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| + | ====== Background information ====== | ||
| + | * **Vinification (of the Domaine Wines):** Grapes are hand harvested and pressed as whole berries. Fermentation occurs entirely in oak barrels, 30% of which are new. Aging lasts 12 months in oak followed by an additional 5 months in stainless steel prior to bottling. The complete wines are lightly fined and filtered. | ||
| + | * In vintage 2003: less batonnage than usual | ||
| + | * In vintage 2004: "did almost no //bâtonnage// at all" | ||
| + | * In vintage 2006: Per Allen Meadows: "raised the at-bottling free SO2 levels to between 40 and 45 ppm." | ||
| + | * In vintage 2007: Per Allen Meadows: free SO2 dialed back to 40 ppm | ||
| + | ====== Wines ====== | ||
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| + | ===== 1990 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Puligny Hameau de Blagny** (Aug 2005): not oxidised but tired [WK Choy] | ||
| + | ===== 1994 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Montrachet** (05/ 2006): not oxidised ,very good [Martin Buttinger] | ||
| + | ===== 1995 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Corton Charlemagne** (Nov 2005): not oxidised [WK Choy] | ||
| + | * **Criots Batard Montrachet** (June 2014): Not oxidised [Gareth Miles] | ||
| + | ===== 1996 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Meursault Charmes** (Jul 2004): (2 bottles) 1 oxidized, 1 badly corked [R DeAngelo] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Folatieres** (Sept 2007): (2 bottles) oxidized [Peter Muto] | ||
| + | * **Meursault Charmes** (Oct 2007) oxidized (R DeAngelo) | ||
| + | * **Meursault Charmes** (Nov 07) oxidized (R DeAngelo) | ||
| + | * Bienvenue Batard Montrachet (April 09) Badly oxidised (Kelly Walker) | ||
| + | * **Corton Charlemagne** (April 2010) not oxidized (E. Christenson) | ||
| + | ===== 1997 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Rully Les Clous** (Feb 2006): no oxidation [S Grant] | ||
| + | ===== 1998 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Puligny Folatieres** (Nov 2005): oxidised [Michael Lux] | ||
| + | ===== 1999 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Chassagne Les Chumees** (June 2010): Not Oxidised [Paul Raiche] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Folatieres** (Nov 2005): (2 bottles) both oxidised [Michael Lux] | ||
| + | * **St Aubin en Remilly** (Nov 2005): (375ml) oxidized [Karl Wee] | ||
| + | * **Montrachet** (June 2012): surprise! no oxidation, delicate, floral, fine (Adrian Latimer) | ||
| + | ===== 2000 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Chassagne Montrachet Les Blanchots** (14 March 2007): not oxidised, rather closed, with a touch of sulfur [Frederic Panaiotis] | ||
| + | * **Corton-Charlemagne** (Apr 2008): not oxidised [Dennis Ward] | ||
| + | * **Criots-Batard** (April 2011): not oxidised, but very advanced and dark [Stu Jakub] | ||
| + | * **Meursault Narvaux** (May-Sept 2007): (24 bottles) all over the place; 1/4 oxidized, some overly mature, some great [Dana Gaiser] | ||
| + | * **Pernand Vergelesse** (Jul-Aug 2004): (12 bottles) none oxidised but 3 corked [WK Choy] | ||
| + | * **Saint-Aubin Dent de Chien** (Aug 2007): not oxidised [Dennis Ward] | ||
| + | ===== 2002 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Meursault Les Tillets** (14 March 2007): no oxidation at all, delicate and perfumy nose [Frederic Panaiotis] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Montrachet** (Summer-Fall 2005): every bottle delicious, opened 2 cases so far [Michel Robert Abood] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Montrachet** (Fall-Winter 2005): returned a case but it was cooked, not oxydized [Michel Robert Abood] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Folatieres** (June 2007): 1 bottle, no oxidation, delicious [John Osburn] | ||
| + | ====== 2004 ====== | ||
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| + | * **Puligny Montrachet** (January 2010): not oxidized [Bill Lawrence] | ||
| + | * **St Aubin Charmois 1er** (May, 2011). Oxidised. A previous bottle last year from the same purchase was young. [G. Miles] | ||
| + | * **Corton Charlemagne** (Aug 2011) Corked, badly. Quite musty on opening (Greg Fisher) | ||
| + | ===== 2005 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Clavoillon** (july 2009) oxidised, nuttiness dominating otherwise normal nose and palate, drinkable (don osborne) | ||
| + | * **Puligny Montrachet - Village** (June 2012): Not oxidized. But fading. [NTyson] | ||
| + | * **Corton-Charlemagne**(Dec 2013): Very young, opened up a little with 12 hours of air. Not oxidized. (FYC) | ||
| + | ===== 2007 ===== | ||
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| + | * **Puligny Montrachet - Village** (Dec 2011): Not oxidized. A delightful surprise, competing well above its weight class. [NTyson] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Montrachet** (Oct 2014): Not oxidized. [N. Lau] | ||
| + | * **Puligny Montrachet** (Nov 2014): Not oxidized. [N. Lau] | ||
| + | * **Meursault (May 2017**): Not ox (Adrian Latimer) | ||