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2007 Burgundy – A Stroll Through the Côte
de Nuits
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The Producers
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Louis Boillot
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The digger busy excavating
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A visit to Louis Boillot was the first appointment of
my week in Burgundy. He lives with his wife,
Ghislaine Barthod, in a house on the edge of
Chambolle and, when I arrived, I was alarmed to see a
digger excavating a vast hole in their yard, working
hard up against their house. The hole is to become a
cellar for them to share. It looked to me as if it
might become a hole to keep a digger in, as the
machine teetered and rocked on the edge and more than
once seemed about to tumble into the depths.
We sold the following wine in our offer of 2003
burgundy some years ago and I have received nothing
but praise for it. I am glad, as it’s
delicious. This one will be, too!
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Dupont-Tisserandot
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It’s the time of year to be pruning the
vines. The trimmings are burnt to destroy pests and
prevent disease
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I like the calm that descends in Didier
Chevillon’s cellars. They are invariably very
cold, but I don’t think that the temperature
has anything to do with Didier’s lack of
animation; I just think he’s very confident
about what he’s doing.
His wines are confident as well. This is an excellent
source of Gevrey.
The first wine below is the flagship 1er cru of this
estate, since they own such a large parcel of it.
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| Vintage |
Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price
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Notes |
Order |
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Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers, Dupont-Tisserandot, Burgundy, France |
2013-2019 |
12x75cl |
£417.00 |
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| 2007 |
Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru, Dupont-Tisserandot, Burgundy, France |
2014-2020 |
6x75cl |
£310.50 |
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Jean Grivot
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This yellow wire has been installed throughout the
Grivot cellars in order to earth energy that might
otherwise be detrimental to the wine
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That Etienne is one of the most talented wine makers
in Burgundy is a given. But I have seldom been so
excited by the quality of his wines as I was this
vintage. Everything from the Bourgogne Rouge up was
spectacular. Tasting them again in London recently
only served to reveal that my first impressions were
correct: that the vintage suits Etienne’s
style; plus he’s making wine with an
increasingly sympathetic hand. Masterful stuff.
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| Vintage |
Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price
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Notes |
Order |
| 2007 |
Chambolle-Musigny La Combe d'Orveau, Jean Grivot, Burgundy, France |
2011-2018 |
12x75cl |
£312.00 |
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| 2007 |
Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Rouges, Jean Grivot, Burgundy, France |
2012-2020 |
12x75cl |
£480.00 |
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| 2007 |
Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, Jean Grivot, Burgundy, France |
2014-2022 |
6x75cl |
£360.00 |
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Anne & Hervé Sigaut
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A temporarily blinded cat in the Sigaut
cellars
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It was my second visit to the Sigauts. I visited last
year to taste the 2006s, but they had just been
racked and were so disturbed that I felt unable to
select them for an offer.
This year, my timing was better and I was able to
examine the wines properly and what a fine bunch!
There are some very old vines here and M Sigaut has
been consulting the phases of the moon when deciding
on when to take action in vineyard and cellar (not
much consulting for actions in the cellar, as this is
a very “hands off” producer). I know, I
know. It sounds like sci-fi. But the proof is in the
bottle and here the contents of the bottle are all
the proof I need.
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| Vintage |
Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price
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Notes |
Order |
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Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Châtelots, Anne & Hervé Sigaut, Burgundy, France |
2012-2018 |
12x75cl |
£411.00 |
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| 2007 |
Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru Les Sentiers, Anne & Hervé Sigaut, Burgundy, France |
2012-19 |
12x75cl |
£411.00 |
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Jean Chauvenet
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Christophe Drag at the end of our tasting opens a
bottle of the 2006 Nuits 1er Cru Les Bousselots that
we offered last year
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There are two producers to visit should you want to
learn about terroir in the vineyards of
Nuits-St-Georges: Robert Chevillon and Jean
Chauvenet. Here Christophe drag – wine maker
and son-in-law of Jean Chauvenet - makes one village
Nuits and a string of 1ers Crus, all exhibiting
typicity to the max.
These are classic Nuits: rich, sometimes brooding,
often austere in their youth. Yet they age
beautifully and are as choc-full of terroir as
burgundy can be. They also offer tremendous value.
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| Vintage |
Wine |
Drink dates |
Case size |
Price
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Notes |
Order |
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Nuits-St-Georges, Jean Chauvenet, Burgundy, France |
2011-2016 |
12x75cl |
£180.00 |
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Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Bousselots, Jean Chauvenet, Burgundy, France |
2013-2019 |
12x75cl |
£333.00 |
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Aurelien Verdet
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Unwanted fruit stays on the vine to be eaten by
starlings, or burnt when the pruners move through the
vineyard
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Aurelien’s a young man on a mission. He started
out with a parcel of vineyards in the
Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and now runs a small
negoçiant business from his brand new
cuverie in a charming village called Arcenant
high up on the plateau above Nuits-St-Georges. I was
mightily impressed with his range of wines.
N.B. Aurelien’s truly brilliant 2007
Hautes-Côtes de Nuits can be found here
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