That might have been true in 2011, I’m not sure. As far as this last weekend goes, on Friday we had a pair of 09s and three 08s and not even the most AFWE person would have picked the 08 wines. The 08s could have been in an awkward place and needed more time, sure. The two 09 gibourg were just perfect burgundies just entering their prime drinking window but with significantly more structure than any of the 08s except the Lignier and plenty of acidity. I drank the 08 versions of these wines a few months ago and while they were good they weren’t nearly as good as the 09s. You could also clearly see the difference between the terroir. The Ruchottes had the iron you’d expect from gevrey on the palate with more forest floor on the nose and the Clos Vougeot had slightly more spice on the nose.
Certainly not all 09s are in a perfect place, lots of them were opened this weekend and some may have been overdone and unbalanced, or needed more time. One could certainly make the argument that I’m mostly drinking wine from top producers etc, but the 08s we had this weekend were from Rousseau, Lignier, Mortet and Dujac, obviously top producers, and they just weren’t drinking well. In the case of the Rousseau and Lignier, perhaps they just need time, but only the Lignier was enjoyable and @Nick_Christie opined that it was a bdx drinkers burgundy.