Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Lunch at Lucques with Etienne de Montille

Obviously, this is a great tasting, and one that very few people are ever exposed to. I elected to omit tasting notes because these wines teach you how little you actually can define about them. They constantly evolve and tasting notes become irrelavent, and almost miss the point of the experiance entirely.

Instead, I've enlarged and bolded the text on the wines that I liked most, the wines that I found to be most complete and intriguing. The lesser known appellation of Pernand-Vergelesses really stood out, as did the Grand Crus and the older vintages (surprise, surprise).

Lastly, the 2004's stood out as a particularly poor vintage next to the 2005 and 2006's. The 2004 reds smelled rotten and while the whites didn't smell offensive they were fat and did lack acid and structure.

-Deux Montille, Montagney, 1er Cru, Les Coeres, 2005
-Deux Montille, Rully, 2006
-Deux Montille, Rully, 1er Cru, Les Clous, 2006
-Deux Montille, Montagny, 1er Cru, Les Coeres, 2006
-Deux Montille, Saint Romain, 2006
-Deux Montille, Pernand-Vergelesses, 2006
-Deux Montille, Auxey-Duresses, 2006
-Deux Montille, Pouilly-Fuisse, 2006
-Deux Montille, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, Sur Gamay, 2006
-Deux Montille, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, Murgers des Dents de Chien, 2006
-Deux Montille, Pernand-Vergelesses, Sous Fretille, 2006

Whites
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Monthelie, Blanc, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, En Remilly, Blanc, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, Blanc, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Blanc, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, Blanc, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, 1er Cru, Les Poruzots, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru, Les Chalumeaux, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Bourgogne Rose de Pinot Noir, 2007
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Bourgogne, Clos du Chateau, Blanc, 2005
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Monthelie, Blanc, 2004
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, St. Romain, Blanc, 2004
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Chassagne-Montrachet, Blanc, 2005
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, 1er Cru, Les Poruzots, 2004
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru, Les Chalumeaux, 2005

Reds
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Monthelie, Rouge, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Monthelie, 1er Cru, Les Duresses, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, En Remilly, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Nuits Saint Georges, 1er Cru, Clos des Grandes Vignes, 2006
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, En Remilly, 2004
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, Pommard, 2004
-Chateau de Puligny-Montrachet, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, En Remilly, 2005

Reds
-Domaine de Montille, Beaune, 1er Cru, Les Greves, 2006
-Domaine de Montille, Volnay, 1er Cru, Les Taillepieds, 2006
-Domaine de Montille, Pommard, 1er Cru, Les Rugiens, 2006
-Domaine de Montille, Corton, Grand Cru, Clos du Roi, 2006

Library Wines
-Domaine de Montille, Bourgogne Rouge, 2002
-Domaine de Montille, Volnay, 1er Cru, Les Champans, 2000
-Domaine de Montille, Volnay, 1er Cru, Les Mitans, 2002 (Magnum)
-Domaine de Montille, Volnay, 1er Cru, Les Taillepieds, 1998
-Domaine de Montille, Pommard, 1er Cru, Les Pezerolles, 1999
-Deux Montille, St. Aubin, 1er Cru, Sur Gamay, 2004
-Chateau Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, 1er Cru, Les Perrieres, 2004
-Domaine de Montille, Puligny-Montrachet, 1er Cru, Le Cailleret, 2004
-Chateau Puligny Montrachet, Chevalier Montrachet, Grand Cru, 2001