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Domaine Frédéric Esmonin

The Esmonin wines are rarely the last word in concentration, but in the good years they are silky, agreeable, and awfully sexy. Two thousand nine is one of those years, as the wines began with good material and grape sugars and show good balance. Will they age a long time? The Esmonins weren't sure: Frederic thought that the 1999s had a bit more fruit and material. The Esmonins began harvesting on September 14, bringing in rot-free fruit with 13.5+% potential alcohol. No selection was necessary, said Andre Esmonin. They cut the temperature of the arriving fruit to 10oC for a five-day pre-fermentation cold soak, then did three punchdowns daily, plus a remontage, during the beginning of the fermentation. The malos finished on the early side, though not dangerously so, and the 2009s were bottled on October 14.

From 2009 Red Burgundy (Jan 2011) by Stephen Tanzer

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2009 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Champonnets

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