2009 Clos Salomon Givry 1er Cru Clos Salomon- France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Givry 1er Cru (8/25/2016)
I like the nose on this. Smells of sweet red fruits and rocks. Tastes like it smells. This has nice grip on the finish and a long finish. Very nice. This is in a good place now. (91 pts.)
Marsannay and Fixin are Côte de Nuits! But in Marsannay I would strongly recommend Charles Audoin and in Fixin, Berthaut-Gerbet and Gelin.
With Maranges, you are still technically in the Côte de Beaune, but Bachelet-Monnot would be my pick. Going to spend more time there and in Santenay in the Spring.
For Bouzeron, try a new domaine, Les Champs de Thémis, making superb Aligoté. Would rank them along with Ramonet above the de Villaine example, and they should be less expensive. They just got US representation.
For Rully, the reference point is Dureuil-Janthial, who also happen to make one of the best Puligny AOC bottlings. Gresigny and the old vine Meix Cadot bottlings are my favorite whites. Jacquesson is excellent but perhaps a little conservative - very, very good for the Côte Chalonnaise but not pushing the envelope beyond that.
Mercurey is quite exciting, with Charton, Bruno Lorenzon (expensive, but great), François Raquillet and a newly dynamic Château de Chamirey and Michel Juillot, along with very creditable bottlings from Faiveley. Lorenzon is the only one making truly great whites there, as the terroirs are seemingly better suited to red.
Not necessarily in 15: it’s a good vintage, but more heterogenous since the further south you get, the more severe was the drought - so you get arrested phenolic development, raisined fruit in some wines. 2016 is an exceptional vintage for red Côte Chalaonnaise and more consistent. I’m looking forward to trying more 2017 whites from bottle too.
This producer is great and under the radar. They used to be directly imported into PORTLAND directly and we could sell for a very fair price. They seem hard to find nowadays.