96 Breton Bourgueil

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Todd Abrams

Todd Abrams
I've gone through a significant number of bottles of Breton Bourgueil from the 96 vintage recently. The Galichet seems to be holding up the best with generous fruit after the marsh aromas recede. The Grandmont is a little lighter in the fruit, marsh aromas and overall complexity (aside: Does anyone know why Breton no longer produces from Grandmont?). Of the two Clos Senechal, one was oxidized and the other similar to Galichets in that it became far more giving after the bottle was open for a spell. The overall takeaway was if you're going to open a bottle of 96 Breton, give it a little time before you start hitting it hard.
 
Any recent experience with 1996 Druet? I have one Vaumoreau.

And 1997 Druet for that matter, sitting on two Grand Mont. Thanks.
 
originally posted by Marc Hanes:
Any recent experience with 1996 Druet? I have one Vaumoreau.
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No. But I know a guy on WD with a 96 Druet Grandmont in his cellar. Maybe I can entice him to open it soon.
 
Haven't had the Vaumoreau, but within the last year or so I drank '96 Cuvee Beauvais, Grand Mont, Fiefs de Louys and Chinon Clos de Danzay. I don't have notes, but my general recollection is that they were all ready to go and seemed like they should be drunk now rather than held any longer. I should note these were acquired on the secondary market (who knew there was a secondary market for Druet?), so perhaps if you bought the wines on release and cellared them well, the result would be different.
 
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
Haven't had the Vaumoreau, but within the last year or so I drank '96 Cuvee Beauvais, Grand Mont, Fiefs de Louys and Chinon Clos de Danzay. I don't have notes, but my general recollection is that they were all ready to go and seemed like they should be drunk now rather than held any longer. I should note these were acquired on the secondary market (who knew there was a secondary market for Druet?), so perhaps if you bought the wines on release and cellared them well, the result would be different.
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Bought mine on release with very similar results.

No recent '97s.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
Haven't had the Vaumoreau, but within the last year or so I drank '96 Cuvee Beauvais, Grand Mont, Fiefs de Louys and Chinon Clos de Danzay. I don't have notes, but my general recollection is that they were all ready to go and seemed like they should be drunk now rather than held any longer. I should note these were acquired on the secondary market (who knew there was a secondary market for Druet?), so perhaps if you bought the wines on release and cellared them well, the result would be different.
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Bought mine on release with very similar results.

No recent '97s.
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This, but I didn't love the wines. They were fine. I have 1 or 2 Vaumoreau hanging around, I think.
 

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Ballpark vintages. Matt's notes are dead-on precise. I'm sure I have more bottles of everything we drank that evening (maybe not the 90 Vaumoreau, :( ). If traveling to DC, I'd be delighted to pop a few.
 
shouldn't '96 Senechal be trailing Galichets by at least a decade?
 
I just found a '96 Druet Grant Mont in my mess of bottles. I have no idea how it will be. I remember there being lots of hype for Druet in the '90s but I never quite loved them. The Vaumoreau was memorable but more for being so dense and vegetal. I've always been curious how it aged, perhaps it blossomed.
 
i've got a few bottles of chantaleuserie bourgueil v.v. 1997 that are ex-domaine from within the last year. i've been itching to try one. looks like there's no time like the present.

the 1995's were very good but took some time to awaken after opening.
 
originally posted by Marc Hanes:
Any recent experience with 1996 Druet? I have one Vaumoreau.

And 1997 Druet for that matter, sitting on two Grand Mont. Thanks.
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Vaumoreau 1996 (Louis/Dressner bottling) is completely open right now, in full flush. Drink up.
 
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