TN: 2005 Alain Hudelot-Noellat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots

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Another open 2005. Really nice.

  • 2005 Alain Hudelot-Noellat Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru (10/24/2016)
    Wow. Very forward! Lots of dark fruit and impeccable balance with acidity and structure but it is not a wall of tannins. In fact the tannins are quite in check. Very dense. Some barnyard and spice on the nose. Open for business but also lots of room to run.

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one of my favorite Suchots–behind Arnoux but not by a whole lot. I need more data points, though! Thanks.

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I keep hearing that the quality has really gone up recently but I have had very good 96 Suchots and RSV, and a very good 99 Clos Vougeot.

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One of the things I like most about H-N wines is the texture, which to me is similar to Fourrier’s - airy yet deep. I have wondered what each domaine’s 2005s are like, having tasted none. “Dense” to me suggests this wine is more about 2005 than about H-N although perhaps if shown with other producers’ 2005s even this bottling would seem true to the H-N style.

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A really good wine - although it was only 3rd in our tasting (in early 2008) of Suchots - after Arnoux and Cathiard.
We repeated the exercise with vintage 2006 - and H-N was 4th after Liger-Belair, Cathiard and Arnoux …

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When did Charles Van Canneyt start making the wines there? Did he make this one?

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My “dense” is probably your “deep”. Just magnified due to the vintage.

It wasn’t the least bit heavy or extracted.

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I love this vineyard from Hudelot.
Sounds like a wine I would really enjoy.

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Does this mean some of you besides Hank and me are warming to the selective drink-ability of 2005 Burgundy? [cheers.gif]