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| The 2010 vintage illustrates, perhaps better than most, the difficulty in making sweeping judgments about a vintage. The flight of 2010 Chablis (on night one) and the flight of Criots/Bienvenues Batard Montrachets (on night two) probably ranked as the best we’ve ever had from those appellations. The wines from Montrachet (night three) were at a similar very high overall level of quality -- along with the 2007 vintage, this was one of the top two "Mostly Montrachet" dinners of all time. The wines from Chevalier Montrachet (night two), which include a phenomenal ringer from Colin-Morey Chassagne En Remilly that was the overall No. 1 rated wine on night two, were a little bit more variable, but mostly performed at a similarly high level. But the wines from Meursault and Corton Charlemagne (night one), and Batard Montrachet (night two), when viewed as a group were not nearly so impressive. Even among the latter wines there were exceptions, like the Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne (night three) and the Dancer and Roulot Meursault Perrieres.\\ \\ | The 2010 vintage illustrates, perhaps better than most, the difficulty in making sweeping judgments about a vintage. The flight of 2010 Chablis (on night one) and the flight of Criots/Bienvenues Batard Montrachets (on night two) probably ranked as the best we’ve ever had from those appellations. The wines from Montrachet (night three) were at a similar very high overall level of quality -- along with the 2007 vintage, this was one of the top two "Mostly Montrachet" dinners of all time. The wines from Chevalier Montrachet (night two), which include a phenomenal ringer from Colin-Morey Chassagne En Remilly that was the overall No. 1 rated wine on night two, were a little bit more variable, but mostly performed at a similarly high level. But the wines from Meursault and Corton Charlemagne (night one), and Batard Montrachet (night two), when viewed as a group were not nearly so impressive. Even among the latter wines there were exceptions, like the Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne (night three) and the Dancer and Roulot Meursault Perrieres.\\ \\ | ||
| One of the problems that affects a number of 2010s is botrytis. There was virtually nothing written about it when the reviews came out, but most of the producers I’ve spoken with over the past few years acknowledge it was an issue – and for some, it was a significant issue.\\ \\ | One of the problems that affects a number of 2010s is botrytis. There was virtually nothing written about it when the reviews came out, but most of the producers I’ve spoken with over the past few years acknowledge it was an issue – and for some, it was a significant issue.\\ \\ | ||
| - | On Night One [[https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2567677#p2567677]] we tasted 32 of the top wines from Chablis, Meursault and Corton Charlemagne at Valentino restaurant. On night two | + | On [[https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2567677#p2567677|Night One]] we tasted 32 of the top wines from Chablis, Meursault and Corton Charlemagne at Valentino restaurant. On |
| - | [[https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2568656#p2568656]] we tasted 32 of the top wines from the hyphenated Montrachet vineyards again at Valentino. On Night three we tasted 16 wines in the dinner known as “Mostly Montrachet” [[https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2574707#p2574707]]\\ \\ | + | [[https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2568656#p2568656|Night Two]] we tasted 32 of the top wines from the hyphenated Montrachet vineyards again at Valentino. On [[https://www.wineberserkers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2574707#p2574707|Night Three]] we tasted 16 wines in the dinner known as “Mostly Montrachet” \\ \\ |
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| + | Over the three nights, we experienced 9 out of 80 bottles which were either advanced or oxidized (11.25%), which was an all-time low. Of the 80 bottles, 9 were closed with DIAM. There were no advanced, oxidized or corked wines among the nine DIAM-closed bottles. Excluding the DIAM bottles, we had 9 bottles out of 71 (12.68%) that were either advanced or oxidized. That's essentially tied with the 2004 vintage where we had 12.70% either advanced or oxidized. | ||
| I hope you enjoy the notes and the photos.\\ \\ | I hope you enjoy the notes and the photos.\\ \\ | ||
| === A POSTSCRIPT ON THE 2007 CHABLIS === | === A POSTSCRIPT ON THE 2007 CHABLIS === | ||