The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Burgundy with Jeanne-Marie Deschamps
October 2, 2024
White
2021 Domaine Sylvain Dussort Bourgogne Cote d'Or Cuvee des Ormes; Aroma: light fragrant, pretty, fragrant very pure, fine intensity, fresh and aromatic, lifted; Mouth: rounded, very lightly soft and soft and juicy, creamy texture, good backbone, very, refined acid clean; Very Good - Excellent $45; Case, $38.
2021 Gerard Tremblay Chablis les Fourchaume 1er Cru
Decanter "Deep in colour, with a waxy note on both nose and palate suggesting a light addition of an oaked component. Plenty of concentration and complexity here, with acidity and mineral on the finish to keep the palate fresh. Nicely judged, this will improve in bottle and keep well for three to four years. Drink 2023 – 2028"
Aroma: Flinty and hardish to start, very dry, clean, firm; Mouth: classic Chablis, rounded, very ripe, sweet, intense, full, sinuous mouth; Very Good - Excellent $45; Case, $38.
2021 Roger Lassarat Pouilly Fuisse Terroir; Aroma: sweet and ripe green plum, fresh; Mouth: bright greengage plum, very rich with good acidity, plummy and fat with vibrant lingering acidity, very, very long; Very Good - Excellent $48; Case, $41
2022 Pernot Belicard Bourgogne Cote d'Or; Aroma: steely young, no sense of oak, later fresh and intense with a strong acid core; Mouth: young brimming with intensity, fine mineral, steely, lithesome, firm minerality, long; Very Good - Excellent $48; Case, $41
Red
2022 Chateau de Maltroye Bourgogne Pinot Noir; Color: very dark medium dark; Aroma: very bright and steely, fresh clean, bright, tummy, bright; Mouth: fresh intense, bright, bright intense smooth plummy very forward, fine acid tannins, clean firm, sweet fruit, intense smooth lightly astringent acids, clean fine tannins, bright; Very Good - Excellent $53; Case, $45.05
2021 Anne Parent Ladoix; Color: very light; Aroma: earthy and spicy, firm, forward spicy and earthy, bright limestone over generous fruit; Mouth: fleshy, bright full, light, bright acidity, characteristic fine acidity, lithe and smooth, plummy; Very Good - Excellent $67; Case, $56.95
2021 Anne Parent Bourgogne Selection Pomone; Color: very light; Aroma: light cedary, pretty spicy light, fresh; Mouth: softly herbal, bright acid rather firm, nutty lifted and bright, Very Good - Excellent; $75; Case, $63.75
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