TN: 2010 P. Dubreuil-Fontaine Père & Fils Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Clos Berthet

WINE TALK
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2010 P. Dubreuil-Fontaine Père & Fils Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Clos Berthet - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru (11/2/2014)
A rich, almost oily wine, very nice flavors, slight twist of lemon, good acidity, great match to bacon wrapped scallops. (91 pts.)

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Big thumbs up on this one. The '11 also shines. I think D-F nailed it with their '11’s.

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I like this wine a lot. I have more of it (from several vintages) than any other white wine… but not as much as Peter C!

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I’m already onto the 12 vintage. Solid qpr wine…

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We’ve had a few bottles of this - very good each time. Thanks for posting.

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Only had reds from this estate. Need to seek out some white…

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Totally agree. Sadly D-F wines do not come to Quebec, Canada too often.

Bill, did you ever try the Clos Berthet before it got promoted to a 1ieme cru …

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Red could only be a village wine…

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Red from another Pernand 1er, not this one. [cheers.gif]

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Maybe he means the red Berthet is classified as a villages, although the white was elevated not long ago.

I’ve had the '10 Ile de Vergelesses, which was also good, though maybe not at the level of Chandon de Briailles.

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Yes, that could be, too. The 05 IdV is also quite nice - that’s the wine I was thinking of that I liked so much.

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Well, '05. Try Rollin’s '10 IdV if you get a chance.

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Berthet blanc was elevated to 1ieme cru in 2000 - I think.

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So long ago - good catch.

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I had a mostly premoxed 2009 Clos Berthet tonight. Drinkable in a pinch but my wife rejected it. I think I’ll try my 2008 and 2010 again soon. They’ve been solid but I don’t want to get surprised.

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Damn. Wonder if the riper, fleshier 2009 vintage contributed to that? I don’t have any 2010s left, might have one 2012 left, haven’t seen the 2013 yet, but I’ll bet it’s pretty good.

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The 2010 Bourgogne blanc ain’t too shabby either but it’s taken a couple of years to come around.

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Need to drink up my 2008 faster that I would like to… [swearing.gif]

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Two bottles of the 11 were very very advanced, just about drinkable but bordering on shot, last August.

Was not impressed.

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I had a bottle of the 2011 - that had been bought ex-domaine - last July and it was sublime to the point that I immediately wrote an email to the domaine that I want to visit again the following month and buy more. To my delight 2013 seems to be even better vintage for the whites than 2011.