2002 Cte de Beaunes

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Rahsaan
2002 Nicolas Potel Volnay Clos des Chnes
I had a bottle of this back in the early spring that was dark and hard but this one is much more attractive, floral, round and juicy, but with a nice mineral tinge giving it spinal structure. Its so much graceful silky fun right now that I wonder if its not a sufficiently serious example of the vineyard? Not one to age? Either way, I went out to buy more and will find out.

2002 Jadot Savigny les Beaune Les Narbantons
Starts off luscious and succulent but quickly closes down and gets harder and tougher. With more and more air it gets darker, more savory, tougher, more meditation required to appreciate. I have one more bottle and will give it as much time as I can.

2002 Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses le des Vergelesses
This on the other hand, is showing fun now. Ripe and round but light airy and floral and nothing standing in the way of pleasure now. Gaining silky seduction from bottles in the past, so I guess/hope there is only more of that in the future. Not as earthy or stern as some iterations of CdB IdV but thats the vintage. Nonetheless, if one pays attention, there are the recognizable dusty tannins that will probably gird it into the future. Either way, a pleasantly nice wine, with everything in gentle proportion. Thanks for making this wine!
 
To the extent that one can generalize on vintages, I'm not yet sure just how 2002 will turn out for the Cte de Nuits -- very good or great? -- but for Cte de Beaune, it is a great vintage, and easily superior to 1999, IMO.

Potel's Volnays are very peculiar -- they really do seem to go strongly in and out of being open.

Jadot's reds, other than at village level, seem to be made in a style that requires considerable aging (and that is frequently the case for Savigny from most or all of the better producers).

Chandon-de-Briailles I think will only improve.

I've stopped opening 2002s from my cellar -- every time I did in the recent past, I felt cheated because no matter how enjoyable the wine was, there was so much future potential. OTOH, if you see them on a restaurant list where the question is up or down for the moment, they can be quite interesting.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm: Potel's Volnays are very peculiar -- they really do seem to go strongly in and out of being open.
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Good to know. After my first bottle I was iffy but after tasting the above bottle, I bought all that was left (only 4 bottles). Because for $39 each and in good condition it provided a lot of pleasure. But I will be prepared for non-linear development.

I've stopped opening 2002s from my cellar -- every time I did in the recent past, I felt cheated because no matter how enjoyable the wine was, there was so much future potential..
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I can see that. And it's probably good logic to keep in mind. The only thing tugging at my corkscrew is the fact that I have a much younger cellar and I still need to gain lots of experience. So if something promises pleasure I'm leaning towards taking that pleasure/knowledge and applying it to future purchases. Will see how it all plays out.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
The only thing tugging at my corkscrew is the fact that I have a much younger cellar and I still need to gain lots of experience. So if something promises pleasure I'm leaning towards taking that pleasure/knowledge and applying it to future purchases. Will see how it all plays out.
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Seek out 1998s (not as common as they were a few years ago, unfortunately).
 
Yes. I've been doing just that over the past couple of years and having pretty good results. Although as you say, the pickins are getting slimmer with what's available.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
To the extent that one can generalize on vintages, I'm not yet sure just how 2002 will turn out for the Cte de Nuits -- very good or great? -- but for Cte de Beaune, it is a great vintage, and easily superior to 1999, IMO.
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Claude, does this hold for Volnay as well for your tastes / experiences / opinions?

I have little Pommard / Beaune experience between the two vintages but I had slowly come to the opinion that 99 was stronger than 02 amongst better producers in Volnay (Lafarge, d'Angerville, Voillot are where I specifically have tried a number of bottles lately).

What say you?
 
originally posted by Josh Beck:
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
To the extent that one can generalize on vintages, I'm not yet sure just how 2002 will turn out for the Cte de Nuits -- very good or great? -- but for Cte de Beaune, it is a great vintage, and easily superior to 1999, IMO.
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Claude, does this hold for Volnay as well for your tastes / experiences / opinions?

I have little Pommard / Beaune experience between the two vintages but I had slowly come to the opinion that 99 was stronger than 02 amongst better producers in Volnay (Lafarge, d'Angerville, Voillot are where I specifically have tried a number of bottles lately).

What say you?
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Many people have your opinion, Josh, but I am emphatically for 2002 in Volnay, although the 1999s are plenty good, too.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:

2002 Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses Île des Vergelesses
This on the other hand, is showing fun now. Ripe and round but light airy and floral and nothing standing in the way of pleasure now. Gaining silky seduction from bottles in the past, so I guess/hope there is only more of that in the future. Not as earthy or stern as some iterations of CdB IdV but that’s the vintage. Nonetheless, if one pays attention, there are the recognizable dusty tannins that will probably gird it into the future. Either way, a pleasantly nice wine, with everything in gentle proportion. Thanks for making this wine!
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This wine is doing quite well, at least based on my bottle opened tonight, 10.5 years after your very insightful note. The fun fruit (cherry!) was still present, but after a little while faded somewhat into the background as those floral notes and earthy flavors came a bit forward. If I have any more of these I would be happy to open them now.
 
Wow, this thread was a blast from the past. First posted when my wife was a few weeks away from giving birth to our son.

Glad to hear that the 02 IdV gave such a good showing. Alas, I have no more. I do have several bottles of the 12. Perhaps in another 10 years I can open them with my son when he is in college!
 
I did enjoy coming across this thread in searching for disorderly comments on this wine. You characterized the IdV perfectly. If you do open a 2012 with your son, you'll have to refresh this thread then at 21 years on!
 
Cool. Their 02s are a knowledge gap. Scored 2 bottles of Lavieres years ago, and after tasting one, buried the other. It seemed fine, but clearly needed time to show more dirt (a theme with 02s, no?)
 
I have magnum of 2002 Clos Ursules I bought to celebrate my son's 18th birthday. Alas, he is tee-total. I guess I should find another reason to open this bottle soon-ish.

I've only tried CdB's SlB Lavieres once, and it was a profound quietus of inky tannin. Not the 02.
 
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