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Domaine Dujac 2017
Domaine Dujac made a beautiful selection of wines in 2017. Their 2017 wines were bottled a week ago before this tasting. The reds are charming with good depth, they should be approachable in the mid-term and will age for decades like most of their other vintages. Style Change in Chardonnay Domaine Dujac are experimental with their winemaking especially for their Chardonnay in the last decade. I have noticed Domaine Dujac changed styles multiple times for their Chardonnay: Mid-late 2000s: Wines are rich and leesy, overtly heavy Early 2010s: Wines are intense with lots of buttery new oak spices (Personal favourite style) 2017: Some of the wines were aged in concrete…
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Domaine Georges Noellat 2017
Maxime Cheurlin marked a new milestone for Domaine Georges Noellat in 2017, volume has never been higher at the Domaine as Maxime bought new vineyards and signed new contracts in the past few years. In 2017 Maxime added a new cuvee to the portfolio – Beaune 1er Cru Clos de la Mignotte, a darker shade of fruits compared to his Vosne Romanee. Winemaking Style 2017 is Maxime’s seventh vintage as the winemaker of Domaine Georges Noellat after moving down from Champagne in 2010. All the grapes are destemmed (except for Echezeaux, which sees 15-20% whole cluster) but the wines are brilliantly elegant, bright and perfumed (think Domaine Duroche). In general,…
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Chassagne Montrachet En Remilly & Gevrey Chambertin Clos Saint Jacques
Two months ago I hosted a horizontal blind tasting of Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru En Remilly and Gevrey Chambertin 1er Cru Clos St Jacques, two of my favourite Premier Crus respectively in Chassagne Montrachet and Gevrey Chambertin. The En Remilly in Chassagne Montrachet is a tiny 1er Cru vineyard (1.6ha) located next to Chevalier Montrachet and below Saint Aubin En Remilly. Most producers are lesser known apart from PYCM, most participants are new to almost all the producers in this prime vineyard. The highlight for me was the Bruno Colin, it showed superior concentration and winemaking skills in this tiny vineyard. PYCM needs no introduction, textbook reductive leesy nose and…
