2008 Dujac Clos de la Roche
This was a better showing than the last few bottles of Dujac I’ve had, pretty fruits on the nose without obvious stems or smoke, quite a bit of acidity on the palate with a bit of fruit to go with it, and a nice clean finish. Overall a nice pleasant wine, if a bit anonymous and of unclear origin.
2008 Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche
Wow, in comparison, this wine was a beast. In contrast to the other 08s from this weekend, this had fruit and structure to burn. Lovely exotic aromatics with black currants and earth on the nose. The palate had huge structure and power, that didn’t quite completely integrate, but had nice velvety texture, and a long powerful finish. This bottle at least, needed more time. I’ve had this wine 3 times in the last two years and the others felt a bit more ready to drink while this one felt super fresh and powerful. Clearly Clos de la Roche with the intensity and mushroom notes, this was very typical, if not entirely ready.
2001 Bertheau Bonnes Mares
Some tea and ripe cherry fruit on the nose, this was a beautiful wine drinking in its prime, crisp acidity on the palate with more lovely fruits and a long finish. While this lacked the power and depth of the biggest Bonnes Mares, it was a pretty wine drinking nicely!
by Mchangwine
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Yup, as I suspected. Hubert Lignier is a huge QPR crusher. As good or even better as the really big names in a lot of cases, for quite a bit less money. When I ran a wine program, I’d get my allocation from Rosenthal, put them on the list for a nice price, and a month later be asking my rep if he could possibly find a spare case laying around somewhere 😂