Bourgogne Côte d'Or Pinot Noir

Another brilliant Bourgogne Cote d’Or from this rising young Burgundy young gun. Bright lifted nose of mid season cherries with some dark red cherries thrown in the mix and a lipstick like intensity. Floral. Like fresh dark roses. Lovely stoniness In the background. So pure and clean. Really just a remarkable nose. Luscious, deep and layered fruit. Palate is remarkable. Juicy, luscious, succulent and deep with huge red cherries, some darker red cherries and superb balance and incredible purity. This is better than the 19. Awesome awesome wine. Just so good. What one wants. That mouthfeel is a knockout. Huge mid palate and lovey treacly texture. So much mid palate amplitude. Stunning. As this airs the nose gets soil tones and you get even more flowers. This is a remarkable bottle of wine. Potting soil. But fresh and wet. So complex.

One of the best values in Burgundy. Producer and estate. Such a gorgeous nose. Big sappy red fruits, elegant spices and cooling minerals. Huge cherry explosion. Real depth here and such vivid aromatic details. So pretty. Wow, 19 is the bomb! Palate is so juicy and so pure. Okay, my man has taken the leap. The balance here is extraordinary. So clean and balanced. Startling purity. This is blowing my mind. Such supple texture. So silken and sweet. Crystalline levels of purity here. Almost a 9.3 and could be with air. Just needs to flesh out a bit. But it’s all there.

After much air this is super floral and just lovely. Stunning fruit. So pretty. Still keeping at 9.2. My initial assessment was correct.

Gorgeously red fruited nose. Cherries galore. Lovely hit of earth. Very pretty and smells silky. Palate is just terrific. Juicy, pure and super clean. Loads of sour and red cherries and a baby Pommard vibe here as it finishes very stoney. Lovely texture and a hint of rusticity. Just a great humble very satisfying wine. Long and juicy.

First time tasting this from Rebourgeon. Awesome nose. Such pure, layered and tangy fruit. Soil tones. Stoniness. So clean. Spice as well and very refined. Juicy and clean with ample, luscious fruit and incredible refined tannins. Great length. Beautiful balance, sap and purity. Juicy tannins that are very high quality. Really terrific. As it airs nose becomes more mineral and the palate gets imbued with stoniness. This is super impressive. Really dense fruit and so refined and long for the level. So so pure. Almost a 9.3.

Really quite nice, especially for the price. Precise with great red fruit, bit of lifted earth, nice finish with great acid. Nice pairing with a roast chicken with a slight chill.

Wow. This tastes just like … a Bourgogne rouge made by William whitehead. What a coincidence.

You get that succulent sexy fruit without as much of the complexity of the better terroir. Which is what you want some nights.

Nose: earth sexy cherries. Hints of cherry liquor.

Palate: full on mid to late season cherry. Cherry liquor. Hints of cherry licorice.

Fass selections

Lovely, traditional offering. Gorgeous red fruit, nice balance, looong finish, drinking beautifully as is. Ty, Fass Selections.

What's makes for sappy wine? In a sea of a thousand definitions, mine has (with pure blind assumption) been those moments when the fruit is so there, it's intrinsic and not a reference or reflection. Like a concentrated sap of the plant. Essence. Deep to the core, with texture and a sense of youthful juiciness. Cherry Sap is what comes to mind in the 2019 Rebourgeon.

Cherry sap with beautiful peripheries. Cedar, coffee, cocoa, salty minerality. Behaves well, sits pretty and perched in its little place.

So substantial - thick, milky, like some sap. Or whatever this is.

Sad, thin wine. Probably a bad bottle, though.

Nice Pinot noir but probably just a bit below my expectations. Some nice dark cherry notes, but it just doesn’t all tie together for whatever reason…doesn’t have the acid and precision that I was hoping for.