2x 2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin 1er

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Rahsaan

Rahsaan
2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Champonnet
Lovely maturing fine Burg Berry scents. You can't get this elsewhere and you can't get it without waiting! (And seems to have really turned into the mature zone compared to 18 months ago when it showed more raw-ness. Or at least this bottle does). Nice gentle palate, that also shows the delicate evidence of age. But the palate doesn't quite match up to the nose in terms of level of joy, because it is a bit on the thin side. I've enjoyed a bunch of his young Champonnet but maybe I'm starting to understand why it's not the most highly-regarded Gevrey 1er.

2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Cherbaudes
Lovely. All the fine delicate aromas of the Champonnet but with more weight and more silk on the palate. Perfect integration of orchard aromatics that are still offset by a solid Burg berry fruit core and sappy succulence. It even gained in firm dark mineral savoriness with air. So there is life left and it's definitely in my zone of Delicious Drinkability. It was also one of those wines that inspired me to wax poetic at the dinner table, regaling my son with descriptions of what joy can come from the bottle, and needling him for being younger than the wine. I'm sure one day he'll understand!
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
2x 2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin 1er2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Champonnet
Lovely maturing fine Burg Berry scents. You can't get this elsewhere and you can't get it without waiting! (And seems to have really turned into the mature zone compared to 18 months ago when it showed more raw-ness. Or at least this bottle does). Nice gentle palate, that also shows the delicate evidence of age. But the palate doesn't quite match up to the nose in terms of level of joy, because it is a bit on the thin side. I've enjoyed a bunch of his young Champonnet but maybe I'm starting to understand why it's not the most highly-regarded Gevrey 1er.
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The Champonnet is "elegant" to the point of almost not being Gevrey. I think the palate will fill out with age induced bottle sweetness. A recent bottle of 2008 had amazing aromatics.

2006 Louis Boillot Gevrey Chambertin Cherbaudes
Lovely. All the fine delicate aromas of the Champonnet but with more weight and more silk on the palate. Perfect integration of orchard aromatics that are still offset by a solid Burg berry fruit core and sappy succulence. It even gained in firm dark mineral savoriness with air. So there is life left and it's definitely in my zone of Delicious Drinkability. It was also one of those wines that inspired me to wax poetic at the dinner table, regaling my son with descriptions of what joy can come from the bottle, and needling him for being younger than the wine. I'm sure one day he'll understand!
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The Cherbaudes is much richer and the vines are over 100 years old now. Bottles are now very hard to come by. We don't get allocated any here in NC.
 
originally posted by VLM:


The Champonnet is "elegant" to the point of almost not being Gevrey. I think the palate will fill out with age induced bottle sweetness. A recent bottle of 2008 had amazing aromatics...The Cherbaudes is much richer and the vines are over 100 years old now. Bottles are now very hard to come by. We don't get allocated any here in NC.
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Aha, nice to hear the optimism. I have some 2008 and 2005 and was considering going for the 2008 sooner rather than later. Maybe I'll do the drink and hold thing.

I bought the 05s and 06s in Paris and bought more Champonnet than Cherbaudes because of greater familiarity with the former from here in NC. Oh well!
 
The Pruliers is another super old vine bottling both there and the Lucien Boillot domaine, and maybe even more of a knockout than the Cherbaudes. I always have my eyes peeled for these wines.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by VLM:


The Champonnet is "elegant" to the point of almost not being Gevrey. I think the palate will fill out with age induced bottle sweetness. A recent bottle of 2008 had amazing aromatics...The Cherbaudes is much richer and the vines are over 100 years old now. Bottles are now very hard to come by. We don't get allocated any here in NC.
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Aha, nice to hear the optimism. I have some 2008 and 2005 and was considering going for the 2008 sooner rather than later. Maybe I'll do the drink and hold thing.

I bought the 05s and 06s in Paris and bought more Champonnet than Cherbaudes because of greater familiarity with the former from here in NC. Oh well!
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I'd hold on both. The aromatics on the 2008 were great, but the palate has some unwinding to do.

FWIW, a 2008 Evocelles on Saturday was excellent and held its own with 1998 Mugneret Ruchottes and 1996 Giacosa Villero. Much fruitier on the palate than the Champonnets but simpler on the nose.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
The Pruliers is another super old vine bottling both there and the Lucien Boillot domaine, and maybe even more of a knockout than the Cherbaudes. I always have my eyes peeled for these wines.
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Yeah, the Pruliers is excellent. Also do not get allocated any in NC.
 
originally posted by VLM:

FWIW, a 2008 Evocelles on Saturday was excellent and held its own with 1998 Mugneret Ruchottes and 1996 Giacosa Villero. Much fruitier on the palate than the Champonnets but simpler on the nose.
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Sounds like a very good showing indeed. I've been debating what to do with Boillot 08s (Gevrey, Brouillards and Champonnet maybe 1 or 2 others, but not Evocelles) because the vintage is so mixed and these are probably not the 'wines of the vintage'. Plus, I'm always looking for excuses to free up space.

But, will probably hold out hope a bit longer.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by VLM:

FWIW, a 2008 Evocelles on Saturday was excellent and held its own with 1998 Mugneret Ruchottes and 1996 Giacosa Villero. Much fruitier on the palate than the Champonnets but simpler on the nose.
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Sounds like a very good showing indeed. I've been debating what to do with Boillot 08s (Gevrey, Brouillards and Champonnet maybe 1 or 2 others, but not Evocelles) because the vintage is so mixed and these are probably not the 'wines of the vintage'. Plus, I'm always looking for excuses to free up space.

But, will probably hold out hope a bit longer.
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I think the Evocelles shows the best of the bunch right now, but I haven't had the Gevrey villages in a while. A couple more years wouldn't hurt either wine. I'll try to check in on the 2008 villages soon.

I really do think the Champonnets will be an excellent wine with some more age. I really get pedigree out of that wine.

I don't know what to make of the Brouillards. It's so blocky, but it seems deep. Whether it turns a corner is anyone's guess. There really isn't a roadmap.
 
of some interest to this thread (and probably seen by most here): Moore Bros has an excellent price ($68) on Louis Boillot's Brouillards, email from today.

No connection.etc.etc
 
originally posted by VLM:

I don't know what to make of the Brouillards. It's so blocky, but it seems deep. Whether it turns a corner is anyone's guess. There really isn't a roadmap.
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Which Brouillards is confusing you, the 2008? The 2010 is outstanding, or at least it was a couple of years ago.
 
originally posted by VLM:


The Cherbaudes is much richer and the vines are over 100 years old now. Bottles are now very hard to come by. We don't get allocated any here in NC.
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PSA to which I hope the Politburo does not object, one of the last sources for this wine stateside (Morrell) is discounting the 2018 today. I doubt you'll ever see a lower price for quite some time, if you can source the wine at all.

I have largely stopped buying wine to cellar, this cuvée is the rare exception.
 
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Not a great discount. If you follow the wine.com thread on the other bored you can use coupon codes to get the 2019s for less.
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interesting, but I don't.

So I searched, both the 2018 and 2019 are listed as unavailable on Wine.com and both were $139.99.

No big deal, but doesn't seem as transparent as indicated. Meanwhile Morrell ships appropriately and was $115.
 
originally posted by Tristan Welles:
originally posted by Keith Levenberg:
Not a great discount. If you follow the wine.com thread on the other bored you can use coupon codes to get the 2019s for less.
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interesting, but I don't.

So I searched, both the 2018 and 2019 are listed as unavailable on Wine.com and both were $139.99.

No big deal, but doesn't seem as transparent as indicated. Meanwhile Morrell ships appropriately and was $115.
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Wine.com inventories and pricing vary by your location. For me the list prices of the 2019 Cherbaudes and Pruliers were $140 and $130 respectively and the latter is still in stock. The coupon codes can get you $20 or $50 off orders at a range of price points and you can combine them with cash back from Rakuten, Retail Me Not, Lolli, and a few other sites. Anyway, my all-in cost of both wines, delivered, shook out to around $102 per bottle. Location is also going to affect the Morrell pricing but for me they charge both sales tax + very expensive shipping rates, so their discounts have to cut REALLY deep to merit it for me and it's been awhile since anything did. Also, 2019 > 2018.
 
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