The premier cru was a ‘21 (Les Charmes). The Bons Batons was a ‘22. It would also benefit from more age for sure, but I enjoyed it regardless. Both were excellent but I was referring to the Bons Batons above.
I’ve certainly committed my fair share of infanticide the past few months.
If you’re going to drink wine early Bourgogne is probably your best bet. The Guyon Bourgogne was very good.
Paul N - my dear Corotn-Brother from another world.
You have been doing too much fishing Up-North of Toronto, Ontario Canada.
MChang is right - **** There’s no agreement on anything in burgundy *** in including which is the best Bougogne.
The reasons are as followings :
Your best is not my best;
Your best producer is not my best producer;
Your should only list your preferred producer;
Style is very subjunctive.
Basically there are 3 words for enjoyment of burgundy wines :
(1) Producer;
(2) Producer; and also
(3) Producer.
The (1) Producer…should be : producer of your preferred style of the wine;
The (2) producer …should be the producer of your preferred AC - bearing in mind that 2 Ms may beam : Musigny and Montrachet and my 2 Ms means : Mercurey and Marsannay; and
The (3) producer…should be the producer who crafts his wine according to your preferred weather of the vintage year - for example : Irancy suffered water stress in the year 2020 ( too dry )…
I don’t disagree at all and normally I wouldn’t be doing this. Definitely sitting on the others.
You mean not the only DRC or not the only wine in general?
I’m in St Paul Paul.
Usually found at Home
Peter, about to have a 2020 Mallard Ladoix 1’er Joyeuses tonight, just a little farther down our favorite hill.
Any experience with these wines?
Thanks for asking. M.Mallard has been one of my preferred producers but sadly as I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada…the availability for red burgundy is under control by the Provincial authority and/or by provide importer hence the last vintage was 2018 with just the 2 lower ends wines - for example : Michel Mallard -Ladoix 1er La Corvee 18 (1428-9503$81) and Michel Mallard -SLB-1er - Les Serpentières 18 (1499-7796 74.25)
Not the only 2010. I’ve had a number from both DRC and other top producers which are drinking well now but seem more advanced than I’d expect for the bottle age.
Yes. If I blindly wanted to pick a Burg that will be great in a decade, I’d go 09 over 10.
I have a lone bottle of 2010 LT. Might need to find the occasion to open it.
It’s interesting because if you look at my notes from 2021 i would have thought this wine would be legendary in time but more recent visits have been interesting, it’s much more open, but too much so; you’d expect it to be much younger and less ready.
Oct 2021:
10 DRC La Tache
A sense of deja vu, as this felt like taking another shot to the jaw from prime Tyson like the 10 RSV, but this time he wasn’t holding back. Unapologetically full throttle, this was just an untamed beast. Huge bouquet of super pure fruits and spice, with fine tannins that will take awhile to integrate. Super long finish. This is just a neonate of a blue supergiant that has supernova in its destiny. I hope it’s in my glass when that happens, all the elements are there for a legendary wine.
Mar 2025:
10 DRC La Tache
Amazing bouquet of all spice and pure fruits. Well integrated tannins with crisp acidity and more fruit on the palate, but a lot of the structure in past visits has softened… a bit too fast? Finish was long and pleasurable. Still a fantastic wine, but for how long?
I opened this about a month ago and would hold longer, or a very long decant of 4+ hours if you can.
Interesting. A 2012 LT a few months ago gave the impression that it won’t peak for another 20-30 years. A ridiculously dense and concentrated ball of pure Burgundy goodness.
Yeah I’ve had 01, 00, 12, 17, and a couple others this year and the 10 just felt too ready. Some other 10s also, including Rousseau beze and some others were just drinking what seems like too well. Could they stay there forever? I guess it’s not impossible.
Provenance, maybe? Issues there start really showing up at about 15 years-ish. So many of these younger bottles have been traded out the wazoo.
I’ve had the 14 Pucelles a few times and while it’s wonderful I’ve always felt it was missing a bit of energy and freshness for a top 2014. The 19 I had recently was more complete, and I’m not even a big fan of 19 white Burgs.
It’s certainly possible. At least two of the bottles were from people who have direct allocations from WD, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything, I guess. They could have gotten those specific bottles from anywhere.
I drank the 2018 last weekend and it was silky smooth. Glad I have five more in the cellar and I will definitely buy more of this producer.
Thanks for this!
I’ll keep my fingers crossed, it will have been in there 3 hours at the time we drink it…
That’s very 2020.