Attended a red Burgundy tasting tonight. I drink a decent amount of new world Pinot, but not a ton of Burgundy, largely for price reasons. Saw the opportunity to taste this many world class wines in one night and just couldn’t turn it down. Lineup is included below.
I was obviously most excited to try DRC for the first time, but I went in slightly skeptical that it would truly stand out among this lineup.
I was wrong. The nose on this thing was INSANE. Just layers and layers of red fruit and earth, leather, mushroom, etc. I could’ve sat there smelling it all night. The palate met expectations based on the nose, but the nose was the real star, IMO. The finish lingered longer than any wine I’ve ever had.
2nd wine of the night, by a decent margin, was the Thibault Liger-Belair Grand Cru. Silky, integrated, perfectly balanced. I just couldn’t stop drinking it.
Was honestly disappointed by both the Perrot-Minot and the Olivier Bernstein wines, despite strong pedigrees for each. Both had pretty strong raisinated fruit notes, seemed past their prime despite not being that old, and were too oaky for my taste.
Honorable mention to the D’Angerville and the A.-F. Gros which were both awesome.
TABLE 1 – Minerality and Precision
Côte de Nuits Villages, Maison Harbour "Preu" 2021
Bourgogne Haute-Côtes de Nuits, Domaine Sylvain Cathiard & Fils 2021
Santenay, Benoit Girardin 2022
TABLE 2 – Silk and Perfume
Chassagne-Montrachet, Jean-Claude Ramonet 2015
Chambolle-Musigny, Hudelot Noellat 2018
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru La Combe d’Orveau, Dom. Perrot-Minot V.V. 2011
TABLE 3 – Structure and Power
Vosne-Romanée, Mongeard Mugneret 2020
Gevrey-Chambertin, Arnaud Mortet "Ma Cuvée" 2022
Chambertin-Clos de Bèze Grand Cru, Olivier Bernstein 2013
TABLE 4 – Spice and Dimension
Nuits-St.-Georges, Chanterêves "Les Tuyaux" 2022
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru, Philippe Pacalet 2011
Richebourg Grand Cru, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2004
TABLE 5 – Earth and Rusticity
Pommard 1er Cru Les Pezerolles, Domaine A.-F. Gros 2010.
Volnay 1er Cru Champans, Marquis D’Angerville 2014
Corton Les Renardes Grand Cru, Thibault Liger-Belair 2015
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