TNs - '05 Courcel Pommard Grand Epenots, '99 Rousseau CSJ

WINE TALK
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No rhyme or reason to this pairing.

’99 Rousseau Gevrey Chambertin Clos St. Jacques-
Wow this is rocking. The maturing aromatics have some sous bois and loads of those CSJ earth chunks. I love the overt minerality of this site. Supremely balanced, delicious and resolved this is just entering its 15 year drinking window. Awesome stuff.

Burg baby killing is a guilty passion of mine. This is a recent Burghound discovery.
’05 Courcel Pommard Grand Clos des Epenots-
Deep blackcherry nose with complex earthiness and spice. I love the whole cluster fireworks and it is rare to see them in a Pommard these days. This is sappy and structured but still enjoyable (for a few brave souls) despite its massive steely scaffolding. This shows incredible potential for the patient. Future great stuff.

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Thanks for the note, Kevin. I’m getting excited that some of the '99’s are just starting to come around!

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Thanks for the notes Kevin. It take a serious “pair” to pull out such a young Pommard. I love a young Volnay or something similar but I just can’t take the super young Pommards no matter how much I want to.

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Thanks Kevin. Got to start dipping into that '99 CSJ. I have been digging heavily into my '96 and although it can use a few more years, it is so damn good. The Courcel sounds amazing and certainly one for our old age.

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That’s the right answer, I really don’t recommend opening this one. I taste so much young wine (in barrel etc) that youthful structure doesn’t bother me much.

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Me too! '99s were plentiful and inexpensive and I’ve got a bunch. It’s been hard to wait over the last 5 years while they have been in their cranky period. They drank really well through about 2004 and now I think we will get 10-15 years of peak drinking…

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Thanks for the notes Kevin. I’ve got a few of the Courcel, but I lack your level of bravery. Mine will rest for now.

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That particular Courcel is a bruiser almost regardless of vintage. The 04 wasnt green, but man did it wallop the tongue with tannin - needs at LEAST a decade to round out. A 1998 was drinking well and had a great bouquet about it - though was still packing some punch on the backend.

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I have a few bottles of the 2001 Courcel in the cellar, might have to open one soon “in the name of science” to see where it is … last bottle I tasted (about a year or so ago) seemed to show it entering an early window.

Alex