Claude Kolm
Claude Kolm
Last night we had a dinner party with two other couples who know and appreciate good wine but know nothing about Burgundy producers or vineyard hierarchy. It gave us an opportunity to open some moderate-price bottles that were of stunning quality. It's fun to be able to do this -- no evaluation of whether this Suchots was up to the previous year's standard or it was a mistake to eliminate the stems in that year.
After a pleasant, but unexceptional, 2006 Mcon-Villages purchased partly by mistake, we moved on to Roulot's 2007 Bourgogne blanc, a wine that is better than 95% of what sells as Meursault or Meursault premier cru. Fantastic delicacy, raciness, and elegance with understated Meursault butteriness. Some SO2 here, so decant.
I generally expect to ignore for many years the 2005 red Burgundies that I've purchased. But, as I've described elsewhere on this board, we were lucky enough to acquire several cases of Cathrine et Claude Marchal's 2005 Bourgogne "cuve Gravel" at incredible prices -- apparently purchased out of bankruptcy of a distributor or retailer in Nevada. The wine shows truffly dark fruit with richness and velvet. Served blind to many an experienced taster, I think there would be more than a few guesses of Vosne-Romane. Needless to say, the excellence of the wine called for a second, equally fine bottle of it. If you've got some, no need to hesitate opening it now.
Mantra: Producer, producer, producer.
After a pleasant, but unexceptional, 2006 Mcon-Villages purchased partly by mistake, we moved on to Roulot's 2007 Bourgogne blanc, a wine that is better than 95% of what sells as Meursault or Meursault premier cru. Fantastic delicacy, raciness, and elegance with understated Meursault butteriness. Some SO2 here, so decant.
I generally expect to ignore for many years the 2005 red Burgundies that I've purchased. But, as I've described elsewhere on this board, we were lucky enough to acquire several cases of Cathrine et Claude Marchal's 2005 Bourgogne "cuve Gravel" at incredible prices -- apparently purchased out of bankruptcy of a distributor or retailer in Nevada. The wine shows truffly dark fruit with richness and velvet. Served blind to many an experienced taster, I think there would be more than a few guesses of Vosne-Romane. Needless to say, the excellence of the wine called for a second, equally fine bottle of it. If you've got some, no need to hesitate opening it now.
Mantra: Producer, producer, producer.