Puligny Montrachet Wine

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  November 2009

  Drouhin Puligny Montrachet 2006

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  A very solid and well made Puligny Montrachet with both weight and elegance. This wine is enjoyable now, but I'd really like to see what it's like in 2011 or 2012 with a little more time to allow the wood to integrate and the beautiful tertiary flavors to come out more.

  Wine review by RBoulanger

  
  
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  November 2009

  De Montille Puligny-Montrachet Premiere Cru "Le Cailleret" 2005

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  The 2005 De Montille Puligny-Montrachet Premiere Cru "Le Cailleret" is a distinguished full-bodied white Burgundy displaying hints of green apples, flowers and - perhaps just a personal opinion - popcorn. Certainly a vibrant and refreshing wine to enjoy with its bold yet amiable finish.

  Wine review by dannelson22

  
  

• November 2009

  It really depends if you're more a "do what you like" type of person or a "follow the usual pairing suggestions" type of person. I personally have enjoyed a bright zinfandel that went very well with the turkey and all the fixings and would imagine a list of pinot noirs and... Read moreIt really depends if you're more a "do what you like" type of person or a "follow the usual pairing suggestions" type of person. I personally have enjoyed a bright zinfandel that went very well with the turkey and all the fixings and would imagine a list of pinot noirs and chardonnays that would be stellar. I just picked up a smokin' deal on a Puligny-Montrachet that I might sav for Thanksgiving dinner. For me, a riesling might be a bit light and sweet for the main courses, but might go good with dessert or as an aperitif before the meal. It truly all comes down to what you like and want to try. My advice is to not fear experimentation. If you open something that doesn't jive with dinner, save it for later and try something else! You never know what combo you might think is best until you try things out. Good luck. I am sure plenty will post their turkey day pairings and I look forward to seeing what people did. I also agree with Gregory about lambrusco! That's a solid option.    (hide)

  Forum post in the topic Best Recommendations for... by VegasOenophile

  
  

• October 2009

  I try to drink something new all the time, but have noticed that I am ... tasted stand out: - Puligny Montrachet 1er cru Hameau de Blagny 2005 from Domaine Martelet de Cherisey Very complex, full-bodied chardonnay with refreshing fruit tastes and very long lasting. A very classy... Read moreI try to drink something new all the time, but have noticed that I am ... tasted stand out: - Puligny Montrachet 1er cru Hameau de Blagny 2005 from Domaine Martelet de Cherisey Very complex, full-bodied chardonnay with refreshing fruit tastes and very long lasting. A very classy burgundy! - Chablis 1er cru Mont de Milieu 2006 from Joseph Garnier Best chablis I ever tasted! 2006 is a very rich year for Chablis, I have been told, making it not a classic bone dry chablis, but a more complex one, while keeping the very mineral taste - Saint Aubin 1er cru Les Cortons 2007 from Domaine Roux Arguably even better than the Puligny which is a lot more expensive and is grown at only about 1km distance. This wine is ultra-complex, yet immediately inviting. It can probably be drunk until 2015 or so, but even now already it is delicious. - Meursault Les Criots 2004 from Domaine Buisson Batteault Upon first opening and smelling, this is not very inviting. The typical Meursault stench you learn to love after a few sniffs and definitely after the first sips. This is a Meursault of the classic type from a classic producer and a very good year. I will drive to Burgundy's cote d'or early next spring to try many of these wines' peers and bring back a trunk load to crowd my wine closet with ;-) Does anyone have suggestions of white burgundies I should not miss out on    (hide)

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  October 2009

  Louis Jadot Puligny-Montrachet 2007

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  Nice hints of spicy melon. - Tasted at Hostile Grape 10/8/09

  Wine review by VegasOenophile

  
  
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  October 2009

  Vincent Girardin Chevalier-Montrachet 2002

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  Wine review by whippy123

  
  
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  September 2009

  Chartron & Trebuchet Chevalier Montrachet Clos des Chevaliers 1999

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  color - gold nose - mineral, apple & goat cheese mouth - bright acid and cheesey olive oil finish - long worth the price 10 years ago. started my football sundays off the right way. drank it with fresh made gorgonzola flat bread, penne carbonara, roasted pork loin sandwiches, and... Read morecolor - gold nose - mineral, apple & goat cheese mouth - bright acid and cheesey olive oil finish - long worth the price 10 years ago. started my football sundays off the right way. drank it with fresh made gorgonzola flat bread, penne carbonara, roasted pork loin sandwiches, and apple pie. go 9ers!    (hide)

  Wine review by blog4wine

  
  

• August 2009

  An interesting read regarding the oft-underestimated Virginia vino and some good stuff from Cali- against the French. Of course: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/18/ST2009081802401.html Glass Acts In Our Wine Tasting, Virginia Shows It Can Compete With... Read moreAn interesting read regarding the oft-underestimated Virginia vino and some good stuff from Cali- against the French. Of course: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/08/18/ST2009081802401.html Glass Acts In Our Wine Tasting, Virginia Shows It Can Compete With France and Napa Valley By Dave McIntyre Special to The Washington Post Wednesday, August 19, 2009 The "Judgment of Paris" transformed the world of wine, marking California on the map in big, bold letters that could not be ignored. That May 1976 tasting galvanized an upstart American wine industry that had struggled in the decades since Prohibition and helped overcome a consumer perception here and abroad that American wines were inferior to their French counterparts. The Paris tasting was immortalized in the 2005 book "Judgment of Paris" by George M. Taber and the 2008 movie "Bottle Shock." It has provided a model for countless wine tastings and parties in the decades since, setting the standard that wines should be evaluated based solely on what's in the glass, not on the label. Where California was in the 1970s -- underappreciated for its quality -- Virginia is today. So when we decided to hold our own Judgment of Washington, it wasn't just to see whether the United States would best France today. It was to see whether local wines might surprise the judges now as much as Napa Valley bottles did more than three decades ago. We invited six area wine professionals -- three retailers, three sommeliers -- to blind-taste a dozen chardonnays and a dozen red Bordeaux-style wines, telling them only that we were pitting the United States vs. France in a sort of oenological grudge match. Then we slipped in five Virginia wines and one from Maryland without telling anyone. Could the locals hold their own against the more established competition from Napa Valley, Bordeaux and Burgundy? Could they overcome a market perception that they are expensive novelties that don't offer value to match their price? Or would they fall flat as overreaching pretenders? When the scores were totaled and the wines unveiled, a California wine narrowly edged out a French rival for the top spot in each category. But Virginia was nipping at their heels. "Wow, you're really swinging for the fences right away with this one," John Wabeck said as he sniffed the first red wine. Wabeck, a former chef who is now sommelier at Inox restaurant in Tysons Corner and a third-level master sommelier candidate, scribbled "classic Bordeaux structure . . . merlot-based? . . . cocoa powder" and scored it 90 points out of 100. Elli Benchimol, beverage director for the Stir Food Group, which includes Zola and Potenza restaurants and their affiliated wine stores, also noted cocoa powder and scored the wine 90, lauding its "beautiful structure." Brian Cook, sommelier at Sonoma and Blue Ridge in the District and Redwood in Bethesda, praised its "cured meat, savory cassis, mint, mocha" flavors and its "dusty tannins," awarding the wine 92 points. The wine was Barboursville Vineyards' 2006 Octagon, a merlot-based blend of Bordeaux grape varieties that retails for about $40. Four of the six judges mistook it for a Bordeaux. Ultimately, the Octagon trailed the Newton Vineyards 2005 Unfiltered Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, a $60 monster that wowed the judges with its unmistakably jammy fruit, velvety texture and spicy complexity. Second place went to Chateau Larrivet-Haut Brion 2005, from the Pessac-Leognan region of Bordeaux, every bit as French as the Newton was American. Like the Octagon, it retails for about $40. Napa Valley scored points for value, with cabernet sauvignon from Sterling Vineyards ($25) and Beaulieu Vineyard's Rutherford bottling ($20) impressing the judges. But Virginia came in big again, in a fifth-place tie between the Michael Shaps 2007 Cabernet Franc ($35) and the Gordon Brothers 2003 Tradition from Washington state ($45). California also scored for value with the white wines. Our top finisher -- by a hair -- was the Chappellet 2007 Napa Valley Chardonnay, a $32 charmer that fooled the judges into thinking it was French. Only Vanessa Moore, owner of Unwined retail store in Alexandria, identified it as a Napa wine. (Wine Spectator magazine loved it, too, rating it 91 points, about what our judges gave it.) The Chappellet was in a virtual dead heat with the $50 Louis Latour Chateau de Blagny 2006 Meursault-Blagny Premier Cru. Our judges were unanimous that this was French. Two of them, Dominque Landragin, co-owner of the Cork & Fork stores in Gainesville and Bethesda, and Christian Bonny, wine buyer at Circle Wine & Liquor in Northwest Washington, even guessed the correct appellation. Bonny was so excited about this wine that he got tangled in similes, saying that "it keeps coming around, like a snowball rolling downhill," and after the next sip, "like a ferris wheel of stone fruit and cream." Right behind the first two, though, came two Virginia chardonnays: Linden Vineyards 2006 Hardscrabble, which retails for about $26, and the Michael Shaps 2007 ($35). Fewer than 1.25 points separated the first four chardonnays, two of them from Virginia. The judges were unanimous in thinking the Shaps was from Burgundy. "Montrachet!" Landragin wrote, while Benchimol, Moore and Wabeck suspected Puligny-Montrachet. The Linden was mistaken for French by three of the judges, while the others suspected the West Coast. What conclusions can we draw from our exercise? That U.S. wines are the equal of the French is no longer the surprise it was in 1976. Yet it is worth noting that when our judges were asked where they thought a wine was from, they tended to believe the wines they liked most were French. France still holds pride of place in our minds as the benchmark for fine wine. But we cannot ignore that wines produced within a two-hour drive of Washington stood toe-to-toe with highly touted competitors from California and France. This result is a snapshot of what six judges thought about two dozen wines one July afternoon, yet it should send a signal to retailers, sommeliers and consumers that local wines can match the best in the world -- and they are beginning to do so. It's time to put our preconceptions aside and focus on the quality of these wines. Dave McIntyre can be reached through his Web site, http://www.dmwineline.com, or at food@washpost.com. !http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2009/08/17/PH2009081702211.jpg! Quick note: I'm fortunate enough to have tasted both the Chappellet '07 as well as the Shaps '06... still got a bottle of the Shaps in the cooler over there, with the former waiting for me at verk to buy & try again. Also of note & irony; I too thought immediately about white burgundy, but more along the lines of "Meursault" when I tried the Shaps back at the Wineworks a year ago. I'm sure I was just bieased from hearing where Shaps was trained. Be a great little blind tasting ;).    (hide)

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  August 2009

  Domaine Henri Boillot Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Mouchere Premiere Cru Monopole 2005

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  Appearance: Clear, medium+ intense lemon/straw-yellow color, very viscous Nose: Clean, pronounced aromas of powdered stones (chalky,flinty/mineral), butterscotch, buttered toast, ripe yellow fruits, almost banana-like, caramel. Fruit is hidden somewhere behind the other aromas at the... Read moreAppearance: Clear, medium+ intense lemon/straw-yellow color, very viscous Nose: Clean, pronounced aromas of powdered stones (chalky,flinty/mineral), butterscotch, buttered toast, ripe yellow fruits, almost banana-like, caramel. Fruit is hidden somewhere behind the other aromas at the moment. Taste: Bone dry, acidity medium+, lemon and lime characteristics, again the mineral notes push through making this wine more angular, combined with a full body, green apples and pears, creaminess, caramel. Lots of spice (ginger- yes!) all around but especially on the very long finish. Great structure and balance, in a developing stage. Very complex. Conclusion: Wine of very good to outstanding quality, balanced, highly complex, long, multi-dimensional. Needs time to develop. Tasted on August 20th 2009    (hide)

  Wine review by Calwinegal

  
  
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  August 2009

  Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet les Combettes 1992

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  For me a great Combettes is when they offer a round structure and at the same time minerality. And the 1992 Domaine Leflaive is no exception. The nose is attractive with a nutty character and plenty of white fruits. Round and generous on the palate it offers delicate flavours of... Read moreFor me a great Combettes is when they offer a round structure and at the same time minerality. And the 1992 Domaine Leflaive is no exception. The nose is attractive with a nutty character and plenty of white fruits. Round and generous on the palate it offers delicate flavours of peach and apricot with oak and honey towards the mid palate. The minerality is in perfect balance with the fruits and leads to a nutty finish. QC (http:http://www.questionofwine.blogspot.com)    (hide)

  Wine review by Quentin4

  
  

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