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 STÉPHANE ALADAME
Clear piercing lemon and just a touch salty. Firm, moderately...
Precision on the nose – which actually came as rather a relief...
A bit denser but not fresher than the Découverte.
BERTRAND AMBROISE
A little smoky on the nose then rather harsh on the palate...
Honeyed quince. A little bit oxidative in style. Heavy on the...
Sweet cherry compote aroma. Fresh but tannins are rather drying...
Ripe lemon – lemon linctus. The sample is warm but even so this...
Screw cap. A bit tarty and chewy and demanding. Hard.
Lots of fruit and a certain amount of charm. Racy and lively...
Sweet baked fruit on nose and palate. Sightly fresher on the...
Really bretty nose and completely dried out on the palate.
DOMAINE AMIOT-SERVELLE
Pinkish cherry colour. Dusty, almost leafy note over the red...
Gentle dark fruit. Quite sweet on the nose. More depth than on...
DOMAINE ARLAUD
Bit simple and dull.
Light crimson. Light, jujube nose. Easy and simple. A bit too...
Solid and a little rustic on the nose. Light and sweet. Simple.
Quite dark crimson. Round and like a cherry boiled sweet/hard...
Much lighter than most Gevreys. Basic fruit. Dry finish. Not...
Rich, round nose delivers pleasure in spades. By a mile the best...
DOMAINE DE L'ARLOT
Worrying – shame because I liked the last guy I met from here (chez Corney & Barrow).
Big and round with lots of impact but the batonnage element...
Scented. Light and dry and possibly slightly too relaxed? Easy...
Sweet fruit + sweet oak = not the most convincing Nuits. Who is...
Scented. Relatively light and subdued. Then hard work on the...
Heady and hedonistic (do we need the word hedonistic for wines...
Quite deep crimson. Smells rather cheesy. Not pure at all...
Smells of beef extract. Then good fruit on the mid palate...
DOMAINE ARNOUX-LACHAUD
Fresh and just a little (white) peppery. Gentle, fruity...
Comfortably relaxed fruity nose. Lots of easy sweetness. Pretty...
Pretty rich and flashy on the nose. Very sweet start. Rather...
Very sweet start – flattering. Falls away a little fast.
Extraordinarily sweet – too jammy. Pastiche style. Very drying...
Light crimson. Good focus and energy. Some real race and class...
More exciting than the village Chambolle but still it lacks the...
Quite blueish. Rich and sweet but with less obvious class than...
DOMAINE DENIS BACHELET
Very solid and lovely – good distinctiveness. A dream year. Age of vines a factor here.
Deep crimson. Savoury and even a little leathery. Quite juicy...
Brochon, Queue de Hareng, near Perrières de Fixin. Dark and rich...
75 years but being replaced one by one. Mostly in the north of...
Deep purplish crimson. Lift and playful note on the great big...
DOMAINE JEAN-CLAUDE BACHELET
Sleek and polished. Very fine boned. Chewy end and it’s all...
Quite open and nutty on the nose. Very fresh and racy. Strong...
Restrained nose. Quite tight and very well sculpted. Dry finish...
DOMAINE BACHELET-MONNOT
Rather basic and ordinary. Very open.
Very racy. Bit of a racehorse. Though without the depth one...
Tense and positively juddering elbows. Not the most assured...
DOMAINE BALLOT-MILLOT
Fresh lime flavours. Sweet start and a definite attempt to...
Quite rich and heavy. Not bad but a bit foot dragging.
Liquorice and scent with low-key sweetness. Charming but far...
Heavy relatively speaking. Quite rich and ripe. No-one would be...
DOMAINE DANIEL BARRAUD
Quite a rich nose and real definition on the palate. Lots of...
Some minerality on the nose. Sweet start but not quite as alert...
This wine is bottled by Daniel and Martin Barraud but actually...
Lightly honeyed nose. Then some green notes. Still quite...
Sweet and scented. Intense and rather headily floral though...
DOMAINE ROGER BELLAND
A little soupy and very ripe. Flattering but without much...
Rather raw and coarse. Sweet and round – almost more like a...
Mid crimson. Very evolved nose. Then sweet. Not much structure...
DOMAINE GHISLAINE BARTHOD
Great confidence....
