98 Burgaud Cote Rotie

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Ah, a non-corked one.

Great, classic Cote Rotie, the ever present bacon fat, and nice elegant dose of wet band aids. Drunk in close to record time. Drinking better than I would have expected for a 98, but will age just fine too.
 
I had the 2001 last evening. It was really nice. A bit bretty on the nose. More supple and integrated on the palate than I would have expected for this date in time. Very enjoyable.
 
The 99 was a monster 3 years ago and my guess it will need more time. Probably one of the best Burgaud efforts I've had among the 5-6 vintages I've tried. I'm letting my last two sleep.
 
originally posted by Levi Dalton:
I had the 2001 last evening. It was really nice. A bit bretty on the nose. More supple and integrated on the palate than I would have expected for this date in time. Very enjoyable.
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This too was bretty, and I've over time become anti-bretty, but here in this Cote Rotie it seemed just fine, more than fine.
 
originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:

This too was bretty, and I've over time become anti-bretty, but here in this Cote Rotie it seemed just fine, more than fine.
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I'd agree on the basis of that 2001 and an 2004 I had awhile back.
 
This 98 was bretty...not reduced. I think you'd think the same, but if we were drinking this together and you told me otherwise, I'd go with your opinion, not mine.
 
originally posted by Brad L i l j e q u i s t:
This 98 was bretty...not reduced. I think you'd think the same, but if we were drinking this together and you told me otherwise, I'd go with your opinion, not mine.
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Brad -- What I'm thinking of is a very peculiar smell in young Syrah wines that until the mid-1980s was extremely common in the Rhne. The English called it foxy, the French the same, i.e., renard. It still appears in many young Burgaud wines and on rare occasion in the wines of other producers; but with time, it goes away. Brett, say some people more versed in science than I (not difficult to do), does not go away (although I would cite 1987 Ridge Montebello as a prime counter example). But brett, of course, can take hold in a particular bottle, depending on the storage conditions, so indeed you could have had a brett-infected bottle without that being an indictment of the entire vintage for Burgaud.
 
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