The Meursault Tillets from Roulot is a very good wine for the vintage. In the nose fresh citrus aromas - grape and lemon, a fine minerality and frehsness. On the palate same picture, quite good acidity and structure, ripe yellow fruits with citrus notes in the finish. Not a big wine, but a quite …
Burgundy white
Domaine Leflaive, Puligny Montrachet 2009
The Puligny 09 from Leflaive is surprisingly discrete without the normal characteristics of a young Leflaive wine. In the bouquet yellow quite exotic fruits, with notes of pear and peach. Also a hint of yeast in the quite discrete nose. On the palate quite mellow, with rather soft butteri yellow …
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Tasting – Burgundy 2009
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 …
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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