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Domaine Roger Belland Meursault Les Santenots 1er Cru(2003)
- Winery:
- Domaine Roger Belland
- Varietal:
- Region:
- France > Burgundy
- Type:
- White Wine
- User Tags:
- fruit, red, oak - heavy, acidic, supple, forward, drink now, dense, integrated, complete
- Burghound
- Issue 19, Jul 01, 2005
- 87/100
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May 2008
- Roger Belland has once again made some seriously good wines, especially considering that the bulk of his red appellations are of modest repute. Belland told me that in '03 he decided to vinify at very low temperatures with no post fermentation heating. We began picking on the 27th of August and between the frost, heat and triage, we lost 50% of the crop overall but in the lower lying vineyards in Santenay, the losses were even higher. Sugars were good at around 13.5% but the acidities were sufficiently low and thus I elected to acidify from 100 to 150 gram/barrel. I also decided to reduce the amount read more...of new oak and there is almost none for my reds. The '03s were bottled in December and I tasted them in February. As I noted above, this is a terrific set of wines and while it may be difficult to believe, they are every bit as good as Belland's '02s. (T. Edwards, New York, NY; Berkmann Wine Cellars, Berry Brothers & Rudd, Lay & Wheeler, Liberty Wines among others, all UK). Note: from a .25 ha parcel of 50+ year old vines This is the first wine to display any real oak influence with pain grillé notes framing hazelnut and very ripe orchard fruit aromas as well as sweet, dense and supple medium full flavors that coat the mouth with ample extract though there is a touch of acidity on the finish that is not completely integrated. That nit aside, this is a delicious and very forward effort that will drink well early. (hide)
