WTN: 2 nice Burgs: '88 Giroud + '05 Lambrays

I met a friend of mine over a pot of boeuf bourguignon. We wanted to taste the Lambrays that recently was available by lottery here (too many wanted it, too few bottles allocated to Finland). He brought a Giroud to taste blind.

• 1988 Camille Giroud Beaune 1er Cru Bressandes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Beaune 1er Cru (5/11/2008)
  Blind: Dark red, orange at rim. Very earthy, slightly stinky/shitty, lifted and citrussy, but with a smell of root vegetables. Tannic, but with aged fruit, quite high acidity - it is very bright and well focused though the fruit is of a darker tone than I would ideally find in my Burgundies. From the rustic and tannic style, I guessed this was an old Fixin. I liked this very much, but it seemed much more advanced than the other two bottles I have recently tried.
• 2005 Domaine des Lambrays Morey St. Denis - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis (5/11/2008)
  Dark. The nose is very sweet and shows much ripeness, but also some red fruited Pinosity. Full bodied, very ripe but with better acidity than I have found in the other '05s so far tried. Very nice.

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Has the Domaine des Lambreys got their act together at long last?

-Paul W.

Has the Domaine des Lambreys got their act together at long last?

-Paul W.

The '04s were nice, too - I don't think I've tasted earlier. So I suppose they might have. Or then I just have bad taste...

-O