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2008 Red Burgundies (Mar 2011)

Good medium red. Black raspberry, violet and a suggestion of dusty minerality on the nose. Dense, lush and chewy, but higher-pitched and less expressive today than the RSV. Smooth, rich, highly concentrated flavors of purple fruits and licorice. Finishes broad, saline and very long.

Myth Over Matter: Mature Burgundy 1920-2019 (Mar 2023)

The 2008 Richebourg Grand Cru is a vintage that I have not tasted since 2011, just after bottling. I suspect it is a wine that will provide more drinking pleasure in its flush of youth. Just by observing the bricking on the rim, it seems more mature than its 11 years. The open-knit bouquet has…

Myth Over Matter: Mature Burgundy 1920-2019 (Mar 2023)

Kudos to the person who proffered no less than a bottle of 2007 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru for a La Paulée. Are you honestly telling me that selling it would have been better than sharing it with friends? Anyway, it is pure Pinoté on the nose with ethereal transparency, touches of iron filings and cracked black…

2008 and 2007 Red Burgundies (Mar 2010)

Deep medium red. Less expressive on the nose than La T a che but equally precise, hinting at redcurrant, cherry, exotic spices and wild herbs. Then silky-sweet, thick and deep, with an almost salty peppery quality giving the middle palate an extraordinarily tactile impression. The herbs and spices carry through to the extremely long, gripping…

2007 and 2006 Red Burgundies (Mar 2009)

(445) Good medium-deep red. Wonderfully pure, penetrating aromas of cassis, black raspberry, minerals and spices. Denser and more spherical than La Tache, offering a compelling combination of raspberry and mineral high notes and lower earth tones. Wonderfully tactile, building finish saturates the taste buds with flavor.

2007 and 2006 Red Burgundies (Mar 2009)

Good medium red. Reticent, deeply pitched but pure aromas of raspberry and mocha. Broad and ripe but tight and backward today, and not showing quite the lift or the freshness of fruit of the Echezeaux. With its saline earth tones, this is more savory than sweet. Finishes with firm, youthfully tough tannins. This was my…