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Only the Beaune Clos des Mouches is an estate wine, although some of the others contain wine from Drouhin-owned property, as indicated. (Continue reading here.)
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Jacques Bavard (Puligny-Montrachet) -- 2022 Tasted from Barrel
Jacques Bavard’s paternal grandfather was an owner of a significant estate in Puligny-Montrachet until the mid-1970s, including wines from Chevalier-Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet. But times were different then, and not everyone wanted to follow a career in wine. The generation of Jacques’ parents left and Jacques eventually found himself with a restaurant in Paris (that had a very good wine list). In 1995, he found himself in Burgundy tasting wine for his restaurant and was attracted back to the wine world. He eventually studied two years at the lycée viticole in Beaune and established a négociant operation based in Puligny.
The wines here are not from grand appellations and the wines are not going to make you forget the stars of the Côte de Beaune. But for relatively modest prices, they can scratch the Burgundy itch when needed, something that is very much needed in today’s overheated Burgundy market.
For white wines, Bavard uses both 350-liter and the standard 228-liter barrels. There has been an increase in new oak since 2017 for the whites because that use increases reduction, and since 2006, there has been no bâtonnage (stirring of the lies). The wines are made for drinking in the first ten years, with an emphasis on freshness; longer aging would require more use of sulfur, which Jacques is not willing to do. (Continue reading here.)
Sélection LABRUYÈRE-PRIEUR (Meursault) -- Red and White Wines Tasted from Barrel Samples
(Please see my overall vintage summary here.)
This label is being used now for wines from vineyards that Domaine Jacques Prieur exploits but does not own.
Starting with the reds: (Continue reading here.)
Domaine de la POUSSE D'OR (Volnay) -- 2016 Part I: Côte de Beaune Tasted from Tank
(Originally published November 2016)
As I previously reported, Benoît Landanger, son of owner Patrick Landanger, will be taking over operation of the estate on January 1, 2018. Benoît has been working with his father at the estate for the past few years. Additionally, the estate was fortunate enough to acquire about 20 ares of Chevalier-Montrachet from Olivier Leflaive, the first vintage of which will be 2017.
In Chambolle-Musigny and Puligny-Montrachet, the estate lost the great majority of the crop to the frost on 27 April. In Chambolle, the estate made 20 barrels of wine in 2015, but only three in 2016. In Puligny, production was 20% of normal. Other appellations did better.
As always, the wines were entirely destemmed here. Malolactic fermentations were rather late for the estate, finishing in April, May, and June. The wines were racked into stainless steel after the 2017 harvest. (Continue reading here.)
Louis JADOT (Beaune) -- 2016 Part V: Village White Wines Tasted from Barrel
(Originally published 13 April 2018.)
Background on the vintage at Jadot is located here.
As it often does, Jadot blocked full malolactic fermentation in about half the 2016 white wines.
Background on the vintage at Jadot is located here.
As it often does, Jadot blocked full malolactic fermentation in about half the 2016 white wines.
As with the reds, there is excellent value to be had from Jadot’s wines from less fashionable appellations. (Continue reading here.)
Louis JADOT (Beaune) -- 2016 Part II: Côte de Beaune Red Wines Other than Beaune Tasted from Barrel
Louis JADOT (Beaune) -- 2017 Part II: Côte de Beaune Red Wines Tasted from Barrel
The reds, in general, have about 30% new oak barrels in 2017. As always for almost all Jadot wines, no whole clusters in these wines. (Continue reading here.)
Louis JADOT (Beaune) -- 2017 Part I: White Wines Tasted from Barrel
Unusually for my visits here (and elsewhere in Burgundy), we start on this visit with the white wines.
Jadot now exploits (owns or farms) 130 ha in the Côte d’Or and purchases the equivalent of about 70 ha more of Côte d’Or grapes/musts/wine. In addition, there are wines from Chablis, the Côte Chalonnaise, the Mâconnais, and the Beaujolais. In short, Jadot is as close as one can come to an encyclopedia of Burgundy terroirs.
Malo-lactic fermentations began very early. As Jadot often does, it blocked the malos for some of the whites. New oak for the whites is around 25% in 2017; usually it has been around 30%.
I give the source of the wine (e.g., Domaine Gagey, Domaine Louis Jadot, etc.) because Jadot sometimes has more than a single cuvée from a given vineyard. Due to the large number of bottlings, I, of course, cannot taste every single wine that Jadot produces.
My overall view of white Burgundies in 2017 is that it is the finest vintage since 2014, which in turn is the finest young white Burgundy vintage I’ve encountered in more than thirty vintages of tasting from barrel. But at Jadot, the 2017 vintage may equal 2014. (Continue reading here.)
Domaine de la POUSSE D'OR (Volnay) -- 2017 Part II: Côte de Beaune Wines Tasted from Tank Samples
My comments on the vintage conditions and raising of the wines is here, where I reviewed the Côte de Nuits wines.
After tasting the Côte de Nuits, we moved on the Côte de Beaune wines. (Continue reading here.)
Louis JADOT (Beaune) 2015 Tasted from Barrel Part I: Côte de Beaune Reds
(Originally published 15 February 2017.)
For an operation with as many different wines as Jadot has, the quality is really quite amazing. Harvesting started on 29 August, with the whites, I suppose. There was very little triage required. Alcohols began quickly. Malolactic fermentations mostly finished in spring, some in July.
For an operation with as many different wines as Jadot has, the quality is really quite amazing. Harvesting started on 29 August, with the whites, I suppose. There was very little triage required. Alcohols began quickly. Malolactic fermentations mostly finished in spring, some in July.
Very successful wines here that are certainly worthy of your interest. (Continue reading here.)
Louis JADOT (Beaune) -- 2015 Tasted from Barrel Part IV -- Whites
(Originally published 17 February 2017.)
As it sometimes does, Jadot partially blocked malolactic acidity in its 2015 whites.
With respect to the sucrosity that I note in many of the wines below, it is not like the sucrosity of 2003s where the wines often tasted sweet. Here it is a certain richness of texture, and based on my past experience, it will disappear with aging.
In news, Jadot has bought an estate that includes Meursault Narvaux, Charmes, and Perrières among its holdings.
Overall, the collection is not as outstanding as the 2015 reds, but there is good quality here, more than one originally expected from the 2015 white vintage. As with reds, the best values appear to be in lower appellations and premiers crus. Aging potential appears moderate for the most part. (Continue reading here.)
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