Bernard Dugat-Puy Bourgogne 1999 Monday, May 5 2008
Tasting Notes and France and Burgundy and Variety and Red and pinot noir
A dinner with Pinot producers looked at quite a few Bourgognes from 2005 and one from this maker looked very reduced and seemed extractive so the question was posed about how they age. Fortunately an example from the great vintage of 1999 was at hand and although we didn’t have any other Bourgogne from ‘99 we did have a Nuits Saint George to act as reference point. The colour of this wine quite dark with little sign of development. The nose had cinnamon, plums and maybe a little bacon. The palate was rather tough, a lot of tannin and very tight fruit at the plum end and some oak flavours of cinnamon spice and nutmeg. It may well open up in a few years but for now it was not a wine I would choose to drink. I had a bottle of my ‘99 and also the Kooyong ‘99 the next day and both showed more development but were more approachable. Some of you may have experience with how this level of tannin and fruit resolve with time but for now I reckon it would probably be loved by Bob Parker and his followers.
Tasted : Apr08
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : $95
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2008 - 2013
Source : Langtons
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4 Responses to “Bernard Dugat-Puy Bourgogne 1999”
May 5th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
The 99 DP Charmes could be from a hot year in the Rhone - a caricature of a wine.
May 5th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
You mean another one for Bob and his mates?
May 5th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
You two leave Le Bob alone. He may be tres ordinaire on Australia and Burgundy but the King on Bordeaux.
GW
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Let me know if you have a 99 Dugat-Py Chambertin to try one day!