2001 Côte de Nuits, which producers really killed it?

[Scott Brunson]

I’ve always been a big fan of 01s. I still have some bottles but wouldn’t mind backfilling others to toast them at age 20.

[William Kelley]

Dujac and Chevillon are two that spring to mind immediately, without too much reflection....

[I Liu]

Just had a Mugnier Musigny 01 that was incredible.

[Howard Cooper]

Certainly Truchot. His 2001s are incredible.

Also, Clos des Lambrays, Bachelet and Rossignol-Trapet.

[Matthew King]

I’ve always enjoyed the 01 Mugneret Gibourg wines. The CV is sublime right now.

But that’s like saying you like vintage Porsches or Hermès! No surprise.

[David Kingsbury]

Interesting topic as I have had and still a number of 01’s. Good to hear about Dujac doing well in 2001 as we have 1 bottle of Bonnes Mares. Any idea of drinking window for this typically masculine vineyard?

[William Kelley]

Interesting topic as I have had and still a number of 01’s. Good to hear about Dujac doing well in 2001 as we have 1 bottle of Bonnes Mares. Any idea of drinking window for this typically masculine vineyard?

If it were mine, I would say wait another five or six years. If I were dining with you and you gave me free choice in your cellar, I might drink it tonight.

[David Kingsbury]

Lol William. If ever we do have the opportunity to host you would gladly open for you.

[Chris V.]

Hubert Lignier

[Mark Thompson]

The 2001 Meo Clos Vougeot out of magnum was my Burgundy epiphany wine a couple of years ago. That has indirectly proven to be a REALLY expensive bottle for me—even though it was “free” (brought by someone else) at the time. Adrian was kind enough to bring another example to a dinner last year that was equally stunning - he put forth an interesting theory in his note about the interaction of the house style with a cooler vintage. I’ve also heard experienced tasters comments on how Meo really outperformed in 2001, though I haven’t personally tried any of the other wines. I had mentally filed it as something similar to the Jadot 1997 reputation, though I can’t say for sure how warranted that might be.

On a related and kind of coincidental note, I finally broke down last night and opened one of the most special (given my above history) bottles I own - a 1988 Meo Clos Vougeot. The nose was absolutely stunning, with tons of spice and mature dark fruit, as well as a hint of what I thought might be brett —though whatever this was seemed to blow off with air so perhaps not. Either way, the nose was super complex, though I felt the palate came off a tad rustic—not necessarily in a bad way—it was still nicely balanced and had decent length.

These old Meos are really difficult to track down. I picked up a 1988 Meo Boudots recently thinking that it (might?) have been the last year Jayer made that wine for the Meos. I think his contract ran through 1987, but I had read some comment from Jean-Nicolas Meo that his father had “worked something out” with Jayer in 1988 on those wines because J-N was still at UPenn until 1989. I’m not really sure though.

[William Kelley]

how Meo really outperformed in 2001

And they outperformed in 2003, too!

I have been buying more Méo for my own cellar recently. The wines just age so well...

[alan weinberg]

Interesting topic as I have had and still a number of 01’s. Good to hear about Dujac doing well in 2001 as we have 1 bottle of Bonnes Mares. Any idea of drinking window for this typically masculine vineyard?

If it were mine, I would say wait another five or six years. If I were dining with you and you gave me free choice in your cellar, I might drink it tonight.

let me know when you are in Orange County, CA. Love to have you over for dinner and open killer wines. With social distancing!

[Matthew King]

Hubert Lignier

Yes! A Lignier 01 MSD VV (baby CdlR) more than held its own with an 01 Dujac CdlR drunk side by side last year...

[William Kelley]

Interesting topic as I have had and still a number of 01’s. Good to hear about Dujac doing well in 2001 as we have 1 bottle of Bonnes Mares. Any idea of drinking window for this typically masculine vineyard?

If it were mine, I would say wait another five or six years. If I were dining with you and you gave me free choice in your cellar, I might drink it tonight.

let me know when you are in Orange County, CA. Love to have you over for dinner and open killer wines. With social distancing!

That would be lots of fun - a project for 2021, I guess, the way 2020 is going... Happy to reciprocate in Beaune some time, needless to say.

[Paul Jaouen]

Dujac, Vogue, chevillon, Lignier

[Lee Short]

+1 on Chevillon and Mugneret-Gibourg. Based on few tastings, I think Gouges did well, too -- hard to say for sure at this point, since the wines need more time. About a year ago, a friend opened the 01 Gouges Clos des Porrets, and I felt it needed another 3+ years at that point but showed a lot of potential. All my 01 Gouges is LSG/Vaucrains, so I don't plan on opening one for a while.

[Howard Cooper]

See a whole bunch of MSD wines on this list - Dujac, Lignier, Truchot, Lambrays. Now I am a huge fan of wines from MSD, so this does not really shock me in any vintage, but it is interesting here.

[Nick Gangas]

Dujac and Chevillon are two that spring to mind immediately, without too much reflection....

What he said. Also Comte Armand Clos de Epeneaux.

[Mich@el Ch@ng]

Lambrays, Drc

[maureen nelson]

Surprised no one has mentioned Rousseau.

I do love Truchot’s and MG’s 01s. Dujac too.

[Jay Miller]

Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn't make great wine in 2001.

[Howard Cooper]

Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn't make great wine in 2001.

If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d'Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

[Joe D]

Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn't make great wine in 2001.

If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d'Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

Yes, wasn't there hail in 2001 in Volnay?

[Scott Brunson]

Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn't make great wine in 2001.

If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d'Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

Yes, wasn't there hail in 2001 in Volnay?

It’s why I’m looking at Nuits rather than CdB.
Thanks for great replies so far; I figured we would probably be rounding up the usual suspects.

[Tom Blach]

Lafarge made fantastic 01s which should be fully mature by now.

[Joshua Kates]

Dujac and Chevillon are two that spring to mind immediately, without too much reflection....

What he said. Also Comte Armand Clos de Epeneaux.

I have a couple of these, Nick,
Have you opened one recently? Is it showing well? I've been thinking that they may need more time.

[Jerry Hey]

Alan - I'm available for that dinner with William Kelly....

[RyanC]

Many good ones obviously but the first two that sprang to mind were:

2001 Mugnier Musigny was one of my epiphany wines.

2001 Lambrays has always been delicious.

[Jay Miller]

Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn't make great wine in 2001.

If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d'Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

Yes, but the OP specified CdN

[Howard Cooper]

Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn't make great wine in 2001.

If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d'Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

Yes, but the OP specified CdN

But, your post didn't, at least as I understood it.

[Tom Reddick]

I think the greatness of 2001 rests not only in its overall quality, but in the fact the wines showed at release a lot of nuance normally reserved for maturity- and in many cases have continued to do so. It is a perfect type of vintage for many of us- harmonious and complex wines with very generous drinking windows.

But as for "really killed it"- I take that to mean who made wines that would really stand out as incredible in a lineup with wines from other top vintages as well as 2001s- true standouts that you remember for the rest of your life.

I am hard pressed to think of a higher end 2001 that has disappointed, but in terms of "really killed it"- there are just three wines that come immediately to mind as among the finest vintages ever for those respective wines from their respective domaines. While 2001 is a gorgeous and harmonious vintage, I rarely think of it as legendary save for these three gems,

1. 2001 DRC Romanee St. Vivant
2. 2001 Grivot Richebourg
3. 2001 Roumier Charmes-Chambertin

Dujac Clos St. Denis and Clos de la Roche might belong on that list as well, but I have only had them once at release- and so cannot claim so based on personal experience. DRC Echezeaux comes really, really close.

[I Liu]

Many good ones obviously but the first two that sprang to mind were:

2001 Mugnier Musigny was one of my epiphany wines.

2001 Lambrays has always been delicious.

For me too on 01 Mugnier Musigny

[Jay Miller]

If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d'Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

Yes, but the OP specified CdN

But, your post didn't, at least as I understood it.

It was implicit based on the thread title

[billnanson]

As no-one mentioned them - Clos du Tart - except for 05, may favourite of their wines from that decade

[Nick Gangas]

Dujac and Chevillon are two that spring to mind immediately, without too much reflection....

What he said. Also Comte Armand Clos de Epeneaux.

I have a couple of these, Nick,
Have you opened one recently? Is it showing well? I've been thinking that they may need more time.

Yes had one last year. For my taste they were drinking well.

[Scott Brunson]

As no-one mentioned them - Clos du Tart - except for 05, may favourite of their wines from that decade

Nice
Haven’t had one in a while

[emile bond]

Rousseau Beze is the best wine I have tasted from 2001 with Rousseau CSJ not far behind. The Beze is a sensational wine.

[NJBruce]

Hi Bill,
"[2001]..Clos du Tart - except for 05, may favourite of their wines from that decade"
- what do you make of Clos de Tart's 2008?
Nigel

[billnanson]

Hi Nigel
Aromatically lovely and generally better than 07 - but that's my experience 7 years ago - I've not tasted it since...

[NJBruce]

Bill,
Do post your mpressions when you get to re-try it. For me, this wine has a lightnes and elegance that bucked the usual late-picked, rather jammy Clos de Tart profile I found in a vertical with their winemaker at the time (2016]. Interestingly he had a soft spot for the 2008 too...