Domaine Morey-Coffinet 2016 Pre Arrival Offer. Super new scores from Burghound

Tiny quantities, serious wines...

Excellent scores from Burghound and Bill Nanson

Burghound's reviews of the 2016 Whites Burgundies have just been published. He is extremely positive about Morey-Coffinet's whites (as was Bill Nanson).

The now legendary frost of 27 April severely affected the domaine's vineyards and the volume of grapes produced varied from 10% to 40% of usual. Sadly, this means that a number of cuvees were not be produced in 2016.

We have small quantities still available at our Pre Arrival Discount of 15%. The wines will arrive in Australia at the end of next month.

Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru 2016

Normally $729.00

Pre Arrival Price $619.00

5 bottles remaining

From a .13 ha parcel of vines planted in 1996 and located on the Chassagne side that produced 1 barrel rather than 3 in 2016. That's just 300 bottles for the world!

Burghound:

Here the beautifully fresh nose is attractively floral with its mix of white orchard fruit, especially white peach, and softly oaky aromas. There is outstanding size and weight to the broad-shouldered yet refined flavors that possess a succulent mid-palate that contrasts with the powerful and impressively long finish. This needs to develop better depth but the underlying material appears to be present such that my rating implicitly assumes it will.
93 Points

Bill Nanson "The Burgundy Report": From the Chassagne side, close to the only tree in the vineyard! One-third of a normal harvest here. One row of vines near the wall was fine, but the deeper into the vineyard you moved, the more frosted it became.

Freshness and a little salinity too. Hmm, fine intensity here - really a changing flavour, continuously evolving in the mouth. Some salinity and layers of flavour. Excellent wine...

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles 2016

Normally $256.50

Pre Arrival Price $217.95

6 bottles remaining

Burghound:

An elegant and admirably pure nose displays liqueur-like aromas of pear, honeysuckle, citrus zest and a hint of spice. Here too the medium weight flavors possess a lovely mouth feel if not quite the same concentration and complexity on the balanced and harmonious finish. This is certainly very pretty and sophisticated but the La Romanée offers another dimension of depth. A Sweet Spot Wine. 91 Points

Bill Nanson "The Burgundy Report": The nose starts wide, becomes, more floral, some salinity, slowly changing, and ever-more attractive. Hmm, really good volume in the mouth, changing, not the must focus, but there is discrete structure and always fine flavour of good intensity. Fine, elegant and beautiful, and with delicious waves of finishing flavour.

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Romanee 2016

Normally $186.95

Pre Arrival Price $158.95

30 bottles remaining

Burghound:

Post-bottling residual SO2 presently dominates the underlying fruit. There is a highly seductive mouth feel to the intensely stony, dense and vibrant medium weight flavors that possess outstanding complexity on the balanced and saline-infused finish. This is terrific. A Sweet Spot Wine. 93 Points

Bill Nanson "The Burgundy Report": A faint oak spice with a vibration of reduction. Hmm, layers - and delicious layers of flavour at that. Mouth-watering gorgeous wine. Really super wine here!

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru En Cailleret 2016

Normally $186.95

Pre Arrival Price $158.95

28 bottles remaining

Burghound:

There is a whiff of reduction that shaves the top notes from the floral and citrus aromas. Otherwise there is once again fine concentration to the much more mineral-inflected and finer middle weight flavors that are shaped by both a tautly muscular mouth feel and lemon-tinged acidity on the balanced finale. A Sweet Spot Wine. 91 Points

Bill Nanson "The Burgundy Report": A little higher toned, faint pepper spice. A brighter freshness, seemingly spiced, but layers of flavour, indeed sweetness of flavour. Delicious wine - perhaps I expect a little more density but this is super tasty...

Chassagne-Montrachet 2016

Normally $122.95

Pre Arrival Price $104.50

32 bottles remaining

Burghound: not reviewed

Bill Nanson "The Burgundy Report": This and Puligny Pucelles have been bottled.

Hmm, bright, almost spiced and saline nose with a classic herb. Wide, almost spicy Meursault style but with a different structure. Layers of fine Chassagne flavour. Delicious wine.

If you are a fan of the domaine you should not miss the 2016's.

To view and order the wines on our website click here.

You may also order by email to luke@grandmillesime.com.au or phone (03) 9326 5737. Free shipping for 12 or more bottles anywhere in Australia.

Cheers,

Darren

Grand Millesime Pty Ltd

21 Toorak Road

South Yarra

Vic 3141

Phone: (03) 9326 5737

Fax: (03) 9326 6744

www.grandmillesime.com.au

sales@grandmillesime.com.au

Morey-Coffinet Corton ROUGE Grand Cru 2016

First ever vintage

12 bottles available

The historic first vintage of a new wine from Morey-Coffinet.

Burghound: Moderate amounts of floral elements can be found on the red and dark cherry aromas are cut with notes of the sauvage and earth. There is a wonderful texture to the velvety, sappy and muscular big-bodied flavors that possess notably better depth and persistence on the much more structured and youthfully austere finale. Good stuff if you have at least some patience. 2028+. 93 Points

Normally $268.95

Pre Arrival Price $228.50

Click here to view and order on our website.

Au Pied du Mont Chauve Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Demoiselles 2015

Just over a case left

"The tiny Puligny-Montrachet Les Demoiselles is both very rare and potentially of exceptional quality, so highly sought-after." Jasper Morris

Les Demoiselles is a 0.6 hectare white vineyard immediately to the right (north) of Montrachet. Here there are just three owners. Jasper Morris MW says "The tiny Puligny-Montrachet Les Demoiselles is both very rare and potentially of exceptional quality, so highly sought-after."

It is notably stony with a little more topsoil than Chevalier-Montrachet above. Indeed part of the vineyard owned by the powerful negociants Jadot and Latour was reclassified as Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru in the late 1930's (today, they still use the name Les Demoiselles on their labels).

The Au Pied du Mont Chauve vines were originally owned by Bernard Colin and were purchased by the Picard family (owner of Au Pied du Mont Chauve and Chateau Chassagne-Montrachet) in 2007. Their parcel is in the prime location at the south end, right alongside Montrachet.

The domaine has one custom made 350 litre barrel to hold their entire production. That's 466 bottles for the world! This really is a special vineyard, not unlike Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru La Dent de Chien, except even harder to find. The location, rarity and quality justifies its premium over other Premier Crus.

Darren Harris: Harvested early - 5 September. The 2015 is richer and more powerful on the nose than the 2014. The mid palate has higher glycerol and more texture. There is heaps of extract - Grand Cru weight. To be honest it doesn't remind me of any other Premier Cru - it has that pineapple character, which combined with multi layered complexity, immediately sends me 10 metres south to Montrachet. And more so than the higher acid 2014. The wine finishes long and fresh, surprisingly without oak influence (the domaine uses a specially made barrel for the vinification as the quantity produced is so small. It was not new in 2015). I was very impressed with all of the 2015 whites at this domaine but the wine that stands out, and even benefits from the character of the vintage, is Les Demoiselles.

Normally $395.00

Special $335.75

To view the wine on our website click here.

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