Some brief notes - 1993 Roumier BM, Engel G Ech, de Vogue BM, 99’s and others…

WINE TALK
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Seems the greater the wine the less likely I am to post notes. Not so easy to put words to…
Line up of some 1993’s and more…
1993 Roumier Bonnes Mares – Great freshness and detail, primary and closed. Huge potential.
1993 Domaine René Engel Grands-Echezeaux – Perfumed and complex, generous yet still impression of youth. Most personality.
1993 de Vogue Bonnes Mares – Primary, more structured but not overtly so, opened well and has great promise.
1999 Leroy NSG Boudots – Great breadth and power, perhaps a little too much ripeness.
1999 Rousseau – Clos St Jacques – Much more detail and complex than the Boudots, a great wine and I can’t think of a better CSJ.
2003 Roulot Perrieres – Fat and dense, best after two days in the fridge.
2004 Fourrier Combes aux Moines – Great wine, a challenge to 04 detractors.
1990 Gaja Barbaresco Costa Russi – Possibly the best Barbaresco I have ever had, perfect in every way, thanks John – Killer plus.
2000 Trimbach Riesling Clos Ste. Hune – Great but not up to the 99 had the previous week, broader without the detail of the 99.
1976 Remoissenet Père et Fils Richebourg – aged, a rarity for me and much appreciated.
1989 Alain Hudelot-Noellat Clos Vougeot – Unbelievable, primary and complex, biggest surprise – Killer.
2005 HAG Hospice Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières – my last bottle, a fat Meursault, great with crayfish.
1989 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Riserva Granbussia – had with the Gaja, more broader and fat.
1995 Marcel Deiss Riesling Schoenenbourg Vendanges Tardives – riesling on the label but this is a blend, little aged riesling character, primary but I struggled to get a hold of the wine.

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Thanks for the notes, Mike. I’m holding off on '99 Rousseau CSJ as I have just a couple bottles. I may cave in and open a '93 de Vogue (Musigny, no BM in mt cellar). Glad you enjoyed the 2004, but I don’t regret selling off all the 04’s I had.

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Lew, I would not rush and open the Moose unless you have a few which I guess you have… the BM is always a much more approachable de Vogue and even so the 93 needs many more years…

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Mighty line-up Mike. The 90 Gaja is a monumental Barbaresco.
Best Regards
Jeremy

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Some pretty serious drinking, thanks Mike!!

Would have really enjoyed drinking that '93 Roumier, sounds like most better '93’s, still a fair way to go yet…

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Sounds like the '93s are still in need of patience,Mike, so…I hope to let them sleep until 2013, partly based on your comments here…even the “lesser” stuff.

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I agree that most good 93s seem to need more time to be attractive (to say nothing of mature). A recently consumed Bachelet Charmes reinforced that view.

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Yes, 93 needs time, certainly at this level. I expected more aged characters from at least one, the Engel perhaps, but the purity and focus of the vintage similarly dominated all. Would have liked to have had a few more to look at like the Bachelet Charmes, a favourite wine of mine, but it seems it would have shown likewise from Maureen’s experience. Still all wonderful drinking and much appreciated in that the Roumier and Engel came from a friend’s cellar, Nick who just left for Beaune to check on the 09 vintage for me [thankyou.gif]

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It was, I can still taste it, wine of 2011 so far. Do you know how it compares to the other 90 Gaja’s?

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Mike,
I had the 90 Sori San Lorenzo and Sori Tildin a few months back and both are on my shortlist for wine of the year, near perfection in Barbaresco. The 90 Barolo Sperrs is incredibly powerful and youthful, about 3 decades away from its apogee.
Best Regards
Jeremy