Côte D'Or: A Celebration of the Great Wines of BurgundyThe heart of Burgundy, the C te D'Or, produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines that are unrivaled in their quality, intensity, and ability to age in the bottle. On this "golden slope" in eastern France, with its unique terrains and climats, grow the vines for some of the world's finest wines, among them such heralded names as Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Roman e, Puligny- and Chassagne-Montrachet, and Aloxe-Corton. Clive Coates, Master of Wine, has spent much of the last fifteen years in the C te D'Or, and this book is the splendid result of his assiduous exploring, tasting, and assessing of the region's wines. With his unique access to each clos and domaine, and to individual negociants and vignerons, Coates may know more about the C te D'Or and its wines than any other living writer. In Part One, he describes the C te D'Or's famous villages, introduces every manor grower and his wines, and evaluates each grand and premier cru, recommending the best sources in every climat. Part Two profiles the top sixty domaines, with notes on a vertical tasting of one of their wines. Part Three consists of vintage assessments on the best red and white years since 1945 and includes thousands of detailed tasting notes. C te D'Or is a work of love and passion, praise and criticism, understanding and scholarship. Above all, it is a celebration of one of the world's great wine regions, the people who live there, and their fabled wines. It is an essential addition to every wine library and an inviting read for any wine lover. |
Contents
INDEX 996 | 16 |
VosneRomanée and FlageyEchézeaux | 119 |
HautesCôtesdeNuits | 161 |
Corton and the Wines of Ladoix Aloxe | 385 |
Volnay | 407 |
AuxeyDuresses | 418 |
SaintRomain | 425 |
Jean Grivot VosneRomanée | 461 |
Matrot Meursault | 535 |
Hubert de Montille Volnay | 545 |
Albert Morot Beaune | 554 |
Georges Mugneret and Mugneret | 563 |
Ponsot MoreySaintDenis | 573 |
Ramonet ChassagneMontrachet | 585 |
Daniel Rion NuitsSaintGeorges | 591 |
Guy Roulot Meursault | 609 |
Robert Groffier MoreySaintDenis | 468 |
Alain HudelotNoëllat Vougeot | 480 |
Henri Jayer VosneRomanée | 495 |
Comtes Lafon Meursault | 510 |
Leflaive PulignyMontrachet | 520 |
Leroy VosneRomanée | 527 |
Étienne Sauzet PulignyMontrachet | 628 |
Comte Senard AloxeCorton | 634 |
ThomasMoillard NuitsSaintGeorges | 641 |
1994 | 995 |
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acidity Aloxe-Corton ample astringent austere Auxey-Duresses balanced better Bonnes-Mares bottle Burgundy Caillerets cellar cent Chambertin Chambolle Chambolle-Musigny Chardonnay Charmes Chassagne Chassagne-Montrachet Château classy climat Clos Clos-de-Vougeot complex concentrated Corton Corton-Charlemagne cuvée destemmed domaine Drink soon Echézeaux elegant evolved Faiveley fermage finesse finish flavour four-square fragrant fresh gently oaky Gevrey Gevrey-Chambertin grand cru grip growers hectares intensity Jacques Jean Joseph Drouhin lacks a bit lacks a little Leflaive less lieu-dit lot of depth Louis Jadot Lovely fruit mature colour meaty Medium body Medium colour Medium to medium-full Medium-full colour Meursault Michel Monthélie Montrachet Morey Morey-Saint-Denis Morgeots Musigny Nuits-Saint-Georges palate Père et Fils Pernand-Vergelesses Perrières Pinot Noir Plenty of depth plump Pommard Puligny Puligny-Montrachet red wine rich Richebourg ripe Romanée-Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant rouge et blanc Santenay Savigny-lès-Beaune Slightly Soft spicy style stylish succulent tannins taste touch vigorous village wine vines vineyard vinified vintage Volnay Vosne-Romanée white wine wine wine-making