TN's - Various Red Burgundies
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:58 am
Some notes from a recent tasting....
1999 Bourgogne Rouge, Gerbet
Clear bright medium strawberry red, some legs. Clean youthful nose, slightly jammy, fresh raspberry, hint of VA. Dry, medium bodied, fresh strawberry/sour cherry fruit. Finishes slightly acidic and a tad hot.
A reasonable entry level Burgundy that would undoubtedly be improved if served with food.
1995 Morey St Denis, Dominique Laurent
Slightly cloudy (heavy with sediment) - got the back end of this one, rhubarb red. Clean nose showing some development, five spice, cherry and touches of plum pudding. Dry, medium bodied, exotic spices (star anise, clove) follow through on the palate, together with satsuma plum and dark cherry.
Nice wine, but didn't get to try enough to draw a decent conclusion as to its quality.
1994 Gevrey-Chambertin Vielle Vignes, Domaine Roy
Clean bright medium garnet fading to the rim. Clean developed nose - typical forest floor - overlaying strawberry fruit. Dry, medium bodied, soft, slightly faded summer fruits dominate the palate.
Not particularly complex and not likely to improve further. Perhaps a reflection of the vintage.
1990 Gevrey-Chambertin, Faiveley
Clean bright medium ruby/garnet fading to the rim. Clean but slightly "dumb" nose, some hints of stewed red cabbage and other vegetal characters overlaying soft raspberry fruit. Surprisingly, the palate shows some sweet ripe fruit and not much by way of secodary characters. Indeed, there is no way that you would have thought that this is a 13 year old wine. Still a baby.
Very good with room to improve further.
1988 Vosne Romanee, Domaine Rene Engel
Clear medium garnet fading to mahogany. Clean fully mature bouquet of dry autumn leaves. On the palate, dry medium bodied, soft quite rich berry fruit (fading), together with nutmeg and clove spice, good finish.
On the downhill slope but not disgraced.
1983 Nuits St Georges, Faiveley
Clear garnet verging to mahogany tawny in colour - this is fully mature Burgundy - confirm on the slightly musty nose which is dominated by earth, spice and dried leaves. The palate is dry, medium bodied, showing fig, nutmeg, leather, truffles and mushrooms.
Quite a complex wine, but I like mine with a bit more life in them.
1986 Chambolle-Musigny, Moillard
Clear amber-tawny in colour, heavily faded at the rim. The bouquet is almost maderized, leather and freshly polished wood are the only other things I can detect. On the palate, dry, thin and acidic. Rusty tap water were the words that came to mind.
Over the hill. Past it. Six foot under.
1998 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru - Les Cras, Ghislaine Barthod
Clear bright cherry/beetroot red in colour, some legs. Clean youthful nose of macerated cherry together with smoky oak. On the palate, locked tighter than a nun's chastity belt, any fruit is buried deep under the dark chocolatey tannins.
Quite a heavily extracted and heavily oaked wine. Time will only tell whether it blossoms into something special. However, I suspect it is not a wine for lovers of perfumed elegant pinot noir.
Cheers
Phil
1999 Bourgogne Rouge, Gerbet
Clear bright medium strawberry red, some legs. Clean youthful nose, slightly jammy, fresh raspberry, hint of VA. Dry, medium bodied, fresh strawberry/sour cherry fruit. Finishes slightly acidic and a tad hot.
A reasonable entry level Burgundy that would undoubtedly be improved if served with food.
1995 Morey St Denis, Dominique Laurent
Slightly cloudy (heavy with sediment) - got the back end of this one, rhubarb red. Clean nose showing some development, five spice, cherry and touches of plum pudding. Dry, medium bodied, exotic spices (star anise, clove) follow through on the palate, together with satsuma plum and dark cherry.
Nice wine, but didn't get to try enough to draw a decent conclusion as to its quality.
1994 Gevrey-Chambertin Vielle Vignes, Domaine Roy
Clean bright medium garnet fading to the rim. Clean developed nose - typical forest floor - overlaying strawberry fruit. Dry, medium bodied, soft, slightly faded summer fruits dominate the palate.
Not particularly complex and not likely to improve further. Perhaps a reflection of the vintage.
1990 Gevrey-Chambertin, Faiveley
Clean bright medium ruby/garnet fading to the rim. Clean but slightly "dumb" nose, some hints of stewed red cabbage and other vegetal characters overlaying soft raspberry fruit. Surprisingly, the palate shows some sweet ripe fruit and not much by way of secodary characters. Indeed, there is no way that you would have thought that this is a 13 year old wine. Still a baby.
Very good with room to improve further.
1988 Vosne Romanee, Domaine Rene Engel
Clear medium garnet fading to mahogany. Clean fully mature bouquet of dry autumn leaves. On the palate, dry medium bodied, soft quite rich berry fruit (fading), together with nutmeg and clove spice, good finish.
On the downhill slope but not disgraced.
1983 Nuits St Georges, Faiveley
Clear garnet verging to mahogany tawny in colour - this is fully mature Burgundy - confirm on the slightly musty nose which is dominated by earth, spice and dried leaves. The palate is dry, medium bodied, showing fig, nutmeg, leather, truffles and mushrooms.
Quite a complex wine, but I like mine with a bit more life in them.
1986 Chambolle-Musigny, Moillard
Clear amber-tawny in colour, heavily faded at the rim. The bouquet is almost maderized, leather and freshly polished wood are the only other things I can detect. On the palate, dry, thin and acidic. Rusty tap water were the words that came to mind.
Over the hill. Past it. Six foot under.
1998 Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru - Les Cras, Ghislaine Barthod
Clear bright cherry/beetroot red in colour, some legs. Clean youthful nose of macerated cherry together with smoky oak. On the palate, locked tighter than a nun's chastity belt, any fruit is buried deep under the dark chocolatey tannins.
Quite a heavily extracted and heavily oaked wine. Time will only tell whether it blossoms into something special. However, I suspect it is not a wine for lovers of perfumed elegant pinot noir.
Cheers
Phil