Diving into the red bugundy pool Am I nuts ? Caution: long and maybe boring

WINE TALK
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I am always skeptical of these types of blind tasting results without knowing all the producers and wines involved, but I certainly am more impressed with results involving 12-15 year old wines than I am with 3-5 year old wines. Also means more to me if food is involved.

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I thought maybe you inherited money or won the lottery. Many premier crus have doubled in price in not a very long span of time. I love Burgundy and regret not getting in earlier than I did. At some point though I have to say “No Mas!”

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I am totally with Howard. I am always skeptical of comparative tasting events and its results.

All things - related wine tasting events - need to clearly identity the main question : what is the purpose ? As there are way too, too many variable to have a clear answer…

For example, if the purpose is to find out : the different style of the producers ( and to find out who is your preferred producers ).

I suggest the following :

One needs all the bottles of wine from same AOC and same vintage year and but different producers.

To have any meaningful results, one need to repeat this same exercise over the course of the life time of all the wines…for example, when they were released at age 4, at age 5 and at age 6. Burgundy normally close-down at age 7 and 8.

Then repeat the same execise at age 9, age 10 and age 11…and so on.

pileon

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or better yet, “pas plus!”

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Volnay 1er Cru:
Les Angles – Henri Boillot
Carelle sous la Chapelle - Y. Clerget
Champans - Marquis d´Angerville
Clos des Champans – Delagrange
Clos de Chênes – Bitouzet-Prieur
Clos de Chênes – Michel Lafarge
Clos des Ducs – Marquis d´Angerville
Clos des 60 Ouvrées – Domaine de la Pousse d´Or
Fremiets – Comte Armand
Pitures – Nicolas Potel
Santenots – Domaine Leroy
Les Taillepieds – Hubert de Montille

Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru:
1er Cru (Les Châtelots & Les Feusselottes) – Jean-Jacques Confuron
Les Amoureuses – François Bertheau
Les Amoureuses – Daniel Moine-Hudelot
Les Baudes – Maison Jadot
Beaux-Bruns – Ghislaine Barthod
Les Charmes – Daniel Moine-Hudelot
La Combe d´Orveau – J.Faiveley
La Combe d´Orveau – Domaine Perrot-Minot
Les Feusselottes – Georges Mugneret
Les Fuées – Jacques-Frederic Mugnier
Les Gruenchers – Domaine Dujac
Les Sentiers – Hervé Sigault

Vintages: 1971 – 1976 – 1978 – 1982 – 1989 – 1990 – 1992 – 1995 – 1996 –1997 – 1999 – 2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2003 – 2006 – 2007

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Can you match vintages to wines please

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Volnay 1er Cru:
Les Angles – Henri Boillot 1971*
Carelle sous la Chapelle - Y. Clerget 2007
Champans - Marquis d´Angerville 1989
Clos des Champans – Delagrange 1978
Clos de Chênes – Bitouzet-Prieur 2003
Clos de Chênes – Michel Lafarge 2006
Clos des Ducs – Marquis d´Angerville 2000
Clos des 60 Ouvrées – Domaine de la Pousse d´Or 1990
Fremiets – Comte Armand 2007
Pitures – Nicolas Potel 2001
Santenots – Domaine Leroy 1992
Les Taillepieds – Hubert de Montille 1990

Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru:
1er Cru (Les Châtelots & Les Feusselottes) – Jean-Jacques Confuron 1992*
Les Amoureuses – François Bertheau 2007
Les Amoureuses – Daniel Moine-Hudelot 1996
Les Baudes – Maison Jadot 1999
Beaux-Bruns – Ghislaine Barthod 2006
Les Charmes – Daniel Moine-Hudelot 2003
La Combe d´Orveau – J.Faiveley 1982
La Combe d´Orveau – Domaine Perrot-Minot 1997
Les Feusselottes – Georges Mugneret 1990*
Les Fuées – Jacques-Frederic Mugnier 2002
Les Gruenchers – Domaine Dujac 1995
Les Sentiers – Hervé Sigault 1999

  • corked/flawed
    A Zibetti/Amoureuses 1976 was corked and sorted out before serving.
    The winners of the flights are in bold letters.
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Thanks
The list of Chambolles looks appreciably stronger on paper, so not surprised by the result. May try to do something similar, but got a few tastings to get through first.

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Indeed. no truer words sir carne asada…been there too…for I am still haunted by a $25 beautifully elegant simple village givry.