2006 and 2007 Louis Boillot

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2007 Louis Boillot Pommard Les Croix Noires
The clear Burg Berry nose was beautiful throughout. But for the first few hours the wine was fresh and brisk with a juicy core that hinted at succulence yet would not quite turn the corner. After 5+ hours it started to get deeper and show lovely rich-ish waves of elegance. Very very nice at the end.

2007 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Les Cherbaudes
This starts off giving more easy pleasure than the Croix Noires, with juicy but firm fruit, fine and accessible. Not as rich as the Croix Noires, but much more elegant and more harmonious and with an extremely seductive fragrance. However, unlike the Croix Noires it actually loses vigor with 5+ hours of air. But of course I'm not qualified to make any real guesses about future evolution for either wine.

2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Les Cherbaudes
Lovely. From the beginning there is always an extra layer of weight compared to the 07, but of course the wine is never ever heavy. So fine, so fragrant, so much to love. That said, although it doesn't exactly taste brand new, with extended airing it still feels relatively 'primary' so I have to imagine that the real evolution is yet to come.

2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Les Champonnets
Corked!
 
Nice! And useful, for those who Boillot de la Fontaine Molière. Though with anyone less experienced one would have expected that, after 5+ hours, especially if with food, the observer had most likely changed more than the observed.
 
...after 5+ hours, especially if with food, the observer had most likely changed more than the observed.
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Always a possibility. I am not infallible. But in this case I am pretty confident.

And, to the extent that this is an eternal philosophical debate, I gain extra confidence from the fact that I don't always (or perhaps even consistently) love wines more at the end than at the beginning of the bottle.
 
I was afraid of that, but never found it unyielding or backwards at any stage (even if the pleasure was not the same at all stages).
 
Great to read these notes. I'm a big fan, as you know. The oldest wines I have from Boillot are a few bottles of 2005 Volnay Brouillards, which showed a bit blocky (not surprisingly) when I drank a bottle several months back. I'm very bullish on the wines getting to velvet while retaining that cut and freshness. I imagine I'll be pretty happy in a few years.
 
originally posted by VLM:
I'm very bullish on the wines getting to velvet while retaining that cut and freshness. I imagine I'll be pretty happy in a few years.
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I love that stage as well. I have a few bottles of 05 Champonnets and am looking forward to them in a few years as well.
 
Opened a bottle of the 2007 Louis Boillot Pommard Les Croix Noires last night and the fruit was indeed lovely, though somewhat marred by oak flavoring introduced at some point in the winemaking process.
 
originally posted by Oswaldo Costa:
Opened a bottle of the 2007 Louis Boillot Pommard Les Croix Noires last night and the fruit was indeed lovely, though somewhat marred by oak flavoring introduced at some point in the winemaking process.
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This may be the culprit. Yet to be confirmed.

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