Press Review Millésime 1999

by Michel Smolarek for Guide des Sommeliers

by Michel Bettane, Bernard Burtschy, Thierry Desseauve for Revue des Vins de France

Côte de Beaune white la Grande Châtelaine

"Good brilliant robe, pale yellow with green hint. Nose with butter, white peach and nuts aromas with woody notes. Supple and soft palate in attack. Steady ends with a refreshing acidity. Strong aromatic persistence in end. A racey wine with a good fineness, worthy of the great white appellations of Burgundy ! "
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 17/20

Côte de Beaune le Clos des Topes Bizot

"Ripped cherry color, elegant cherry nose. This wine of Beaune (at the top of hillside, Savigny side) has all the necessary quality to age : structure, concentration, substance. Liquorice touch at the end. "
Guide Hachette 2002 *

Nuits Saint Georges les Damodes

"Deep robe, garnet-red with a good brilliance and very intense. Intense black fruit nose (black currant, black berry) with spicy and woody notes. Ample and full mouth with fat tannins. Well-balanced and fresh end, with a good length. "
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 18/20

Pommard les Vignots

"A silky and concentrated substance, tannins are fins and the wine is built with a great coherence. Incontestably, it’s a great bottle from a domain to follow."
Revue des Vins de France. Octobre 2001. "Bourgogne La nouvelle Génération" ****

"Very deep color. Good nose with beautiful woody notes. Density and concentration in mouth with silky and matured substance. Tight tannins. Good end. "
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 18/20

Pommard les Vaumuriens

" Magnificent aromas of blackcurrant and paprika announce an ample palate, matured, a good concentration very well balanced, with a lingering finish. Du grand art!"
Revue des Vins de France. Mai 2000. "Spécial millésime 1999".
Médaille de Bronze Concours Général Agricole 2002
Guide Hachette 2003

Chambolle-Musigny les Mombies

"Intense robe, deep ruby, with a remarkable youngness. Fine nose, very typical of Chambolle-Musigny with ripe aromas (raspberry) with woody notes. Suave and velvety mouth, with fat tannins. Long end. A wine with a great aromatic purity. A domain to discover in Nuits Saint Georges"
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 18/20

Volnay

"Very deep color. Nose with violet and black currant aromas. Good concentration in mouth, revealing fine and fat tannins giving a velvety texture. Good balance in end. A great concentration for a village ! "
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 18/20
Decanter Février 2002
Médaille de Bronze Concours Général Agricole 2002

Pommard 1er Cru les Bertins

"Between Poutures and Fremiers area, this climate isn’t very well-known. Red with garnet-red circle, this wine with a lovely woody side owns tannins still lively. "
Guide Hachette 2002

""Opaque robe, dark red with blue hints. Very fruity nose with blackberry and blueberry aromas and some spicy and woody notes. Ample attack in palate, revealing firm and tight tannins. Ends with a good acidity. Ample wine, very typical of Pommard. A great wine to lay down. "
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 18/20

"Belle robe soutenue. Le nez s’impose avec intensité par des arômes mentholés. La bouche est ample et dense, avec un corps charnu et savoureux."
Revue des Vins de France Février 2002 ****
Décanter Février 2002
Médaille d’Argent Concours Général Agricole 2002

Beaune 1er Cru les Chouacheux

"Dark color, black currant nose with mocha, warm and powerful in mouth with a lot of fat and a lingering finish."
Guide Hachette 2003

Vosne Romanée 1er Cru les Suchots

"These Suchots reveal a good color (deep cherry) and aroma (cherry) extraction. This wine still has some woody notes which is mixed with dark fruits. A lot of aging potential. "
Guide Hachette 2002 *

"With a deep color, its nose is very typical of its terroir with soft spices. The wine is full and fat, the substance, soft in mouth, is helped thanks a great vinification. That give it fullness, richness and complexity, without forgetting tannins well-blended. "
Revue des Vins de France. Octobre 2001. "Bourgogne La nouvelle Génération".****(*)

"Brilliant robe, ruby with blue light. Very open and fresh nose with black fruits aromas of a great purity, helped with toasted and woody notes. Suave and velvety mouth, round, with fat tannins. Harmonious balance with a discreet acidity giving longs. A 1^er Cru very fine with a remarkable balance. "
Guide des Sommeliers 2002 18/20

"Soil respect and low yields are here the priority. This Vosne 1^er Cru Les Suchots, with a ruby color reveals in first step a toasty nose to give up step by step to a pure black fruit. The mouth is dense, with a fruity volume, provided with rich tannins with a good acidity without abandon its natural elegance, the signature of Vosne Romanée. "
In Vino Veritas sept.-01.

"Very harmonious, woody with intelligence, it shows refreshing notes of wild strawberry and spices. Long, very typical of its terroir."
Revue des Vins de France. Mai 2000. "Spécial millésime 1999".

Clos de Vougeot

"Net, elegant, well vinified, it reveals a bleu-black robe and a liquorice nose."
Revue des Vins de France. Mai 2000. "Spécial millésime 1999".

"Ink color with a remarkable youngness. Deep and concentrated nose with black fruits aromas revealing the complexity of the terroir. Suave and sumptuous mouth with fat and compact tannins. A beautiful structure. A big success. "
Guide des sommeliers 2001 : 19/20