Day 4-Burgundy-Gevrey-Chambertin

After Bouvier we drove to Gevrey-Chambertin to the town hall to meet Pierre Boillot, son and winemaker of Domaine Lucien Boillot et Fils. This was a great way to taste the appellations side by side from the Cote d'Or from village to village because Pierre has his hands in it all. We had lunch while we were here. This is the first meal in which we had raw vegetables in the way of a salad. We were all fighting over the lettuce. I also had the spiciest (therefore the best) mustard I've ever tasted in my life. We have represented several of these wines in the past and thought they were phenomenal, it was great to taste this staggering line-up of white and red Burgundy.

Tasting order:
2008 Puligny-Montrachet 'Les Perriers' 1er Cru-honey, custard, apples, cinnamon
2008 Les Grandes Poisots Pinot Beurot (another name for Pinot Gris)-never had a Burgundian Pinot Gris before-one of the last vineyards of Pinot Gris left in Burgundy. Pinot Gris originated in Burgundy before heading to Alsace. Really nice structure and body-round ripe apple fruits
2008 Bourgogne Rouge-Fresh, clean, bright, clear, very good structure
2008 Volnay-same parcel as the Pinot Berot, very good, same nose as '05
2008 Volnay 'Brouillards' 1er Cru-Big structure, juicy fruit. This was really good and will age nicely
2008 Volnay 'Les Angles' 1er Cru-takes its name from the triangular shape of the vineyards
2008 Volnay 'Caillerets' 1er Cru-tasted and smelled like freshly baked cherry pie
2008 Pommard-Black or bing cherry, rhubarb. I usually don't like Pommard, but I liked this one, great color.
2008 Pommard 'Fremiers' 1er Cru-more earth and oak in this one than the others, nice juicy fruit in mouth, love the palate, not the nose.
2008 Pommard 'Croix Noires' 1er Cru-80yr old vines, heavenly nose, love the nose on this one, but not the palate.
2008 Gevrey-Chambertin-not as earthy as '05, this is really, really good
2008 Gevrey-Chambertin 'Les Evocelles'-this is not a 1er Cru, however, Pierre and other vignerons bottle it separately because they believe it should be 1er Cru...delicate nose, light cherry pie in nose and mouth
2008 Gevrey-Chambertin 'La Perriere' 1er Cru-comes from name Pierre which means rock or stone-soil is very rocky w/ limestone, so a lot of minerality in nose, very firm structure-bruised apple in nose and mouth
2008 Gevrey-Chambertin 'Les Corbeaux' 1er Cru-means crow, light, strange nose, really tannic
2008 Gevrey-Chambertin 'Les Cherbaudes' 1er Cru-Generally thought to be the top 1er Cru in Gevrey...80-90yr old vines-gamey, earthy, musty on nose with delicious red currants in the mouth
2008 Nuits-St-George 'Les Pruliers' 1er Cru-100yr old vines-nice herbality to it...perfect balance between fruit and tannins
2007 Volnay 'Les Angles'-mmmmmmmmm






Pierre Boillot




Pierre and his lovely wife, Sophie