Had the pleasure of sampling a Bunch o’ Burgs courtesy of Keith Wollenberg from K&L.
1) 2009 Chablis “Vaillons” (J.P. Droin) - $26.99
Light yellow. Fine lemony sandlewood nose.
Grapefruit styled fruit with a dry finish. Good QPR. [86+ pts]
2) 2009 St. Aubin “Les Charmois” (Paul Pillot) - $32.99
Light yellow. Reticent floral citric nose.
Rich spicy fruit with a long finish. Good QPR. [88 pts]
3) 2009 Pernand Vergelesses 1er Cru (Dom Laleure-Piot)(Champy) - $29.99
Very light yellow. Very grapey nose with spice and vanilla undertones.
Lush entry leads to a dry long finish. Very nice! [89 pts]
4) 2008 Puligny Montrachet “Combottes” (Dom. Maraslavac-Leger) - $64.99
Light yellow. Reticent sandlewood nose.
Fine, firm Chard fruit with a long steely finish. Excellent! [91 pts]
5) 2009 Meursault “Perrieres” (Dom. Ballot-Millot) - $79.99
Very light yellow. Fine nose of lemony oak.
Decent nutty fruit but lower in acid than I would like. [88+ pts]
6) 2009 Chassagne Montrachet “Morgeot” (Drouhin/Marquis Laguiche) - $99.95
Light yellow. Fine nose of nuts and marshmallows.
Firm, powerful, slightly tropical fruit with a touch of butterscotch.
Young but tastes yummy now. [92 pts]
7) 2009 Mercurey “La Framboisieres” (Faiveley) - $26.99
Light-medium red. Sweet, gummy raspberry nose (lives up to it’s name)
Nice upfront fruit tails off somewhat in the finish. Good QPR. [87+ pts]
8) 2009 Savigny Les Beaune “Les Vergelesses” (Dubreuil-Fontaine) - $34.99
Light-medium red. Ripe strawberry/rhubarb nose.
Firm, minerally black cherry fruit entry leads to a slightly this finish.
This needs a few years. [88 pts]
9) 2009 Volnay “Santenots” (Ballot-Millot) - $53.99
Light-medium red. Cherry liquore nose.
Elegant, light-medium bodied, pure essence of Pinot fruit.
Fine and delicate. 91+ pts]
10) 2009 Pommard “Cuvee Billardet” (HdB/Meo Camuzet) - $64.99
Medium red. Sweet, floral, black cheery liquore nose.
Ripe fruit, somewhat one dimensional at the moment.
Considering it’s pedigree, a tad disappointing. [88 pts]
11) 2009 Corton “Renardes” (Dom. Delarche) - $69.99
Light-medium red. Fine spicy floral nose.
Elegant, yummy cherry berry fruit with a long finish. Excellent. [92 pts]
12) 2009 Vougeot “Les Cras” (Dom. Mongeard Mugneret) - $69.95
Medium red. Spicy, earthy, funky red fruits nose.
Again, funky fruit character (touch o’ Brett?) Not my cup of tea. [88 pts]
However, others liked this more than I.
13) 2009 Vosne Romanee “Les Suchots” (Maison Champy) - $84.99
Medium red. Spicy, resiny red fruited nose.
Elegant, structured red fruits with a tannic finish. Not your typical 2009!
An ager with all components in place for future positive development. [91 pts]
14) 2009 Chambolle Musigny “Hauts Doix” (Dom. Groffier) - $139.95
Medium red. Peet’s Coffee nose (I believe Garuda).
Powerful, high toned, luscious red fruits with fine acid. An ager.
My WOTD. [93+ pts]
15) 2009 Grands Echezeaux (Dom. Mongeard Mugneret) - $147.99
Medium red. Nose of spicy rhubarb.
Spicy, neccho wafer tinged fruit with a firm finish.
Quite young and should age nicely. [91+ pts]
16) 2008 Charmes Chambertin “Tres Vielles Vignes” (Roty) - $199.99
Medium red. Fine hammy, slightly bubble gum nose.
Elegant old vines taste of bacon, coffee and red fruits.
Closed, but it’s quality is very evident. Let it sleeeep. [93 pts]
I was struck by the confectionery nature of the 2009 Red Burg’s noses.
This belied the different, firmer mouth character of some of them.
At any rate, a fine tasting by Keith!
TTT