WTN: Recent 2009s

2009 Vissoux Fleurie Poncié
Ripe round and fleshy. Very Voluptuous. There is a lot of wine in this bottle! Of course it still tastes like Beaujolais (at least to me) and is not at all a ringer for southern wines. But I’m guessing I will like this more in the future when the depth and stoniness take over from the voluptuousness. Because there is a promising finely-knit and suave aspect to the wine. Nice.

2009 Vissoux Brouilly Pierreux
Ripe and broad but not as plush as the Poncié. Not as much ‘flavor’ either, but a lot more energy. Two ways to enjoy wine. This was fun and I’ll be happy to taste these wines again in the future.

2009 Clos de la Roilette Fleurie and 2009 Clos de la Roilette Fleurie Cuvée Tardive
Both are great. Enjoy them. I look forward to seeing them evolve. Different bottles of each have tasted richer/firmer/plusher/more pulsating, etc, etc. It’s all a moving target. So keep drinking.

2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet
I opened this for my in-laws and at first was a bit annoyed that I couldn’t find the Briords. But any sense of regret was quickly washed away by this kickass delicious wine. So freaking good and perfect with the sea bass.

2009 Daniel Bouland Morgon Corcelette VV
Big and big with some fragrant herbal elements dancing around on top. On the first day it has a rubbery gummy rich middle that is a bit too much for me, but on the second day that thins out and I like the round bubble of cool dark Morgon fruit. Not sure what that says about future evolution, but with all the great wine out there this one bottle didn’t make me inspired to buy more. Will see if that’s my loss.

2009 Daniel Bouland Morgon Delys
From the first sip this shows much better detail and complexity than the Corcelette. It is of course very primary, but still fine and elegant. Very nice. With a few hours of air some fierce (for Morgon) tannins come in and start to shut down the show. But it was nice while it lasted.

Those 09s are fun, aren't they? I'm looking forward to trying some Vissoux Fleurie soon, just bought some Garants from Crush.

Appreciate the Bouland notes, had been thinking about buying but from those descriptions I don't think I will.

BTW, the 09 Briords is spectacular. You'll want to find that bottle soon.

BTW, the 09 Briords is spectacular. You'll want to find that bottle soon.

I've had a few bottles of the regular and the Briords and I agree. Fun wines. But this bottle of the regular did not leave us wanting for anything. Which was nice.

Appreciate the Bouland notes, had been thinking about buying but from those descriptions I don't think I will..

Apparently Daniel Bouland makes big extracted wines (within the context of Beaujolais) every vintage. These were my first two samples of his wines and they were interesting. I would probably enjoy tasting them with some more age. But (woe is us!) there's just so much good wine out there to buy and not enough time to drink it all.

BTW, the 09 Briords is spectacular. You'll want to find that bottle soon.

I've had a few bottles of the regular and the Briords and I agree. Fun wines. But this bottle of the regular did not leave us wanting for anything. Which was nice.

Nice Rahsaan. Pepiere no longer repped here in AB, but if it was guess we would still be drinking an earlier vinatage...as usual!

I haven't seen many of the much heralded 2009 Muscadets in local wine shops, including neither the Pepiere nor its Briords. I don't want to miss them. I've been kicking myself for four years ever since the 2005 Briords sold out before I got any.

Last night we did open a bottle of Pierre Luneau Papin Domain Pierre de La Grange Sur Lie, a big name for a wine with a miniscule price. Someone whose palate I respect recommended it but we found it a little quirky on the finish. Maybe it's an off bottle as the cork is less than pristine.

Nice wines! I have only had the 09 Pepiere from the supposedly lesser first batch, but loved. Love the Coudert Tardive, too. Have the Poncie and regular Coudert Fleurie, but haven't tried yet. Bouland is new name to me. Thanks for notes

Bouland is new name to me

New to me as well, but always happy to try good Morgon. Imported by Weygandt, purchased at Chambers. I saw Lyle and Levenberg giving enthusiastic notes on Berserkers, but I didn't love them. Always more to learn I suppose.