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| Wine Spectator Oct. 2008 - Domaine Chauvenet | |||
| Published on 31-12-2008 In the periodical/review Wine Spectator Octobre 2008 | |||
25 cases imported. Red Well-oaked and concentrated, this assertive red has a core of raspberry, cherry, iron and earth flavors. Vibrant acidity and stiff tannins shore it up, and it seems impenetrable now. But the fruit peeks through on the finish. Best from 2011 through 2020. – B.S. 91 Jean Chauvenet Nuits St Georges Les Vaucrains 2006 10 cases imported. Red Well-muscled and compact, this displays a core concentrated blackberry and black cherry notes, accented by earth and mineral. A solid phalanx of tannins closes the deal. Needs times. Best from 2011 through 2020. – B.S. 90 Jean Chauvenet Nuits St Georges Rue de Chaux 2006 25 cases imported. Red Spice aromas and flavors lead off in the fleshy red, with an undercurrent of black cherry and mineral. It’s all supported by a layer of tannins, ending with aftertaste of sweet fruit. Best from 2011 through 2020. – B.S. |
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| Wine Spectator - Oct 15, 2008 - Domaine Belland | |||
| Published on 07-10-2008 In the periodical/review Wine Spectator - October 15, 2008 | |||
Jean-Claude BELLAND Chambertin 2006 Lovely sweet fruit heralds this Pinot, which fills the mouth with cherry, chocolate, licorice and spice flavors before the dense, ripe tannins emerge at the end. There’s a nice long finish. Best from 2011 through 2020. 100 cases made. __B.S Rated 91: Jean-Claude BELLAND Corton Clos de la Vigne au Saint 2006 Despite a compact profile and a firm structure, this is very delicate and civilized for Corton. At its center is sweet red cherry, berry, spice and mineral flavors. Shows fine balance and a long finish. Best from 2010 through 2020. 150 cases made.__B.S. |
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| Vendanges 2008 - Au Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur | |||
| Published on 07-10-2008 In the periodical/review Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur | |||
Les Vendanges 2008 ont démarré hier jeudi 25 septembre au Domaine Bitouzet Prieur, sous les meilleures aupisces : vent du nord et soleil sont au rendez-vous. Les Beaune 1er Cru Cent vignes et les Volnay 1ER cru Les Aussy, ont été vendangés dans les premiers. C’est avec beaucoup d’optimiste que nous commençons à entrevoir la qualité de ce millésime très discuté avant même que débutent les vendanges. Une tendance se dégage déjà : des rendements très modérés, généralement gage de concentration et de qualité. Des potentiels en sucre dépassant le 12° naturel et de beaux arômes se dévoilent déjà. Dans les jours à venir, seront récoltés les Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds, et Clos des Chênes puis suivront les 1er cru de Meursault où l’équilibre sucres acide, éléments essentiels de la qualité des vins blancs, sont également présent. Restons optimistes. |
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| Guide d'achat Bourgogne Aujourd'hui: Meursault blanc Les Corbins 2006 - Bitouzet-Prieur 2 grappes | |||
| Published on 22-09-2008 In the periodical/review Bourgogne Aujourd'hui - N°84 Octobre-Novembre 2008 | |||
Chassagne-Montrachet, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, St Aubin, villages et premiers crus, rouges et blancs 2006 Grands Crus Montrachet 2006 Au sommet 2006 est l’année des (bonnes) surprises. Les meilleurs meursaults, puligny-montrachet, chassagne-montrachet et saint-aubin se révèlent particulièrement réussis. Des blancs au sommet… Résultats : Les grands terroirs à l’honneur Bitouzet-Prieur: Etabli sur 13 hectares, le domaine est dirigé par Vincent et son jeune fils François. Cette parcelle de Corbins trouve sa place en dessous du clos du Cromin sur un sol profond et caillouteux. Meursault blanc Les Corbins 2006 ** Nez frais et délicat sur fond d’aubépine. La bouche est dans un style nerveux et réservé. Un vin timide mais qui possède de la profondeur autour d’un élevage soigné. |
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Meursault Domaine BITOUZET-PRIEUR |
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| Clives Coates MW - Meursault 1er Cru Perrières 2002 - Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur |  |
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| Published on 22-09-2008 In the periodical/review Clive Coates Mw - http://www.clive-coates.com/index.php | |||
There are 14.86 hectares (2002 harvest) producing, (again in 2002), 757.5 hectolitres, approximately 8333 cases of 12 bottles of wine. There are upwards of 26 growers who produce wines in bottle, plus the négociant offerings. In June 2008, with the help of the B.I.V.B., the local Bureau Interprofessionel des Vins de Bourgogne, I sampled 22 examples of the 2002 vintage. Two thousand and two is a very fine white wine year, so it hardly needs to be said that this was an exciting tasting. Six years on, the wines are approaching maturity. But most are assured of a future well into the next decade. This is also a very terroir-specific vintgage: all the habitual mineral flintiness of the climat was clearly evident, plus the underlying richness that comes from a properly ripe and concentrated vintage. The three great premiers crus at the Puligny-Montrachet end of Meursault differ considerably in character, as you can expect when you cast even the briefest glimpse into the vineyards. The soil in the Charmes is a sort of sandy grey, mixed with stones, while that in Genevrières is distinctly red in hue owing to a larger proportion of iron in the make-up. Perrières however is deficient in earth, made up almost entirely from white limestone debris. The mother rock is close, especially in the upper part of the vineyard, the Perrères dessus. It is this geological diiference which explains the personality of the wines. The flowery, soft, almost delicate flavours of the wines of the Charmes contrast vividly with the richer, somewhat citrussy bottles you can get from the Genevrières, and these two are both markedly different from the steely, racy, seemingly higher in acidity wines of the Perrières. Unlike the first two, Perrières lies entirely above the main vineyard road, so the question of the (supposedly superior) dessus (upper section) versus the (inferior) dessous (lower part of the climat) does not apply. Indeed some would argue – not Coche-Dury nor Bouchard Père et Fils, both of whom have vines in the Perrières dessus – that here it is the lower part of the Perrières vineyard which produces the best wines. Wine-making approaches differ – no surprise here in this most individual vignoble in the entire world – from one domaine to another. Only two, Bouchard Père et Fiuls and Albert Grivault own more that one hactare; so economies of scale are not available. Vituculture is hands on, biodynamic chez Vincent Dancer (since 2006), Lafon and Pierre Morey, lutte raisonnée elsewhere, eschewing herbicides and pesticides. 'Sexual Confusion' – the use of pheremones to diminish the depredation of the grape worm – was tried and dispensed with. You have to get everyone to agree. And there is a expense involved. Today we leave the grape worms to natural predators. Vinification is at temperatures of up to 22°, the use of new oak normally at about 25 to 33 percent (more at Maison Latour and Lafon but none at all chez Matrot) and bottling increasingly not until 18 months after the harvest (though in July at Albert Grivault). Here are my notes on the wines tasted. Bitouzet-Prieur. Winemakers: Vincent Bitouzet and his son Francois. Surface area: 28 ares. Bottling after 18 months. Good fresh juicy fruit on the nose. Medium to medium-full body. A very gentle touch of oak. Good class, complexity, balance and intensity. More to it on the finish than appears at first. Real finesse and a very lovely follow through. Fine. Still needs two years. |
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Meursault 1er Cru Domaine BITOUZET-PRIEUR |
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