It's always useful to compare the wines from a vintage in a tasting, as this often reveals more of the vintage characteristics and puts the individual wine in perspective. This year we had a collection of 14 wines from the 2009 vintage - mainly focused on the reds, and mainly on Cote de Nuits. The …
Burgundy white
J.-F. Coche-Dury, Meursault 1999
The 1999 Meursault from Coche-Dury is now entering a semi mature stage. Somewhat closed bouquet, with notes of citrus (orange, grapefruit) and hints of fresh almonds. On the palate quite rich with aromas of almond, honeysuckle and hints of citrus. Good acidity, balance and length. A very nice effort …
Domaine Antoine Jobard, Meursault Genevrieres 2009
The Genevrieres 2009 from Antoine Jobard is a very impressive effort in a quite difficult vintage for white Burgundy. The bouquet is showing fine minerality, honey, hay and sweet ripe fruit with elements of tangerine and citrus cest. Rather intense bouquet but still refined. On the palate very good …
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Domaine Antoine Jobard, Bourgogne Blanc 2009
The Bourgogne Blanc from Antoine Jobard is a very very good bargain. In reality this is a fine village Meursault, made from 4 plots of village Meursault. The bouquet has a wonderful Meursault minerality with a fine ripe yellow fruit. Notes of honey, mandarin and citrus zest. On the palate fine …
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J.-F. Coche-Dury, Meursault Perrieres 2008
I really adore the 2008 white Burgundies - they are crisp, vibrant and bold - with a wonderfull playfull acidity. The 2008 Coche-Dury Meursault Perrieres is no exception, it's a truly great Meursault. In fact it bring forward memories of the great 1996 Perrieres ... one of my all time favorits. The …
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