The 2005s were very successful for Daniel Rion, with both the Vosne village and Beauxmonts delicious. This is another step up and an illustration that many 2005s have re awoken and are downright delicious today. This has a hint of vitamin B on the nose, some earthy scents, and it explodes on the palate with an incredibly sweet mid palate exhibiting great length and poise on gossamer tannins. Just an outstanding bottle.
Very nice, thanks for the note. I like both the Rion labels.
As someone who imports some Daniel Rion wines into Australia I don’t want to pump them up too much for fear of being accused of shilling but their wines are terrific value. Their Beaux Monts may be one of the greatest values in Burgundy and I like the village Vosne very much. The NSG Laviers is also one of my favourites and the Echezeaux is very consistent.
Thanks for the note Kent, sounds like its singing.
Cheers
Jeremy
FWIW, when Patrice Rion made the wines there (through the 2000 vintage)…I thought their Beaux Monts was one of the very best wines in Burgundy, and like the Rouget version of that vineyard, one of the best QPR wines in Burgundy. Every time I pull one out from the cellar, it confirms my view.
I basically lost touch with the winery shortly after 2001…having chosen to follow Patrice and his great wines. But, I still miss their Beaux Monts holding. (In 1996 my wife and I and Patrice walked their parcel…and as its name suggests, it is a beautiful spot…looking down on the Brulees and Cros Parantoux.
Great to read this note, as I like the people still at Daniel Rion and had read some concerning things in the “wine press” in the last 10 years.
There are three Rion estates that I know of…so…which two are you lauding?
Ok, I’ll bite. What does Vitamin B smell like?
Patrice and Daniel. Who is the third?
Open up a bottle of B vitamins at the store if you don’t own any and take a whiff. Distinct smell, all it’s own. Apparently, if you take too much for your body to process, you may also put off a ‘unique’ odor.
Armelle et Bernard…started by Daniel’s brother…I think…http://domainerion.fr/
This is how I got to know Patrice Rion’s wine in the first place. In 1988 I went to a tasting hosted in Phila by Becky Wasserman. I was really impressed with Patrice’s (then-Dom. Daniel’s) wines. Zachy’s had an ad…and I bought some wines. When I got them it was Bernard;s… Zachy’s told me to keep them on them, which I thought was nice of them. They were good enough. I then made sure to visit Dom. Daniel, which I did that summer…and…Patrice Rion became maybe my favorite winemaker in Burgundy…and maybe still is (though others have more exulted wines/appellations); others are up there, too. (Had a marvelous 1996 Nuits-Vignes Rondes last week…a wow wine…just coming into maturity level; will always be zippy.)
In Australia we have vitamin B tablets called Beroocas that effervesce when put into water and are renowned for their ability to dampen hangovers when taken at the end of a session before retiring to bed. The nose on this wine was a dead ringer for Beroccas, and is something I see in a number of wines. It is a difficult smell to describe, but once you have come acroos it, you will recognise it instantly.
I am not certain whether it is a post fermentation or oak aroma, but it is not unpleasant, just distinctive.
Based on my experience with Daniel Rions 2005 to 2007, I would urge people to ignore the “press” and taste the wines. Tasting barrel samples is not necessarily an entirely accurate indicator of what one will find in the bottle.
Had another bottle of the 2012 village Vosne last night. Plush, velvety, spicy, very Vosne and very delicious.
I believe there’s an Olivier Rion as well.
I think that’s one of the affiliated labels of Daniel Rion…he’s one of Daniel’s three sons who makes a few wines himself/with his wife. Not really a seaparate domaine…
For example, Patrice Rion has two labels…one for wines from grapes he buys; the other for wines from grapes he owns. But…it’s the same place.
Agree. We have all 3 of the Rion here in Quebec. I used to buy all of them; but now just Daniel’s CdV and Ech… ![[cheers.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0ff9bfcdb0964982cd3240b6159868fbdf215b1a.gif "cheers"){kind=small}
I still think Patrice Rion’s wines are in the very top class of Burgundy…when he made them at Domaine Daniel…and since he left. I’ve almost never been disappointed by one in the 25+ years I’ve been experiencing them. Not sure who else’s wines I can say that about…maybe Dauvissat or Roumier, but hard to think of anyone else’s-- even Rousseau’s and others’s.
****For example, Patrice Rion has two labels…one for wines from grapes he buys; the other for wines from grapes he owns. But…it’s the same place ****
Stuart - in Quebec, Canada we have 2 labels of Patrice Rion. One is Domaine Patrice Rion and the other is Domaine Michele & Patrice Rion. So which one is from grapes he owns…?
Peter, though it is a little confusing from the website, Domaine Michèle et Patrice Rion it seems that they are all labeled “Domaine Rion”…and the owned vineyards have “Michele et Patrice”…the bought grapes have “Patrice et Maxime (Patrice and Michele’s 31 year-old son)”…
Patrice created the domaine “Michele et Patrice” a long time ago …in it he had Chambolle-les Cras and Bourgogne Bon-Batons rouge…since at least 1990…since then he added and owns Nuits: Clos St. Marc (monopole) and Argillieres, and Chambolle-Charmes. Maybe there is now more, too that he owns.
The rest is small parcels of bought grapes that he farms with his son.
This thread has made me just buy a few bottles of the 2005 Daniel Rion Beauxmonts.
Nice work Daniel. Interested in your thoughts…I have thick skin:)