Thread: TN: 2 Drouhin reds and 1 RM Champagne

On Dec 29, 10:32�am, DaleW <Dwmi...@aol.com> wrote:
> Betsy's sister had been away skiing on Christmas, so we had her and
> her family over for the last night of Hanukkah. Spinach parmesan
> balls, grilled salmon, latkes with applesauce and sour cream, salad,
> and donuts (they played some game where you have the donut on a string
> and race to pull it up with your mouth). Besides the donuts, there was
> apple pie, and cheese (a Neals Yard Stilton and Langres). There was
> also a bit of wine:
>
> NV Brigandat Brut Reserve Champagne
> Rounder fuller style, with apple fruit accented by Rainer cherries and
> a hint of baking powder biscuits. Tasty, nice, but occasionally seemed
> a little too sweet to me, I wish they had trimmed the dosage just a
> tad. Still, pretty good. B/B+
>
> 2001 Drouhin Chambolle-Musigny
> I like '01 on the CdN, and especially Chambolle. This is a lovely
> bottle of village wine, just beginning to hit its stride. Red and
> black cherries, some plum, light gamy and earth notes. Nicely
> balanced, good fruit with a sense of elegance, about all one could
> want in a village wine. A-/B+
>
> 2005 Drouhin Chorey-les-Beaune
> Less of a sense of elegance here, but still a nice bottle of wine. Red
> plums and currants, tannins riding in the backseat, good acids. B
>
> Nice night of family, food,and wine
>
> Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent
> wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't
> drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no
> promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.
> �

I've never found any Chorey-les Beaune to exhibit much elegance but
tasted a few '05's that were quite good due to the ripe fruit nature
of the vintage.

Chorey-lès-Beaune is a bit of a geological oddity - for some reason, a scrap
of terroir in the middle of the clay plain east of the golden slope. In the
hands of good producers not seldom a good budget alternative, often (to my
mind, but I buy at the cellar door) good QPR. Agree with Bi!!, not elegant
but can be a good quaffer.
Funny, we were induced to blind-taste a red at our friends' house a few
months back - we were convinced the wine was a Northern Rhone, most likely
St Joseph - but it turned out to be a Chorey. I do not remember name of
producer (we buy our Chorey at Poulleau, in Volnay), it was not bad though,
just - untypical.

Cheers

Nils