Saina Nieminen
Saina Nieminen
Autumnal weather has arrived and that was all the excuse I needed to make a big pot of boeuf bourguignon. And that, naturally, needed a couple red Burgundies to go with it.
Vincent Girardin Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2006
13% abv. A robust style. Though it has obvious Pinosity and nice vegetal aromas, it is too heavy-handed and shows more obvious oak than ideal. It seems like there is a delicious, rustic wine in hiding but the rusticity was seen as a negative so a massive amount of oak was used to try to tame it. It also appears that much effort was put into making this wine; but I like my wines to be like the singing of John McCormack - no matter how much effort was actually put in, it should always appear effortless and unforced. So disappointing I thought this was pure shit.
Domaine Henri Naudin-Ferrand Pinot Noir Bourgogne 2007
12% abv. I have posted so many notes on this wine (because I love it!) that one more seems superfluous. But the vegetal funk has diminished much in the half year from my previous taste. This is shaping up to become a wine with wonderful purity of Pinosity and a wonderful lightness of touch. Light and un-hedonistic but full of the most wonderful and life-affirming aromas. Delineated and focused. Awesome wine. With both awesome purity and still some honest stink, this is pure shit in the best sense of those words.
Vincent Girardin Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2006
13% abv. A robust style. Though it has obvious Pinosity and nice vegetal aromas, it is too heavy-handed and shows more obvious oak than ideal. It seems like there is a delicious, rustic wine in hiding but the rusticity was seen as a negative so a massive amount of oak was used to try to tame it. It also appears that much effort was put into making this wine; but I like my wines to be like the singing of John McCormack - no matter how much effort was actually put in, it should always appear effortless and unforced. So disappointing I thought this was pure shit.
Domaine Henri Naudin-Ferrand Pinot Noir Bourgogne 2007
12% abv. I have posted so many notes on this wine (because I love it!) that one more seems superfluous. But the vegetal funk has diminished much in the half year from my previous taste. This is shaping up to become a wine with wonderful purity of Pinosity and a wonderful lightness of touch. Light and un-hedonistic but full of the most wonderful and life-affirming aromas. Delineated and focused. Awesome wine. With both awesome purity and still some honest stink, this is pure shit in the best sense of those words.