'99 Grivot, Rousseau or Charriere/V. Girardin? Maureen? Keith?

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kirk wallace

kirk wallace
I haven't opened any 1999s from the above producers in a long time. Anybody have any recent experiences he or she could share? My recollection is that they were all closed tight and a touch angry at being opened. Is it time to check back in?

Thanks
 
Rousseau Gevrey Clos St. Jacques
Rousseau Ruchottes Chambertin

Rousseau Ruchottes Chambertin

Rousseau Chambertin Close de Beze
Rousseau Chambertin

Grivot Clos Vougeot
Grivot Vosne Romanee "Beaux Monts"

Charriere Clos de la Roche
Charriere Vosne "Suchots"
Charriere Gevrey "Lavaux St. Jacques

Charriere Latricieres-Chambertin
Charriere Bonnes Mares
Charriere Chambertin-Clos-de Beze

Charriere Chapelle-Chambertin
Charriere Clos Vougeot
 
A recent note on CT waxes effusive about Jadot's '99 Estournelle St. Jacques, fwiw. It's hard to assess the poster's Burgundy chops, but his note suggests the wine is at least somewhat open.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:
A recent note on CT waxes effusive about Jadot's '99 Estournelle St. Jacques, fwiw. It's hard to assess the poster's Burgundy chops, but his note suggests the wine is at least somewhat open.
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Yeah, on CT the notes to watch out for are the ones calling a 10 y.o. Bottle OTH or tired. Chances are that they can't recognize a closed down wine or have totally Calufornicated palates.

Mark Lipton
 
I graze for notes at CT, too, but I always end up asking myself why. I don't know these people, I don't know where or when they bought, etc.
 
originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
I graze for notes at CT, too, but I always end up asking myself why. I don't know these people, I don't know where or when they bought, etc.
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You can generally click two or three links to their posted notes and sort them by region. If the number of notes and weighting of regions warrants it, you can sample their notes among wines you're familiar with to roughly calibrate their judgement against your own.

Even though this procedure takes just a minute or two, of course, it's too laborious for general use; but helpful from time to time. I was interested in the Estournelles, because I have a single bottle I'd prefer not to open too early.
 
Having written that, I should add that the CT guy posting in this case has only three Burgundy notes to his credit, so a stronger proxy could be wished for.
 
Kirk, try the girardin beze or BM but generally 99s are still pretty shut down.

And hold on to the rousseau until i am there!
 
Jadot's Cazetiers 99 is surprisingly approachable in a young way currently and easy to enjoy FWIW. The Rousseaus should be drinkable but may be dull, the Grivots must be left and the Girardins opened many, many hours in advance for CO2 and reduction to have a chance of dissipating.
 
originally posted by kirk wallace:
Thanks Maureen. That is exactly what I was afraid of.

Monkey, I'll have to find something else to bring to NC.
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Those people are crazy. One of the nice things about Rousseau (like M-G) is that they are never fully without enjoyment.

I haven't had those specific wines lately, but I've had very good Checillon LSG and Barthod Charmes over the past year.
 
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