DOMAINE CAMUS-BRUCHON 2009 $ $ CHANDON DE BRIAILLES

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1 2009 Volnay Les Pitures (Jean-Marc Boillot)... $ $ Good deep red with ruby highlights. Pungent minerality enlivens aromas of dark chocolate and violet. More robust and structured than the Carelle, but also with lovely clarity and freshness of fruit. Sweet but not chocolaty. This boasts excellent volume and medicinal reserve. Finishes with fine-grained tannins and excellent length. A strong Volnay in the making. (90-93/100) 2009 Pommard Les Jarollières (Jean-Marc Boillot)... $ $ Good full red. Fresh, youthfully tight aromas of dark berries, flowers and spices. Rather clenched in the mouth today, showing less personality and sweetness than the Volnay premier crus. Hints of licorice, menthol, spices and mint lead to firm-edged tannins. (89-91/100) 2009 Pommard Les Rugiens (Jean-Marc Boillot)... $ $ Good medium red. High-pitched aromas of cassis, blackberry and violet. Juicy and imploded, with dark berry and violet flavors complicated by a saline element. The tannins are quite firm but broad and fine. Finishes with excellent length. This will probably need six to eight years of cellaring. (90-92/100) BOUCHARD PÈRE & FILS - beaune 2009 Beaune Clos de la Mousse (Bouchard)... $ $ This is quite ripe with aromas of spiced cassis and plum that lead to fleshy and generous medium-bodied flavors that possess good richness and a seductively textured midpalate, all wrapped in a mouth coating finish that delivers fine length. There is a subtle touch of minerality and the very firm tannins are clearly phenolically ripe (89-92/100) 2009 Chambolle-Musigny (Bouchard)... $ $ Volnay Les Caillerets-Ancienne Cuvée Carnot (Bouchard)... $ $ Le Corton (Bouchard)... $ $ There is excellent verve to the intense, pure, robust and beautifully well-detailed flavors that are underpinned by moderately rustic tannins, all wrapped in a reserved, structured, powerful and impressively persistent finish. This is a big wine and should be capable of a long life (93-95/100) DOMAINE CAMUS-BRUCHON SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 2009 Savigny-les-Beaune Les Narbantons (Camus-Bruchon)... $ $ Beaune Clos du Roi (Camus-Bruchon)... $ $ CHANDON DE BRIAILLES SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 2009 Savigny-lès-Beaune "Les Fourneaux" (Chandon de Briailles)... $ $ The rich, sappy and relatively big-bodied flavors possess plenty of extract on the powerful and muscular finish that displays a mocha and coffee character. The firm tannins will likely require the better part of a decade to soften. (88-91/100) 2009 Pernand-Vergelesses Ile de Vergelesses (Chandon de Briailles)... $ $ This features roasted plum aromas along with hints of spice, wet stone, earth and a hint of violets. The elegant and fine flavors exude minerality that continues onto the very firm but balanced finish that delivers impressive length. This is built to age and is really quite lovely. (90-92/100) 2009 Volnay Caillerets (Chandon de Briailles)... $ $ An extremely ripe nose combines spiced plum, floral, mineral and prune notes that lead to attractively textured, suave, supple and utterly delicious medium-bodied flavors blessed with seemingly endless reserves of extract that buffer the firm tannic spine on the long and serious finish. I very much like the underlying sense of tension and this should be most impressive in 10 to 15 years. (91-94/100)

2 2009 Corton Les Bressandes (Chandon de Briailles)... $ $ This is also very ripe but here the cassis, violet and black berry aromas are noticeably fresh. The rich, intense and broad-shouldered flavors display a distinct mineral character. Dense but fine tannins shape the hugely long finish. This has the potential to be outstanding but it will require the better part of two decades to arrive at its peak. (90-92/100) DOMAINE MARIUS DELARCHE PERNARD-VERGELESSES 2009 Pernand-Vergelesses Iles de Vergelesses (Marius Delarche)... $ $ JOSEPH DROUHIN BEAUNE 2009 Côte de Nuit Villages (Joseph Drouhin)... $ $ Côte de Beaune (Joseph Drouhin)... $ $ Volnay (Joseph Drouhin)... $ $ Gevrey-Chambertin (Joseph Drouhin)... $ $ Beaune Les Grèves (Joseph Drouhin)... $ $ The 2009 Beaune Les Grèves shows the dense, powerful side of Beaune. Smoke, tar and anise add complexity to the dark solid fruit. The Grèves is exceptionally long, intense and inviting in a virile expression of this site (92/100) - Antonio Galloni, The Wine Advocate DOMAINE JEAN-LUC DUBOIS CHOREY-LES-BEAUNE 2009 Chorey-les-Beaune Clos Margot (Jean-Luc Dubois)... $ $ Beaune Les Bressandes (Jean-Luc Dubois)... $ $ DOMAINE ECARD SAVIGNY-LES-BEAUNE 2009 Savigny-les-Beaune Les Peuillets (Ecard)... $ $ DOMAINE FAIVELEY NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES 2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Porrets Saint-Georges (Faiveley)... $ $ Moderate floral notes add breadth to the very fresh and earthy red currant and plum aromas that lead to precise, vibrant and attractively transparent medium-bodied flavors that are complex, serious and persistent. This is a classic Nuits with fine balance (91-93/100) 2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers (Faiveley)... $ $ A wonderfully complex and quite densely fruited nose features layered aromas of red, blue and black fruits that include ample amounts of stone, game and earth nuances, all of which can also be found on the supple but precise and very serious flavors blessed with an abundance of dry extract on the strikingly long finish. This is terrific and the complexity is outstanding but patience will be required (92-94/100) VINCENT GIRARDIN MEURSAULT 2009 Savigny-les-Beaune Les Serpentieres (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Santenay Les Gravières (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Volnay Vieilles Vignes (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Pommard Les Vignots (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Volnay Les Santenots (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Corton Les Renardes (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Chambolle-Musigny Vieilles Vignes (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Gevrey-Chambertin Les Cazetiers (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Charmes-Chambertin (Vincent Girardin)... $ $ Echezeaux (Vincent Girardin)... $ $

3 DOMAINE HENRI GOUGES NUITS-SAINT-GOUGES 2009 Bourgogne Rouge (Henri Gouges)... $ $ A very ripe nose of blackberry and a hint of cranberry gives way to rich, round and quite supple flavors that possess good energy and punch on the delicious finish. There is good midpalate concentration and fat, which would permit this to be drunk now if desired (86/100) 2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges (Henri Gouges)... $ $ Here the nose is notably ripe with a very primary, indeed even still rather unevolved nose of red pinot fruit and distinct earth nuances where this earthiness is a major component of the rich, delicious and quite serious medium-bodied flavors that possess a velvety mouth feel thanks to the ample dry extract that buffers the otherwise firm tannins (87-90/100) 2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Clos des Porrets (Henri Gouges)... $ $ An attractively complex nose of fresh red and black raspberry, plum and pungent earth introduces rich, round and fleshy medium weight plus flavors that possess excellent density but also relatively fine supporting tannins that add shape to the strikingly long finish. While not a wine of finesse, this is certainly finer than it usually is because while the finish is robust, it's not rustic (92/100) 2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Pruliers (Henri Gouges)... $ $ As it usually is, this is aromatically more elegant with really lovely spice and game notes that add breadth to the ripe yet cool wild red berry fruit aromas. The rich, pure and quite generous medium-bodied flavors possess fine mid-palate concentration as the dry extract stains the palate and pushes the shaping tannins to the background on the solidly persistent finish (91/100) 2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Vaucrains (Henri Gouges)... $ $ A notably ripe and quite densely fruited nose offers up notes of plum, cassis, earth and the classic sauvage character of a classic Vaucrains. The rich, powerful, concentrated and serious broad-shouldered flavors brim with dry extract that confers a textured mouth feel to the chewy, balanced and hugely long finish. This will need 12 to 15 years of cellar time (94/100) PIERRE GUILLEMOT savigny-les-beaune 2009 Bourgogne Rouge (Pierre Guillemot)... $ $ Savigny-les-Beaune Les Serpentières (Pierre Guillemot)... $ $ Savigny-les-Beaune Les Jarrons (Pierre Guillemot)... $ $ DOMAINE MATROT MEURSAULT 2009 Meursault Rouge (Thierry Matrot)... $ $ DOMAINE DE MONTILLE VOLNAY 2009 Beaune Les Sizies (de Montille)... $ $ An elegant and ultra-pure nose of essence of pinot fruit, violets and rose petal that is liberally laced with wet stone and attractive spice nuances. The equally pure, refined and generous medium-bodied flavors possess fine balance and lengths (89/100) 2009 Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saints Juliens (de Montille)... $ $ An intensely floral component adds elegance to the otherwise fresh and earthy red pinot fruit that evidences a sauvage hint. The pure, intense and vibrant medium-bodied flavors possess a discreet touch of minerality that adds lift to the understated and relatively fine finish. A lovely villages (89/100) 2009 Volnay Les Mitans (de Montille)... $ $ A fascinating nose of dried rose petal, spice and ultra-pure essence of pinot liqueur aromas gives way to beautifully detailed and lacy middle weight flavors that are precise to the point of being crystalline, indeed this is like rolling rocks around in your mouth on the delicate but driving finish. This understated effort should be excellent after 6 to 8 years of cellar time (91-93/100)

4 2009 Pommard Les Grands Epenots (de Montille)... $ $ Vosne-Romanée Aux Malconsorts-Cuvee Christiane (de Montille)... $ $ DOMAINE THOMAS MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2009 Maranges Le Fussiere (Thomas Morey)... $ $ Santenay Grand Clos Rousseau (Thomas Morey)... $ $ Beaune Les Grèves (Thomas Morey)... $ $ DOMAINE VINCENT MOREY CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET 2009 Santenay Les Gravières (Vincent Morey)... $ $ DOMAINE MONGEARD-MUGNERET VOSNE-ROMANÉE 2009 Savigny-lès-Beaune Les Narbantons (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ This offers a refined aroma with a complex range of red currant, blue pinot and earth undertones that can also be found on the rich, supple and very generous medium-bodied flavors, all wrapped in a nicely powerful and focused finish that possesses dusty tannins (88-91) 2009 Pernand-Vergelesses Les Vergelesses (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ Beaune Les Avaux (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ Bourgogne Rouge-Hautes Côtes de Nuits (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ Fixin (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ Gevrey-Chambertin (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ Vosne-Romanée Les Petits Monts (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ Generous wood still allows the cool red and blue pinot fruit to reveal itself. The stony, precise, ripe and fleshy medium-bodied flavors possess excellent intensity and length (89-92/100) 2009 Echezeaux (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ A moderately toasty nose displays plenty of both natural and wood spice together with very ripe red cherry and cassis aromas that merge into dense, seductively textured and opulent middle weight flavors that possess a good amount of tannin-buffering sap and fine length (89-92/100) 2009 Grands Echezeaux (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ The big-bodied flavors are admirably concentrated and quite serious with a brooding character as well as a very firm yet ripe tannic spine that is well-buffered by the ample sap (91-93/100) 2009 Richebourg (Mongeard-Mugneret)... $ $ A notably floral, spicy and very cool nose is trimmed in noticeable but reasonable wood and leads to very rich, round and velvety big-bodied and powerful flavors that culminate in a moderately oaked but strikingly long finish. The oak is not subtle on the palate but there appears to be more than enough concentration to handle it (91-94/100) DOMAINE POUSSE D OR VOLNAY 2009 Pommard Les Jarollières (Pousse d Or)... $ $ Red currant, earth and wet stone aromas are followed by rich, full and naturally sweet mineral-driven flavors that possess excellent mid-palate density and outstanding precision and length on the palate staining finish (93/100) 2009 Volany Clos de la Bousse d Or (Pousse d Or)... $ $ A slightly more refined nose speaks of red berry fruit that is liberally laced with notes of cassis and blue berry while introducing rich and even more elegant medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a firm, long and serious finish that possesses real verve (93/100)

5 2009 Volnay Clos des 60 Ouvrées (Pousse d Or)... $ $ The ripest nose to this point exhibits liqueur-like notes of plum, blue berry and violets that complement well the ripe, opulent and mineral-inflected flavors that are quite full-bodied, all wrapped in a detailed, vibrant and hugely long finish. The underlying material here is superb and this should easily improve for the next 12 to 15 years (94/100)