Keith Levenberg
Keith Levenberg
Promising young (very young) Burgundy talent via Fass Selections:
Michel Rebourgeon 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Chouacheux
I don't think I've ever had a Chouacheux from anyone besides Jadot before, where it makes a really deep, characterful wine that would probably get more attention if it were easier to spell and pronounce. This one is also quite a rich style but fruitier than Jadot, opening with super-fresh, primary, just-crushed flavors with a cranberry-like zing and segueing to overt jammy sur-maturite over the course of the bottle. I preferred it in the former stage (the latter reminded me more of a 2018 than a 2019) but it was nice for the price nonetheless and it could get better if it mellows out. B, or B+ if taking price into consideration
Michel Rebourgeon 2019 Pommard La Vache
Terrific Pommard from vines planted in 1902 which are among the very oldest vines in Burgundy it's possible to get bottled by themselves. They are clearly now being put to good use at Rebourgeon and this is more than worthy to be put alongside other members of the genre like the centenarian Perrieres at Launay-Horiot or Pillot's Clos St Jean. This opens with fresh berry aromatics with much of the initial zip of the Chouacheux, but somewhat more reserved and restrained and with serious muscular tannins and a crushed-rock minerality true to all the stereotypes of Pommard you'll read in the books. At the core the fruit is densely packed in that fashion that practically screams old vines / small berries / thick skins but it holds onto enough freshness and energy to rescue itself from austerity, and unlike the Chouacheux managed to avoid crossing the line into too-ripe. A-, or solid A if taking potential future into consideration
Michel Rebourgeon 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Chouacheux
I don't think I've ever had a Chouacheux from anyone besides Jadot before, where it makes a really deep, characterful wine that would probably get more attention if it were easier to spell and pronounce. This one is also quite a rich style but fruitier than Jadot, opening with super-fresh, primary, just-crushed flavors with a cranberry-like zing and segueing to overt jammy sur-maturite over the course of the bottle. I preferred it in the former stage (the latter reminded me more of a 2018 than a 2019) but it was nice for the price nonetheless and it could get better if it mellows out. B, or B+ if taking price into consideration
Michel Rebourgeon 2019 Pommard La Vache
Terrific Pommard from vines planted in 1902 which are among the very oldest vines in Burgundy it's possible to get bottled by themselves. They are clearly now being put to good use at Rebourgeon and this is more than worthy to be put alongside other members of the genre like the centenarian Perrieres at Launay-Horiot or Pillot's Clos St Jean. This opens with fresh berry aromatics with much of the initial zip of the Chouacheux, but somewhat more reserved and restrained and with serious muscular tannins and a crushed-rock minerality true to all the stereotypes of Pommard you'll read in the books. At the core the fruit is densely packed in that fashion that practically screams old vines / small berries / thick skins but it holds onto enough freshness and energy to rescue itself from austerity, and unlike the Chouacheux managed to avoid crossing the line into too-ripe. A-, or solid A if taking potential future into consideration