Cote de Beaune blind tasting ( 2007's and others )

We tasted 13 wines , in different flights . Overall , rather average wines with a couple of nice ones ( Henri Boillot ! ) and some disappointments .

  1. fresh , very pinot , fine , not very long . 90/100 Corton Clos du Roi Pousse d’Or 2007

  2. difficult nose , over-extraction , very dark , not good 85/100 Bertrand Ambroise NSG Vaucrains 1999 ( to my embarrassment , I had taken this one from my cellar by mistake… it was supposed to be the Corton ) .

  3. nice perfumed nose , sweet , long , has more substance 91/100 : Volnay Caillerets Clos des 60 ouvrées Pousse d’Or 2009 !

  4. light in color , a fresh nice little wine but misses complexity 89/100 Volnay Clos des Chenes Comte Lafon 2007

  5. Sauvage , really good , complex , mushrooms and truffles , nice extract 93/100 Henri Boillot 2007 Volnay Chevrets

  6. well balanced wine , rozes and wood on the nose , less complex , nice 90/100 2007 Pousse d’Or Volnay C 60 ouvrées

  7. pure , sauvage , complex , still young , style of nr 5 : 92/100 Henri Boillot 2006 Volnay Caillerets

  8. nicely aged wine , silky , powerful , not complex 89/100: Pommard Epeneaux 1999 Gaunoux

  9. Very powerful not Pinot , rather Syrah , bizarre 85/100 Pommard Clos des Epenots , 1999 , Dom. de Courcel

  10. Bretty , a bit of Henri Bonneau , old style , funky , a bit on its decline , probably good with a game dish . 89/100 Corton Clos du Roi 1999 Lucien le Moine

  11. more pinot , fresher , younger , 91/100 Corton Pougets Jadot

  12. fresh red fruit , big wine , lot’s of concentration and extract , rich but nice 92/100 Meo Camuzet 1999 Corton Rognets

  13. rich old wine , bit brown sugar , fals apart after a while : 88/100 1989 Corton Clos du Roi Thomas Moillard

Overall favorite ( 10 tasters ) : Boillot Volnay Chevrets 2007 , followed by his Volnay Caillerets 2006 and the Meo Camuzet 1999 Corton Rognets .

Herwig, what was the vintage on the Jadot (#11)?

thanks

1999

thanks

The 99 Pommards fared poorly. Timing, or quality?

Quality , I think , Ian . The 1999 vintage is a very powerful one ( une année solaire ) but the Courcel one was more a Rhone wine . Way over the top . The other one was ok but nothing special .

That’s a shame. Thanks for the notes.