Attended a very nice event in Bernardsville, NJ, on 2/9. The owner and winemaker at Meo-Camuzet, Jean-Nicolas Meo, presented a few of his 2006 burgundies.
The wines have not yet closed down, so it was a good opportunity to check out the wines. I was lucky enough to sit pretty much directly across from Jean-Nicolas and got the chance to jabber with him. Nice fellow. His pricing? ![[shock.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0b1dcf699ec319f43254f92e3f145786dcd93904.gif "shock"){kind=small}
Brief impressions on the wines:
Nuit St. Georges, Aux Boudots, 1er Cru - This may have been my favorite wine of the night. I went back to it towards the end, along with the Echezeaux. The price was a little crazy from the retailer putting on the dinner, but Crush in NYC had a better price (almost half) this week. I picked up three bottles. Noticable oak that is not yet integrated, but seems like it will become so. Big, bold flavors of dark fruits with good earthiness. The nose is a bit simple, but that is to be expected I would think at its age. Tremendous length on the finish. The tannins are very supple and not at all rough at this young age.
Vosne Romanee - A very good village wine. More elegant and refined than the Aux Boudots, but also less compelling. More floral on the nose, but still dark fruit oriented. A pleasant spiciness and sweetness along with a lengthy finish.
Vosne Romanee, Les Chaumes, 1er Cru, - Much deeper and complex than the village wine. More notes of earth and spice on the nose. More depth on the palate with gentle earthiness evident. A pretty and well-balanced effort, again with very supple tannins, not biting at all.
Echezeaux, Grand Cru - A little less blackness to the fruit on the nose than the previous wine but still dark, with more apparent floral overtones. Very refined with a more noticable lift to the palate. Great finish. Very classy wine.
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