2007 Bourgogne Blanc

The 2007 Bourgogne displays some mineral intrigue with stony and savory crustacean-like notes, fruit pit bitterness, and hints of toasted nuts, allied to lemon and Persian melon. There is an invigorating sense of interplay between mineral and fruit elements here, carrying in to a finish of considerable. As there are 20,000 bottles of this, it can serve as a very fine calling card for Roulot‘s and the vintage’s style. I would plan to enjoy it over the next 2-3 years. Jean-Marc Roulot as usual racked his 2007s back into tank one year after their early September harvest, then let them rest on their fine lees there for 5-6 months before bottling, believing – as did so many growers – that the 2007s needed time to evolve before bottling. He considers himself to have had an advantage this year due to his predominance of northerly, high-elevation sites that benefited from breezes to ward off rot, and especially able to benefit from the north wind that brought general drying and concentration at the beginning of September. Finished alcohols hover around 12.5, “and lower degrees are no handicap as far as I am concerned,” opines Roulot. Still, he acknowledges that perhaps he might have done well to hold off a few more days with the harvest in certain parcels. Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524