Roulot did the same thing in 2016, his Bourgogne Blanc was also very badly hit by the frost, so he including grapes bought from both Macon and Chablis – to get at least some quantities to sell. I’ve not tasted it yet but am intrigued as in theory the addition of Chablis grapes could provide a nice balancing effect to the richer and more dense Macon grapes.
Let us know if you find one to try Jeremy.
Have had the '16 Roulot Bourgogne a few times, Larry. Certainly true to usual form. Tangy and fresh with white peach and lemon fruits a plenty. Nice line and cut.
Jeremy,
At the restaurants you are visiting, are you seeing Coche, Roulot or Ente on the wine lists? If so how is the pricing?
Dave,
Ente pricing has always been high. Have seen a bit of Roulot at decent pricing. Haven’t found a Coche Meursault at a decent price this trip yet.
Cheers
Jeremy
Had 2009 Coche Rougeots for 210 EUR last week. Think that is about as good as you are going to get these days, the era of Meursault Village for 65 EUR a bottle off the list is long gone.
The high-pitched whine of a band saw rang out from the Dujac courtyard. I fully expected to enter the gates to find Jeremy Seysses covered in blood and guts, butchering one of his beloved heritage pigs. Sadly, it was just a workman, dismantling pallets for kindling.
Our visit began with the important discussion on where to eat in Burgundy. We then met the new Seysses dog, ‘Oh My’ (as in Oh My Dog). A lovely canine, still a bit gun-shy from his visit to a neighbouring village, where the dog of a famous Domaine tried to tamper with his nether regions…. repeatedly.
Tasting began with some ‘17’s from tank, that were awaiting bottling.
2017 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis Blanc: Fresh lemon, white peach and mineral. Nice balance and energy.
2017 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis 1er Cru Monts-Luisants: Richly fruited, showing notes of green melon and preserved lemon. It is full and intense with good minerally line.
2017 Domaine Dujac Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes: Loaded with fleshy white peach. It has a dense, sappy feel in the mouth. There’s great material here, with fine acidity and a super-long finish.
2017 Domaine Dujac Chambolle-Musigny: Highly perfumed with fresh, spice-laden red berry and cherry fruits. Very fine on the palate with a lacy feel.
2017 Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Malconsorts: Gorgeous nose of sandalwood, aniseed and red and black fruits. It is sensual, with the velvetiest of textures. The long finish is strewn with dried flowers.
2017 Domaine Dujac Charmes-Chambertin, Grand Cru: Charming and accessible, with fresh berry fruits trimmed with earth. It has good flesh and excellent underlying minerality, possessing good cut and persistence.
2017 Domaine Dujac Clos de la Roche, Grand Cru: A cool and elegant nose of black cherry, rose petal and earth. It is deep and layered, with plenty of flesh overlaying a chalky base. Length is superb.
2017 Domaine Dujac Clos St. Denis, Grand Cru: Fine and elegant, pure and perfumed. Delicious red and black fruits trimmed with earth. A note of dried flowers on the nose. Expansive and very long.
We then moved into the cellar to taste the following from bottle.
2017 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis: Red berries, dried flowers, fresh and crunchy. Good grip, nice potential.
2017 Domaine Dujac Morey St. Denis 1er Cru: Complex nose of sandalwood, menthol, red berry and floral spice. Quite round and plump with succulence and persistence.
2017 Domaine Dujac Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes: Shows some menthol and meat along with red berry, cherry and plum. There’s nice depth and structure here. Should age particularly well.
2017 Domaine Dujac Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts: Fabulous nose of Asian spice, ripe cherry and sandalwood. It is succulent and velvety in the mouth, with good volume and some grip to the long finish.
2017 Domaine Dujac Echezeaux, Grand Cru: Aromas of Sandalwood, Chinese 5 spice powder and ripe cherry. It has good depth in the mouth, building through the palate and really fanning out on the finish. Lovely wine.
2017 Domaine Dujac Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru: Very open-knit for young Bonnes Mares. There are dark cherries, earth and flinty notes. It is sappy and dense with good richness and a long finish carried by sweet tannins.
2002 Domaine Dujac Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru: Quite earthy, with some mushroom and meat thrown in for good measure. It has vinous sweetness and good depth and volume. It was a little wild on opening, but later in the day was really humming, with a delicious core of black cherry fruit and a long chewy finish.
1999 Domaine Dujac Bonnes Mares, Grand Cru: Sweet and luscious, full and spicy. Great earthy complexity and depth. So much volume, fabulous presence and supremely long, leaving the taste of licorice in the mouth well after swallowing.
Alexandrine seemed very pleased with 2018. Quantities were decent and the quality of what she has in barrel is superb. Malo’s went through quickly and the wines had been racked two weeks before our visit. These ‘18’s were a joy to taste, as were two very fine ‘17’s from bottle.
2018 Domaine Marc Roy Marsannay Les Champs Perdrix: Good volume and texture and quite light on its feet. Aromas and flavours of flora, green apple and white peach.
2018 Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes: Some sauvage coupled with pristine red and black fruits. It is rich and layered with great length. Very Gevrey in character and very good.
2018 Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin La Justice: Lovely perfume of rose petals and juicy berry fruits. It is expansive in the mouth with good underlying structure. Balance is impeccable.
2018 Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Prieur: Deep, dark, intense and structured. Good flesh and volume. Plenty of earth. So much great material here.
2018 Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Alexandrine: Rich, fleshy, dense and complex. Notes of aniseed, black cherry and purple flowers. Sweet tannins carry the super-long finish.
2017 Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin V.V.: It smells of smoked meats, red berry, cherry and mineral. It is an elegant rendition of Gevrey, full but with a silky mouthfeel. It is an ethereal wine, pure of Pinot fruit and classic Gevrey in every sense. Length of flavour is outstanding.
2017 Domaine Marc Roy Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Prieur: Fabulous clarity, showing ripe cherry, earth and dried flowers on both the nose and in the mouth. It is deep and spicy, muscular and expansive. It really builds through the palate, fanning out on the finish.
16 coche enseigneres for 90e in feb in burgundy!
Each year we can feel the increased elegance in the wines of Domaine Daniel Rion, 2017 just may be the most complete set of wines we have seen from them. There’s beautiful generosity of fruit coupled with decent structure. The transparency of each wine reflects their specific terroir.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion Côte de Nuits Villages: A pretty nose of aniseed and cherry. There’s good presence and depth in the mouth. The finish is stony.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Nuits St. Georges Les Lavières: Very elegant and pretty Nuits. Excellent depth of spice laden red and black fruits. Loads of mineral to the finish.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Nuits St. Georges Les Grandes Vignes: Punchy nose of smoked meats and sweet plum. It is full and generous with good presence and a savoury finish.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Nuits St. Georges Vieilles Vignes: Sweet and luscious. Deep and chiselled. Quite stony and really good.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Terres Blanches: A tiny 0.91ha Nuits Premier Cru, located at the top of the slope in the Northern end of Premeaux, just above Les St.Georges. This is such a delicious wine with oodles of fruit. It is full and plump, with red and black fruits that are trimmed with earth. It is complex and long, a Nuits of great finesse.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion Nuits-St-Georges ‘Haut Pruliers’ 1er Cru. It is compact and concentrated, loaded with dark fruits, earth and iron. It has great balance and energy.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Vignes Rondes: Deeply pitched blue fruits with outstanding clarity. There are fresh earthy aromas and flavours and it is precise, harmonious and very long.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosne-Romanée: Violets, smoky mineral and red fruits. Velvety against the gums. Full and elegant with genuine persistence.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts: Complex, highly perfumed nose of pomegranate, black cherry, raspberry, aniseed and black tea. Wonderful depth and breadth. Really fans out on the super-long finish.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes: Exuberant nose of Chinese 5 spice powder, aniseed and red jelly crystals, just as they’ve been hit with hot water. It has great flesh and drive, with chalky underlying structure. A complex, beautifully balanced wine of character and poise.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Echezeaux, Grand Cru: Plenty of spice. Rich and dense cherry fruit with some spiced plum. Dense and compact for now. Really fans out on the finish.
2017 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Clos Vougeot, Grand Cru: A beautifully located parcel just under Grands Echezeaux. Expressive nose of black cherry, freshly tilled earth and dried flowers. There’s good flesh and volume. It has Vougeot muscle coupled with highly perfumed fruit. The long finish is laden with chalk.
so much fun to read these notes. Don’t think I’ve ever seen a Roy wine. Merci.
Cheers Alan. You’d like the Roy wines.
For Paul Hanna.
2009 Vincent Girardin Chevalier-Montrachet, Grand Cru: Has a gentle lactic quality along with ripe orchid fruits. The mouth is filled with fruit, minerals and a dollop of butter. It is a large-scaled Chevallier, but also a wine of finesse.
Enjoyed Chez Hall. www.burgundyman.com. A great place to stay in Burgundy and owned by fellow board member Anthony Hall.
Thanks for peek at Rion wines, one of the better value plays in Burgundy.
Good to hear a nice note about a Chaumes, also one of the better value plays in Burgundy when done right. I like Georges Noellat’s take.
But what the heck are red jelly crystals? I need my Aussie google translator when I read your always pithy notes. ![[cheers.gif]](/uploads/db3686/original/2X/0/0ff9bfcdb0964982cd3240b6159868fbdf215b1a.gif "cheers"){kind=small}
What are peoples thoughts on the other Rion (Armelle et Bernard)?
I’m turning green Jeremy.
I haven’t seen the Rion wines before in NZ, will keep an eye out for them.
I recently had the chance to taste the 2017 Clos Prieur and the 2017 Cuvee Alexandrine, Alan. I thought the Clos Prieur was very good and the Cuvee Alexandrine was excellent. You can buy the Clos Prieur for $80, locally, and you might enjoy trying it.
Matthew,
Red jelly crystals are what you buy a packet of to make jelly. When you hit them with hot water, it sometimes smells like red Burgundy.
Cheers
Jeremy
Long, leisurely lunch at Aux Terrasses in Tournus. Outstanding value 6 course deg menu. Excellent wine list.
2015 Domaine Pattes Loup Chablis 1er Cru Butteaux: Shows ebullient fruit qualities, bordering on the tropical. The palate gives you up front flesh, then things tighten. Towards the finish it’s all chalky mineral and salt and it is bone-dry, crisp and refreshing.
2015 Coche-Dury Meursault: A strong note of petrol reduction, in a most pleasant way I might add. This is ripe, round and intense, loaded with sappy orchard fruits. There’s some almond butter and a hint of aniseed. The finish has plenty of dry extract and it is a nice drink today but needs a few years in the cellar.
2013 Domaine Roulot Meursault 1er Cru Clos des Bouchères: Just so young, precise and pristine. It has some spearmint, flint, lemon and pure white peach to the aroma. It is a strong and rich wine but so contained. It has a light dollop of butter. There’s a strong line of minerally acidity and it leaves and amalgam of chalk and citrus flavours once the wine is swallowed.
1999 Domaine Trapet Chambertin, Grand Cru: Vibrant fruit but really contained. Just coasting along, barely beginning its journey. Shows some smoke, intense dark fruits, coffee and flora. It has flesh, volume, presence and length. It kind of sneaks up on you, yet is a wine of authority and fabulous length.
A very long lunch with friends, Chez Hall.
2006 Taittinger Champagne Brut Blanc de Blancs Comtes de Champagne: Yellow fruits, beeswax and baker’s yeast. Good volume, creamy mouthfeel and good cut to the finish. Drinking very well.
2013 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Les Ancegnières: From Magnum this was vibrant and youthful. Has some struck match and pure white peach fruit. There’s a squeeze of lemon and it oozes minerality. It has great shape and drive and length is superb.
2011 Bernard Boisson-Vadot Meursault 1er Cru Les Genevrières: Plenty of struck match to the aroma. There’s super-intense citrus fruits and some white peach. It is sharp, compact, focused and long. There’s a hint of floral spice and tremendous cut to the finish. Supremely youthful and very good.
2009 Domaine Vincent Girardin Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, Grand Cru: Very fresh and youthful with notes of honeysuckle, pure white peach, flint and citrus blossom. Great volume and sappy intensity. Flavours are underpinned by minerally acidity and it is clean and very long.
1988 Château La Nerthe Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc: A wonderfully engaging and fresh bottle of wine. Complex aromatics of beeswax, lavender, Autumnal leaves, mango and white flowers. It is very savoury and textural in the mouth, finishing bone-dry and clean. Flavours linger for a long time.
2013 Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos de la Maréchale: From magnum this was delightful. A bright and punchy nose of crisp red fruits and earth. The red berry and cherry fruits are sweet and pure in the mouth. It is a crunchy wine, underpinned by a fine line of minerally acidity. There’s just a hint of Nuits rusticity to the finish.
1953 Remoissenet Père et Fils Morey St. Denis: At first it smells of spent fireworks. With a little air you get some nuttiness, smoked meats and something sweet and vinous. The palate is good, with a sweet core and plenty of savoury nuance. The finish tastes salty and a little bit like soy and Hoisin
Thomas Morey pulled out a special old bottle from his cellar for us.
1985 Domaine Bernard Morey et Fils Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Embrazées: One of the best white Burgs I’ve had in a long time. Complex aromatics of toast, mango, white mushroom and white peach. Full and rich in the mouth but with excellent detail. There’s a suggestion of crème brulee and a line of fresh minerally acidity underpinning all of the flavours. Absolutely superb.