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.

Rated : 87 Points
Tasted : Apr08
Alcohol : 12.5%
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2008 - 2013