I am also sad they aren’t around anymore. I am lucky that I paid attention to John Gilman, who was praising the wines. I had a friend who was doing so as well. I think historically there were different assessments about which vineyards were more prestigious and some in Beaune may have been more highly evaluated. Josh’s comment about the 2009 he had may attest to this. I have a lot of 08s that I haven’t touched yet, but I wonder if many of them will be as good as the Cras that I had.
I haven’t had any of the Jadot/Gagey wines of the vineyards they purchased. I keep meaning to try them.
I’m pretty much out of the buying game, but I did buy some of the 2020 Jadot Beaune Cras on the recommendation of a friend (drwine). Not sure if these are the same vines or not. Haven’t tried any yet.
Jadot did buy the Chorey Cras vines after the untimely demise of the previous owner by suicide and I assume it is the same wine. It is supposedly excellent and still very affordable. I’ve never tasted it but would love to try it sometime.
Dinner last night really made me rethink 07; both wines had PLENTY of fruit, structure and finish. Most of the 07s I’d had before this (mostly DRC) felt somewhat light compared to other vintages but I didn’t get this at all last night. Both the MG Ruchottes and especially the Rousseau CSJ were absurdly good, among my WOTY.
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A note from WK says yes
https://www.winex.com/louis-jadot-beaune-1er-cru-aux-cras-2020.html
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Thanks. There is a tendency for the wine world to overlook some key sites in Beaune that can produce some very nice wines. I guess a good thing if one is looking to drink well for under $100 a bottle.
A mature Germain Cent Vignes was one of my epiphany burgs
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I had a 2013 Bertheau C-M Charmes and thought it was very nice, so apparently your experience was more about the producer than the vineyard in that year. But I didn’t pay much for the bottle (less than $50 all in) so I didn’t have inflated expectations.
I also had a 2011 Felettig C-M Carrieres, also obtained very inexpensively, that I enjoyed a lot too recently…
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