2009 Bourgogne Rouge

The 2009 Bourgogne is a supple, sexy wine with a radiant open personality and plenty of generosity in its fruit. This shows good juiciness as well as freshness. It is a beautiful wine at this level. The vineyards are in Nuits St. Georges. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2019. Regis Forey began harvesting on September 13. His wines did a total of eight(!) weeks of cuvaison, by far the lengthiest vinifications of any grower I visited. Forey used 100% new oak for all of his 1ers and Grands Crus. The wines were bottled between December, 2010 and February, 2011 with no fining or filtration. These are unusually open, fruit-driven wines, even within the context of 2009. The Grand Crus are not necessarily better than some of the 1ers. I am not sure how well the wines will age, but in most cases they will certainly deliver considerable pleasure early on. Importer: Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Pine Plains, NY; tel. (800) 910-1990

Very juicy and fruity and easy, for early drinking – all charm. All 500-litre barrels and 10% new. (JR)