John Gilman - Visit to ATL Tastevin

We hijacked John into ATL to do a tasting and a couple of dinners for our Tastevin.
I am writing this to encourage others to do the same.
John was brilliant!

We had a fantastic initial dinner with a mix of wine ending in a vertical of Vogue Musigny. 88,93,2001,2002
He talked about this but also branched out into Bordeaux and a brilliant recitation about the 2015 German vintage.
Incredible.
A special treat!

The next night we did a tasting of Vosne Beaumonts versus Suchots and Grands Echezeaux. John discussed details about the domaines and
the terroirs. Interactive. Involving.

We had a great dinner with him too. Gevrey was the theme. He knocked it out of the park!

We have had Clive Coates (very good), Allen Meadows (also very good) and others to come visit us. John provided one of the greatest experiences
our Sous Commanderie has ever experienced.

Thank you so much John Gilman. You are a very special guy!

I hope you intend to post notes and pics, Big Don!

Nicely done!

Yes, curious to hear how har 02 Vogue is showing.

I will post some pics a little later.

As far as notes, I didn’t take any. I do have some perceptions of the couple of days.
When I get a minute I will try to jot them down.

As far as the Vogue vertical,

1988 en magnum This had a gorgeous nose but the palate still has some structure to resolve. Firm minerality. Complex. Very long. Excellent!

1993 Just a complete Musigny . Young in some ways but so integrated and complete. Showing great aromatics and beautiful long peacock’s tail finish. The wine of the tasting.

2001 This showed a little of that primary carbonic nose that Vogue can have when young. The palate is more mineral than all except the 1988 which showed this in spades. The finish was nice.

2002 Again a slightly carbonic nose. (This is that candied fruit type of nose like Beaujolais) Dominated by gorgeous fruit. This has incredible promise. The wine is drinking well but this will be something special with another 10 years aging. Absolutely stunning young Musigny.

Sounds great Don. Would love to hear impressions of the Beaumonts vs. Suchots wines specifically.

Interesting. I disliked that candied nose and palate on the 01 a few years ago. I assumed it was a style shift and not something that was typical of young Vogue.

Chris,

We had the following to compare.

2006 Hudelot-Noellat Vosne Romanee Les Suchots
2006 Hudelot- Noellat Vosne Romanee Les Beaumonts

1999 Prieur-Roch Vosne Romanee Les Suchots
1999 Daniel Rion Vosne Romanee Les Beaumonts

The two 2006 Hudelots were the most interesting to me. Both showed a slight bit closed initially but with aeration the Suchots showed much more open fruit. Not dark black but showing the slightly red fruit that comes from Hudelot’s plot. The Beaumonts showed a distinct streak of mineral that just shot through the wine like a laser. Dark fruit. Beautifully put together. Both have a long life ahead.

The 1999’s were of the vintage. Riper wines. The Prieur-Roch showed lots of stem influence to me and very forward. Quite aromatic. Almost that “natural wine” cloudiness too. The wine showed a fair amount of sediment too so that was quite possibly the issue. I really like this for the redder open fruit. (I know many say that Suchots has more black fruit versus Beaumonts but that wasn’t the case with these wines) The Beaumonts opened with a hint of acetone (VA). I assume it was the year. The fruit was quite ripe and darker but again that spine of minerals shot through this wine. Great finish on this one.

Cheers Don. Thanks.