So I decided to give this bad boy a whirl. Don’t know much about it. But I got salmon cooking, brussels sprouts roasting, and cous cous waiting and I needed a wine to enjoy. Figured this would be fun.
Cork was soaked, but a decent fill. First whiff was a little funky. But that went away quicky. Now it is showing very well!
1983 Lucien Jayer Vosne Romanee ‘Les Malconsorts’ - Brickish, browning color, almost see through with a ruby core still. Pretty expressive nose with clove, black cherry, dried red fruits, orange peel. On the palate it has sappy fruit and silky texture with waves of red fruits. Exotic spices and cinnamon come to play on the finish.
Overall a pretty damn tasty bottle. I wish the finish was a little longer, but not bad.
After about an hour it put on some more weight and lots of raspberry notes. However, a half hour later it started to fall apart. There is a little bit left in the bottle that I might try tonight, but I assume this bad boy is dead.
Made by Henri Jayer for Domaine Lucien Jayer.
Should have been better than this.
No way it should have fallen apart.
Provenance?
This is the vintage of the famous “mud wine” from Lucien Jayer that my friend Joel has.
1983 Lucien Jayer Echezeaux.
The wine had so much sediment it looked like mud.
The flavor and aromas however prompted Bob Fleming to put several spoonsful of sediment on vanilla ice cream after the bottle was finished.
Lots of rot in 1983 but these wines weren’t affected according to my friend Joel who loves the vintage.
FWIW.
Actually, Lucien Jayer always made his own wines. Lucien was one of Henri Jayer’s older brothers- the middle of three boys, with the oldest, Georges Jayer, pursuing a career outside of wine and having his share of the prodcution of the family vineyards made by Henri and sold under the Domaine Georges Jayer label. Lucien was the Jayer brother who was in charge of caring for all of the family vineyards, while Henri watched over the Meo-Camuzet vineyards of Nuits St. Georges “Murgers”, Vosne-Romanee “Brulees” and Cros Parantoux and Richebourg. After harvest each of the Jayer brothers’ shares of their respective family vineyards would be split up, with Lucien making his own wines and Henri making the wines for himself and Georges (in addition to the Meo wines that he was in charge of). So the Lucien Beaumonts '83 that you had was made by Lucien himself, though no doubt he and Henri shared winemaking techniques as Henri’s philosophy in this area matured over time. In addition to the Jayer vines he made wines from (Vosne AC, Nuits AC, Vosne “Beaumonts” and Echezeaux), Lucien Jayer also sharecropped a bit of Malconsorts as well, which is well worth pursuing if one crosses paths with a bottle. As Lucien and Henri got on in years, the Jayer vines began to be tended by Henri’s nephew, Emmanuel Rouget.
This bottle was bought by a friend at auction. no idea when. But he gave it to me a month ago. decided to pop it. It showed some signs of greatness, but never really materialized before it fell apart. there was a fair amount of sediment, but not quite mud!
Thanks for the info John. However, this was the Malconsorts you allude to! Not the Beaumonts.
The only web info I could find on this wine said that Henri Jayer made the wines for his brother http://www.vinsionaire.com/main/jayer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I have no idea, but that was all I could drum up on this wine.
This sounds like a typical nice 83, a vintage I enjoy very much but of which I can’t help thinking that the wines all taste much more of the vintage than either the vineyard or producer.