If I understood correctly about your above message , shame on you. Here is a Chinese poem for you to remember :
The trees would like to take a rest;
However, the wind does not allow them as it keeps on blowing hard.
The son would like to pay back to his parents;
BUT…they are no longer there !!
My father passed away when I was 4 years old.
If you like your Corton plush, keep an eye out for Michel Mallard. He makes nice Renardes and Rognet (and good Aloxe and Ladoix), all reasonably priced.
I’ve said it elsewhere but I think Bouchard’s le Corton is great. The 16 was was open, primary and tasty for ages, but seems to be settling into maturation now.
Served with rack of lamb. Ecard used to be an everyday wine. Last year, I promoted it to a weekend one, partly because my supply was beginning to run out, but mostly how good they were.
This was showing beautifully; cherries, smoke and spice. The finish was medium long. It is probably the longest lived of the Ecard stable, and needs the most time, but very rewarding at its peak.
Your dad took good care of you. He is now 90 years old, you should let him to drink more BM but you … *** slipped him some Cos d’Estournel so I could hog up a little extra of the BM, *****
Your dad will not be here with you for ever. Please pour more BM…while he is here.
Peter, it was a joke. Do not be so quick with those preachy poetic scolds. Someone made the comment that the wine in his dad’s glass in the picture looked like Bordeaux, so @PaulN jokingly said he’d slipped his dad some Cos. He did nothing of the kind.
Excellent, lively, dare I say crunchy, pomegranate and red cherry bright fruits, with vibrant acid back bone. Just so pure and vivacious! NB Vintage is 2023.
My generalist group looked at Northern Nuits vs Southern Vosne. Neither are particularly my favourites and I found some of the wines tough going.
The last bracket was 2006s which the table liked much more than I did. After some really lovely 06s a few weeks ago (Rousseau CsJ, Fourrier CsJ, Bruno Clair CsJ, JJ Confuron Beaux Monts and Lamarche La Croix Rameau) I thought these showed like I usually find 06s - tannic, blocky and drying.
2021 Domaine Parigot Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Damodes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru
Tasted blind. Nice barnyardy burgundy nose with cherry. Satiny texture. Quit plush but spicy and balanced. 50% stems. Nice wine. 94 (94 points)
2021 Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits Monts - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasted blind. Bright nose. Quite powerful and some tannins. Spice and a bitter twist. 50% stems and quite whole bunchy on the palate. A bit of oak showing. I had hoped for a little more after seeing what it was. 93 (93 points)
2016 Domaine de Montille Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Thorey - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru
Tasted blind. Austere and graphite. Some red and dark red fruits. Some bitterness. Nice cherry fruit. Solid and clean wine. 92. (92 points)
2016 Domaine François Lamarche Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasted blind. Austere nose. Nice red fruits and spices on the palate. But then too bitter and too austere. Not very giving. 91. (91 points)
2010 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée La Colombière - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée
Tasted blind. More expressive than the other wines in the bracket. Riper, expressive, rhubarb. Diesel oak, stems. Succulent brown sugar and stems - quite developed. Interesting polarising wine. 93 (93 points)
2010 Jérôme Chezeaux Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Aux Boudots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru
Tasted blind. Red dusty nose. Jubey red fruits. Balanced and clean. Punchy, succulent, lovely red fruits. My favourite of this bracket. 94. (94 points)
2006 Nicolas Potel Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru
Tasted blind. Muted nose. Drying tannins. More expressive over time but bloody and too austere. 91 (91 points)
Fichet 2023 Meursault Gruyaches - drinking great, minerality, sappy citrus fruit, intense, a lot of future ahead, but great now.
Mongeard-Mugneret Savigny 1er 1991 - wow drinking amazing. Cork was almost fully saturated. Magic nose, spice, mature fruit, fresh. Continued in the mouth, long and satisfying. Not a grand structure, but a lot of pleasure, performing way above expectations.
Chandon Briailles Corton Bressandes 2013 - in the drinking zone, more fresh fruit and minerality than the 1991 and good depth. Drinking very good now, but I kept going back to the Mongeard.
Cherries, pomegranate, rose petals, just a hint of forest floor. This has shed all of its baby fat. It lacks any hint of the overripeness that I have found in a fair number of '02s and possesses a real brightness and delicacy, thanks in large part to just the right amount of acidity. There is exquisite balance here and it is at an absolutely delightful phase in it’s development. It’s precisely what I want from a 1er Cru- an understated but convincing argument for aging red Burgundy.
Still on the young side and shows the acidity of the vintage. It has true GC fruit capable of holding the acidity at bay. The acidity, spice, and fruit, combine for a racy mouthful. Very fun to drink with a very long finish. This was brought to a restaurant where it was decanted for about an hour; it can be drunk and enjoyed now or held for years.
I really liked this wine. I see from CT i have purchased seven bottles of the 2002. Alas, I drank my last one in 2019. I thought the wine fully mature but in no danger of fading soon. Glad your bottle showed well..
Oh, and I fully endorse Sarah’s statement just above.