Too drinkable. For the fans and farmers of Burgundy, 2009 was a golden year. The weather was perfect, the grapes were clean and healthy, and there were plenty of them. One writer soon after the vintage predicted that the early-drinking 2009s would probably age well, if only collectors could keep their hands off them long enough to find out.
Today the 2009s are more drinkable than ever, showing the ripe, punchy fruit for which the vintage was known. We’re nearing the end of our stock of 2009 red Burgundies, and the domaines too are sadly out of stock. There’s talk of the 2015s vintage ending up even better than 09, but as those are several years off, we’re fully enjoying what’s left of the 09s.
Burgundian Superstar. We served the 2009 Nuits-St-Georges at a Tom’s wedding a year ago — and now a few weeks after the first anniversary, it’s drinking even better. A few years ago Clive Coates MW named Michel Gros in the top 17 domaines in all of Burgundy — a list that included Romanée-Conti, Leroy, and Comtes Lafon — and highlighted the “nobility and elegance” of his wines.
The 2009 Nuits-St-Georges is dark and woodsy, showing roasted wild cherries and earth. There’s plenty of round tannin left in this wine, which should carry it easily for several more years. But with a carafe and a half hour, this is elegant, delicious red Burgundy that’s hard to put down.
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MICHEL GROS Nuits-St-Georges 2009
Ansonia Retail: $66
case, half-case: $58/bot
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AVAILABLE IN 6- AND 12- BOTTLE LOTS
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