just a couple of observations. When 06 was released it always struck me as a little soft and it seemed like the vintage always drank fairly well and never shut down. From village->grand cru were always drinking well. Well enough that I tended to get through them as I didn’t think they were built to last.
I came across some in the cellar recently and this week I popped 06 Meo Camuzet Clos Vougeot-showed higher acid than I recall from previous bottles delivered a nice freshness but the palate was also leaner than I recall from the past. Some red/cranberry fruit, but again lacking the depth of past bottles.
Last night I gave a friend some choices and he picked 06 Potel Bonnes Mares-again lean and tight. Was not giving up much. Pleasant, but not terribly interesting.
I was actually planning on opening 06 DRC 1er this week, but given my recent showings of 06 my plan has changed. Not sure what I’m going to open, but it will not be 2006. My remaining 06s will be sleeping for several more years.
2008 Champans was nice recently. 07 was drinking better, though. I should’ve pulled the trigger on the 08 Champans from wine cellarage; they had it by the case for $88/btl, less 10%, but now it’s more bc of the tarrifs.
I opened a 2006 Dujac Combottes last month and it was great. Not quite utterly wide open but showing a lot and extremely enjoyable. Good enough that I pulled another 2006 - Hudelot Noellat Clos Vougeot - to try soon. I’ll report on that when I get to it.
Usually I do not open Burgs at age 12-13 years - the 2006s are in the bottle for app. 11 years now, usually too young.
Last week I was served a 2006 Village (fine producer) that was not closed but also nowhere near any maturity, quite primary and fruit-driven … and definitely too young for my taste. But it was kind of accessably and not closed.
FWIW: Last Saturday I helt a tasting of 24 wines from the 90ies: 8 Bordeaux, 8 Burgundies, 8 Rhones from 1990 to 1999, always 8 different vintages for each region. Of course well chosen, leaving out 2 vintages each, usually the smaller ones (so no 94 Burg) …
Almost all wines were in an excellent to very fine state of maturity, drinking with great pleasure, and not always the great vintages were the best to drink. If there maybe was a bottle still too young, it was a 1990 Bx or a 95 or 98 Burg … 1991/92/97 did great …
So far about drinking 2006 now (no matter what and from where) …
20-30 years is usually a good spot …
Some 06s are drinking well like some of the villages wines and even a few 1er Crus like the Marquis D’Angerville 1er Cru Volnays but they are more the exception, and I would not go anywhere near any of the Grands Cru for a decade.
Here in the UK, foolishly, I released some 2006 Chevillon NSG 1er Cru Cailles from the Wine Society recently, luckily only three bottles from a case of 12, a wine which they claimed was past its drinking window of 2011-2017! It is a good five years away from reaching its plateau.
P.S. there is a clear bias towards estimating early drinking windows for obvious reasons
I agree, that had been my experience as well. Could be just a couple of stray data points that came together, but it is enough that I won’t pop another 06 for a while.
I still have some 00,03 which have been very approachable.