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Lunch at Carré des Feuillants with Claude K. and we decided to go for the 1949 Matrot Monthelie. Not expecting complexity, but for mere mortals like myself (and I believe Claude qualifies too), it is not too often that 1949 Burgundy comes into the glass. This one was surprisingly robust and dark (at least for my expectations), and still hearty(ish) and frank in the mouth. But of course also showing plenty of signs of age with the soy, rust, and bark notes. Far from a mind-blowing wine, but we had fun with it.

Dinner at the apartment with 2007 Louis Boillot Gevrey-Chambertin Cherbaudes. What a contrast to the Matrot. Such pretty and soaring Burg-berry aromatics, so fine in the nostrils, and on the palate. So fine that it is almost an elegant whisper of a wine fleeting across the palate and making me wonder how it could age any further. But then other sips show the young juiciness or the fine-grained tannin structure. This was fun too.

Gotta' love wine.
 
Correction to the original post: the Monthélie was unknown producer (none shown on the label); the Matrot Monthélie on the list was 1999, which we did not take.

You had to like old Burgundy and appreciate that this was a "lesser" village wine from the Côte de Beaune and nearly 69 years of age; if you took that into account, it was a rather astonishing wine -- intense and dense (but not with over-extraction) with plenty of tertiary character, especially the soy. We didn't expect 1949 La T“che or Rousseau Chambertin, and we didn't get it, but still an enjoyable and fascinating view into history.

As always, sharing time with Rahsaan was a great pleasure.
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
One day, one grape, two bottles, two expressionsLunch at Carré des Feuillants with Claude K. and we decided to go for the 1949 Matrot Monthelie. Not expecting complexity, but for mere mortals like myself (and I believe Claude qualifies too), it is not too often that 1949 Burgundy comes into the glass. This one was surprisingly robust and dark (at least for my expectations), and still hearty(ish) and frank in the mouth. But of course also showing plenty of signs of age with the soy, rust, and bark notes. Far from a mind-blowing wine, but we had fun with it.

Dinner at the apartment with 2007 Louis Boillot Gevrey-Chambertin Cherbaudes. What a contrast to the Matrot. Such pretty and soaring Burg-berry aromatics, so fine in the nostrils, and on the palate. So fine that it is almost an elegant whisper of a wine fleeting across the palate and making me wonder how it could age any further. But then other sips show the young juiciness or the fine-grained tannin structure. This was fun too.

Gotta' love wine.
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Sounds like a good day. I don't know if I've ever been to Carré des Feuillants, maybe next time.

Incidentally, I had a still young but pretty awesome bottle of 2005 Boillot Cherbaudes last night. Definitely with the intensity of the vintage and not in exactly the same style of the wines now but a bottle I wish had been one of many from my cellar, but it was shared with me by a friend.
 
originally posted by Claude Kolm:
Correction to the original post: the Monthélie was unknown producer (none shown on the label); the Matrot Monthélie on the list was 1999, which we did not take.
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Aha, that makes sense! I just looked at the list again online and see how the nearby Matrot doesn't apply.

But, at least that solves our confusion over why there was no producer on the label!
 
originally posted by VLM:

Incidentally, I had a still young but pretty awesome bottle of 2005 Boillot Cherbaudes last night.
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Good to know. There is more Boillot Cherbaudes to be had here, so I tried to take advantage of the opportunity. Since it is not exactly available at my local NC corner shop!
 
originally posted by VLM:
a still young but pretty awesome bottle of 2005 Boillot Cherbaudes last night. Definitely with the intensity of the vintage and not in exactly the same style of the wines now...
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Curious what you mean by the change in style?

I only started tasting them young in 2013, so not sure I could tease apart aging curve vs. style, but am curious?
 
originally posted by Rahsaan:
originally posted by VLM:
a still young but pretty awesome bottle of 2005 Boillot Cherbaudes last night. Definitely with the intensity of the vintage and not in exactly the same style of the wines now...
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Curious what you mean by the change in style?

I only started tasting them young in 2013, so not sure I could tease apart aging curve vs. style, but am curious?
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To me, the wines seemed blockier in the early going and they are more linear now (in the manner of Barthod). Unfortunately, I don't think I can get too much more specific than that. It's more of a general feel. It could also be totally off base.
 
Thanks, fair enough. I was thinking about it myself and wondered if there was a lighter touch in recent years, but that seemed more a function of specific vintages tasted.
 
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