2003 Henri Prudhon & Fils Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Rouges-Gorges - France, Burgundy, Cte de Beaune, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru (1/31/2009)
This beautiful bottle performed way above expectations. I have had this before and recall liking it quite a bit. I was still taken aback. Pure, fresh red fruits, nicely ripe but no more, no hint of the stewed fruit or harsh tannins of the vintage. Lovely texture. Everything in place. Still showing young, exuberant fruit, but it has much more than fruit, and certainly not frooot. Too bad this was my last. Wines like this make me wonder what the point is of hunting down new world wines, not because this has a new world profile, but because it costs half to a third of anything I can find in that category. And it's better.
2004 Frank Peillot Roussette du Bugey Altesse de Montagnieu - France, Savoie, Roussette du Bugey (1/29/2009)
Day three or so open -- I forget and don't trust the dates of my own notes, but I put it in a 375 right away and filled it carefully with no headspace -- there's not a whole lot left; it hasn't gone off and oxidized, but it is showing fragile. I need to start moving through these more quickly. It's in a great place on opening, but I don't know how long they'll stay there.
2004 Frank Peillot Roussette du Bugey Altesse de Montagnieu - France, Savoie, Roussette du Bugey (1/26/2009)
Another great showing. This is the best version I recall -- though, the year before did not stink -- and it's in a great place right now, starting to show a deeper color and some bottle sweetness but holding onto its initial minerality
This beautiful bottle performed way above expectations. I have had this before and recall liking it quite a bit. I was still taken aback. Pure, fresh red fruits, nicely ripe but no more, no hint of the stewed fruit or harsh tannins of the vintage. Lovely texture. Everything in place. Still showing young, exuberant fruit, but it has much more than fruit, and certainly not frooot. Too bad this was my last. Wines like this make me wonder what the point is of hunting down new world wines, not because this has a new world profile, but because it costs half to a third of anything I can find in that category. And it's better.
2004 Frank Peillot Roussette du Bugey Altesse de Montagnieu - France, Savoie, Roussette du Bugey (1/29/2009)
Day three or so open -- I forget and don't trust the dates of my own notes, but I put it in a 375 right away and filled it carefully with no headspace -- there's not a whole lot left; it hasn't gone off and oxidized, but it is showing fragile. I need to start moving through these more quickly. It's in a great place on opening, but I don't know how long they'll stay there.
2004 Frank Peillot Roussette du Bugey Altesse de Montagnieu - France, Savoie, Roussette du Bugey (1/26/2009)
Another great showing. This is the best version I recall -- though, the year before did not stink -- and it's in a great place right now, starting to show a deeper color and some bottle sweetness but holding onto its initial minerality