I had some wines today double blind from 1999 though 2006 from Dominque Laurent.
These wines were tremendous. I loved them.
No overt oak.
The wines were very red fruited and intense like DRC or Rousseau. Impressive.
Is my palate starting to go?
( I know the answer here. These wines were just darn good! )
Iām a big fan of their 96ās and 99ās, have not had many of the recent wines though. They tend to have an undeserved reputation as being over-oaked.
'Have a friend who is every bit as enthusiast as you about this producer.
Every once and a while we have dinner and he brings the wines - and often apologies for them.
'Glad you enjoyed - not for me.
Best, Jim
Thatās the thing-I love his wines from bottom to top but so often when I open them for friends they donāt want to show themselves. Iāve come to realise that the extreme high toast they can sometimes show is a reduction phenomenon and the āFourrier shakeā can work miracles, much better than extended decanting.
Interesting thread. As you know, from early on the Laurentās were rated highly by Steve Tanzer but not frequently reviewed by Burghound, Gilman, or others to any great degree. Tanzer is really the only writer I am aware of that continues to consistently review the Laurent wines, but since he does not really do retrospective tastings I am not sure what he thinks of how the highly praised wines have aged over the years. The wines have usually been well-priced, except at the highest level, and they have not held much value on the secondary market and perhaps that is why you do not see many older vintages offered. it is interesting to hear from some dedicated Burgophiles on these boards that they have been generally quite pleased with how a number of the Laurent wines are drinking now, and that, at least in their experience, the supposed āoakinessā of the wines has not been an issue.
I would love to hear from others as to their Laurent experiences.
Martin Scott brings them in for NY/NJ/CT
The issue is that there isnāt much wine that comes in. We buy and sell a decent amount of wines.
The Suchots TVV is stunning, as is the Fixin Hervelets. I think only Gelin is making better Fixin.
There is also a crazy old vine Bourgogne Rouge (marked with roman numerals, itās like 1926 or 1928 planted?) that they make that is also a steal.
The wines I had were the 99 Gevrey Chambertin Clos St Jacques, 2005 Charmes Chambertin and a 99 Corton Dr. Peste Hospice elevaged by Laurent. All were better than good.
The 05 Charmes is showing so much right now. I guess that high toast and extra oak is a way to get the 05 vintage kickstarted. The most forward 05 I have tasted. I was shocked by this one.
Hi Don,
Havenāt had many Laurent, but recently had the 02 Beaumonts and the 02 RSV. Loved them both, and it encouraged me to buy some 09ās. Plan on opening the 02 Richebourg with some Berserkers in a couple of weeks. Will report back on that.
Looking at my notes, you and I had a 93 Mazis at Mitchās mini-Paulee.
HDH has a few of the 05 Charmes. Going to give it a shot but will have to wait for cooler shipping weather. Pretty attractive pricing for an 05 GC. I have a feeling the style will be up my alley.