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Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot

With holdings across the best sites of the Cote de Beaune, Boillot is a very good source of objective intelligence on the relative merits of vintages-and it helps that this softspoken but articulate winemaker is not prone to overstatement. 1995, Boillot notes, was more successful on the Cote de Nuits than on the Cote de Beaune, as the harvest in the southern part of the Cote d'Or was more affected by rain. The vintage has produced spicy, minerally wines that are a bit austere, according to Boillot; the Pommards were favored while the Volnays seem a bit more severe. 1996, in comparison, offers superb fruit, more fruit-driven complexity and finer tannins. Sugar levels were generally a bit lower than those of '95, and acidity levels somewhat higher. I tasted the '96s out of cuve where they were being prepared for January bottling. By bringing down the temperature of the juice, says Boillot, it easier to clarify the wine with the fining. (Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; also a Becky Wasserman Selection; importers include Esquin Imports, San Francisco, CA and Atlanta Wholesale, Atlanta, GA.)

From 1996 and 1995 Red Burgundies (Mar 1998) by Stephen Tanzer

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