Burgundy 2015 Tasting - Part II

07 March 2018

Continuing the Burgundy 2015 Tasting - Part I, this is our verdict on another 30+ Burgundies from the interesting 2015. As expected, the reds did indeed perform slightly better than the whites. 

Should one buy the 2015 vintage?

Absolutely, 2015 is the best vintage for reds since 2005 and even though the whites are a bit uneven, there are still some very good examples out there. Prices are high, but bear in mind that as yields in 2016 were even lower, next year are expected to be even pricier.

Benjamin Leroux Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru 'Abbaye de Morgeot'
90	Aroma had lime, grapefruit, raspberries, minerals, chalk, and licorice. Flavour showed grapefruit, minerals, raspberries, oyster, white peach, and English licorice. Medium plus acid and dry.

Bernard Defaix Chablis Grand Cru 'Bougros'
88	Aroma had minerals, grapefruit, subtle lime, and raspberries. Flavour showed notes of licorice, grapefruit, citrus, and raspberries. Medium plus acid and dry.

Bertrand Ambroise Bourgogne Blanc
86	Aroma had grapefruit, white flowers, apple, mango, and minerals. Flavour showed minerals, grapefruit, lime, freshly cut grass, and white flowers.

Comte Armand Bourgogne Aligoté
85	Aroma had green apples, passionfruit, minerals, and lime. Flavour showed grapefruit, minerals, white flowers, and subtle lime. Medium plus acid and dry.

Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis Premier Cru 'Vau de Vey'
85	Minerally aroma with hints of lemon and grapefruit. Flavour had minerals, lemon, grapefruit, and lime. Still plenty of acidity. Would store for a handful of years. Medium-plus acidity and dry.

Domaine Philippe Charlopin-Parizot Clos des Fixey Monopole 'Fixin'
89	Aroma had sweet bread, raspberries, grapefruit, and lime. Flavour showed lime, grapefruit, cake, minerals, tangerine, and white peach. Good length, balance and texture. Medium pus acidity and dry.

Domaine Ponsot Saint-Romain Cuvée de la Mésange
87	Aroma had white flowers, grapefruit, minerals with a touch of lime. Flavour showed minerals, grapefruit, oysters, white peach, and floral hints. Medium plus acid and dry.

Domaine Vrignaud Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume
88	Aroma had minerals, lemons, and licorice. Flavour had lemons, lime, minerals, subtle licorice, and grapefruit. Medium acidity and dry.

Domaine Vrignaud Les Vaupulans Chablis1er Cru Fourchaume
87	Aroma had minerals, lemon, and lime, Flavour held licorice, minerals, lime, and candied lemon. Medium acidity and dry.

Dominique Gruhier Domaine de L'Abbaye du Petit Quincy Chablis
86	Aroma had minerals, white peach, and lemons. Flavour had minerals, light licorice, and grapefruit. Medium acidity and dry.

La Chablisienne Chardonnay Bourgogne
86	Aroma had lemons and lime with white floral hints. Flavour held white peach, red apples, raspberries, and lime. Medium acidity and dry.

Louis Michel & Fils Chablis
86	Aroma had grapefruit, lime, oysters, and white peach. Flavour showed white flowers, minerals, lemons, unripe mango, and lime.

Philippe Chavy Meursault 'Les Narvaux'
88	Aroma had minerals along with faint hints of white flowers, lemon and lime. Flavour showed white peach, lime, licorice, white blossoms, and minerals. Delicate flavour with good potential. Medium acidity and dry.

Philippe Colin Saint-Aubin Premier Cru 'Les Combes'
87	Aroma had minerals, grapefruit, and lime. Flavour showed subtle sulphur, lime, grapefruit, and minerals. Medium plus acidity and dry.

Remoissenet Père & Fils Puligny-Montrachet
90	Aroma had grapefruit, lime, raspberries, white blossoms, and floral honey. Flavour showed lime, floral honey, tangerine, salt, and raspberries with a touch of licorice. Medium plus acid and dry.

 

Domaine Antonin Guyon Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru
92	Aroma had dark cherries, currants, forest floor, oak, light licorice, and strawberries. Flavour showed succulent cherries, oak, licorice, forest floor, and currants. Good length. Medium plus tannins, medium plus acid and dry.

Domaine Coquard Loison-Fleurot Vosne-Romanée
86	Aroma had boiled red berries, vanilla, smoke, and currants. Flavour showed wild strawberries, cherries, forest floor, cigar box and subtle oak. Medium acid, medium tannins and dry.

Domaine Jacques Prieur Beaune Champs-Pimont 1er Cru Rouge
89	Aroma had cherries, black currant, wild strawberries, forest floor, smoke, and oak. Flavour showed cherries, black currant, red and black small forest berries, oak, subtle smoke, forest floor, and subtle licorice. Medium plus tannins, medium acid and dry.

Domaine Lécheneaut Bourgogne 'Clos Prieur'
88	Aroma had candied cherries, raspberries, herbs, sweet wild strawberries, and forest floor. Flavour had succulent cherries, subtle oak, forest floor, raspberries, wild strawberries, and currants. Medium tannins, medium acid and dry.

Domaine Michel Magnien Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
92	Aroma had dark cherries, licorice, forest floor, black currant, wild strawberries, coffee notes, and oak. Flavour showed oak, dark cherries, licorice, black currant, subtle smoke, hints of tobacco, and forest floor. Good length. Medium acid, medium tannins and dry.

Domaine Robert Chevillon Les Perrières Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru
91	Aroma had cherries, black and red currant, forest floor, oak, violets, and licorice. Flavour had plenty of succulent cherries, forest strawberries, mainly black currants, cranberries, forest floor, oak, and licorice. Long length. Medium plus acid, medium plus tannins and dry.

Domaine Tollot-Beaut Chorey-Lès-Beaune
88	Aroma had succulent cherries, currants, forest floor, herbs, subtle oak, some subtle spice, and licorice. Flavour had succulent cherries, oak, forest floor, currants, smoke, raspberries, and wild strawberries. Medium plus acid, medium tannins and dry.

Dominique Gruhier Domaine de L'Abbaye du Petit Quincy Bourgogne Épineuil
86	Aroma had small red berries, cherries, forest floor, leather, and oak. Flavour showed oak, forest floor, light leather, cherries, tobacco notes, and currants. Medium acidity and dry.

Frederic Magnien Bourgogne Graviers
88	Aroma had cherries, small red berries, blackberries, currants, oak, and forest floor. Flavour showed cherries, oak, forest floor, leather, small berries, and currants. Medium acidity and dry.

Hubert Lignier Morey-Saint-Denis 'Très Girard'
88	Aroma had dark cherries, black currant, forest floor, and oak. Flavour showed succulent cherries, currants, oak, licorice, and forest floor. Good length. Medium acid, medium tannins and dry.

Jean-Claude Ramonet Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge
88	Aroma cherries, oak, smoke, candied cranberries, small red berries, and forest floor. Flavour had oak, smoke, succulent cherries, forest floor, herbs, and raspberries. Medium plus tannins, medium acid and dry.

Joblot Clos du Cellier Aux Moines Givry 1er Cru
87	Aroma had cherries, raspberries, and forest strawberries. Flavour showed cherries, strawberries, forest floor, and subtle oak. Medium acid, medium tannins and dry.

Joseph Drouhin Côte de Beaune Rouge
87	Aroma had cherries, raspberries, leather, wild strawberries, and currants. Flavour had currants, cherries, forest floor and -berries, and oak. Medium acid, medium tannins and dry.

Mongeard-Mugneret Vosne-Romanée Les Maizières Hautes
89	Aroma had red cherries, subtle smoke, oak, minerals, forest floor, wild strawberries, and currants. Flavour showed red cherries, wild strawberries, oak, forest floor, hints of tobacco, and currants. Medium plus acid, medium plus tannins and dry.

Paul Pillot Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Clos Saint-Jean Rouge
87	Aroma showed red cherries, wild strawberries, red currants, and forest floor. Flavour had cherries, forest strawberries, currants, forest floor, oak, and licorice. Medium tannins, medium acid and dry.

Roux Père & Fils Chambolle-Musigny Premier Cru 'Les Noirots'
89	Aroma had sweet cherries, red currants, blackberries, oak, wild strawberries, and light leather notes. Flavour had succulent cherries, oak, subtle leather, wild strawberries, currants, and forest floor. Medium plus acid, medium tannins and dry.

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