Our tasting notes are – phew – now just about complete. For a guide to our comprehensive coverage of this exceptional vintage, see Burgundy 2009 – a guide.
DOMAINE ARNAUD ENTE
Very good – manages to make whites as exciting as Coche and Lafon in 2009.
Very rich nose but not unappetising. Polished and satisfying...
Very rich start and then the structure comes bounding out the...
Mid crimson. Appetising nose without quite the brilliant...
DOMAINE FRÉDÉRIC ESMONIN
Proper succulence and balance. Nutty and interesting though not...
Pretty rich and dense and sweet. Harsh finsh – almost sour...
Big and ebullient. Lots of ripe fruit and then a fairly obvious...
Quite pale. Heady and perfumed and utterly seductive – so long...
Very firm and vital on the nose with attractive walnut flavours...
Firm and sweet and polished. Lots of richness. Very flttering...
DOMAINE SYLVIE ESMONIN
Lots of angst as usual.
Finished malo in summer. Mulberry and spice on the nose but...
First to finish its malo in June. Quite deep crimson. 30% whole...
Used a tiny bit of new oak because she over ordered it. 30%...
The only cuvée with 100% stems because they were ripe (green but...
DOMAINE EUGÉNIE
Very sweet and as though made from the top down rather than the result of the vineyard dictating. Some excess oak but the top cuvées are pretty impressive.
Dark crimson. Some rather sweet oak on the nose. Juicy fruit...
Biodynamic. First year it has been bottled separately. Bright...
Dark crimson. Very juicy indeed on the nose with real freshness...
From quite a way up the slope. Very dark crimson. A bit of sweet...
Juicy nose. Very dark. Very smooth and polished but a little...
DOMAINE FAIVELEY
Mostly pretty impressive.
Greenish tinge. A caressing nose, lightly dusty herbs. Soft...
Ripe and peachy on the nose and elegant. A surprising sweetness...
Complex, lightly toasty nose, creamy, fresh and, again, rather...
Dusty citrus and finely aromatic. Creamy, gentle but moreish...
Toasty, struck-match nose and equally – but attractively –...
Sweet and ripe. Sample seems a little oxidised. Similar...
Ripe and dark but much fresher than the Monthelie. Light and...
Workaday and sweet and open. Easy peasy but not much refreshment...
Firm crimson. Quite a racy nose. Very fresh and admirable. Not a...
Light nose. Lots of texture. Serious stuff. Lots of chew on.
Blackcurrant juice. Strange, tastes more like squash than wine –...
Dark and ripe with a touch of spice. Sweet dark fruit...
Rich, lightly spiced dark fruit on the nose. Dark and white...
Heady and concentrated and voluptuous. The oak is a bit dominant...
Dusty blackberry aroma. Very fine boned and light-footed. Silky...
Cassis and slightly herbal but not underripe. Scented mid palate...
Dark and spicy on the nose with rich dark fruit under the oaky...
Pretty heady and sweet. Easy and comfortable. But not...
DOMAINE DE LA FERTÉ
Very juicy with lots of fruit. A bit tough on the end. But...
Ripe cherries on the nose and then a bit severe. Should get...
DOMAINE G ET N...
