does not lie and it does not have time for trickery – it jumps from the glass with a starry-eyed and wide brushstroke of a vintage that is a legend in the making. I wish we had significant quantities of each but we do not – I'm not the only one to recognize the 2009 vintage in Beaujolais and its wine geek “come hither” appeal... VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for crazy price/value and purple-stained reflection of a one-off vintage that makes it difficult to draw comparisons. This parcel is directly from the winery cellar with perfect provenance: 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Beaujolais Village “Chateau de Thulon” - SOLD OUT (although this can be thoroughly enjoyed now for its exclamation point Gamay fun-fest drenched in granite, it will be even better in 2-3 years) 2009 Jean-Marc Burgaud Beaujolais Morgon - Cote du Py – SOLD OUT (for the long term – like solid black, tannic rock – very serious wine from a superlative growing season)