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The May 2023 Auction: Part 3
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Estimate: $350
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"Good deep ruby-red. Sexy aromas of black raspberry, cherry, smoke, game and minerals; more tangy than the Boudots or Clos Vougeot. Superripe and sweet, but with good lift and definition to the black raspberry, game and spice flavors. Finishes with broad, dusty tannins and excellent mineral-driven length . . . . ‘2005 is a great vintage, no question about it,’ said Jean-Nicolas Meo. ‘There's a silkiness to the wines that might not be obvious today. And they're also a bit more acidic than I expected a year ago, which will push back their period of optimum drinkability. The vintage will evolve very slowly but I don't expect the wines ever to close up completely.’ Meo went on: ‘We had some rain during the week of September 5, and another 20 millimeters early the following week. The vineyards immediately took on water, and we lost 0.5 degrees of potential alcohol in one week. The good weather returned on September 16 or 17 and we started picking on the 16th. But we quickly stopped for four days because we figured out that the grapes needed more ripeness. And of course the weather forecast at that point was very favorable.’ Meo ultimately produced his smallest crop level to date with the exception of 2003, due in large part to losses from hail in May: 17 hl/ha for Brulees and Cros Parantoux, 21 for Richebourg and 25 for Clos Vougeot. Incidentally, Meo told me he did not experiment with including some stems in the vinification for fear of getting wines with ‘too much structure.’"
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"Good deep ruby-red. Sexy aromas of black raspberry, cherry, smoke, game and minerals; more tangy than the Boudots or Clos Vougeot. Superripe and sweet, but with good lift and definition to the black raspberry, game and spice flavors. Finishes with broad, dusty tannins and excellent mineral-driven length . . . . ‘2005 is a great vintage, no question about it,’ said Jean-Nicolas Meo. ‘There's a silkiness to the wines that might not be obvious today. And they're also a bit more acidic than I expected a year ago, which will push back their period of optimum drinkability. The vintage will evolve very slowly but I don't expect the wines ever to close up completely.’ Meo went on: ‘We had some rain during the week of September 5, and another 20 millimeters early the following week. The vineyards immediately took on water, and we lost 0.5 degrees of potential alcohol in one week. The good weather returned on September 16 or 17 and we started picking on the 16th. But we quickly stopped for four days because we figured out that the grapes needed more ripeness. And of course the weather forecast at that point was very favorable.’ Meo ultimately produced his smallest crop level to date with the exception of 2003, due in large part to losses from hail in May: 17 hl/ha for Brulees and Cros Parantoux, 21 for Richebourg and 25 for Clos Vougeot. Incidentally, Meo told me he did not experiment with including some stems in the vinification for fear of getting wines with ‘too much structure.’"
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