2008 | Domaine Méo-Camuzet | Aux Brulees

Red Wine: 2008 | Domaine Méo-Camuzet | Aux Brulees

Good bright, full red. Much darker on the nose than the Clos Rognets, with black cherry and dark raspberry dominating.

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Producer: Domaine Méo-Camuzet

Ratings: WA | 93 AM | 94

Vintage: 2008

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Good bright, full red. Much darker on the nose than the Clos Rognets, with black cherry and dark raspberry dominating. At once densely packed and juicy, with strong dark raspberry fruit lifted by subtle herbal, spicy, and peppery nuances.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: It displays what for this vintage and address is by now familiar blackberry jam, here flatteringly mingled with violet and lily perfume; nutmeg, vanilla, and cocoa powder; and a carnal and salted caramel melange that calls to mind roasting pan drippings. Heady in aroma and splendidly rich and expansive on the palate, this creams over its formidable tannins with sheer lush fruit and torrified confections while preserving an invigorating, mouthwatering salinity and animal savor. Palate staining and generous though this is, its strong tannins hang on long enough to have the very last, slightly disconcertingly austere word, reinforced by a suggestion of stone-licking.

• Allen Meadows: Not surprisingly, this is more elegant and refined than the Clos Rognets with moderate oak influence tussling somewhat against the pretty, layered, and highly spiced red berry fruit and violet aromas that dissolve into delicious and impressively concentrated flavors that are more refined and very pure, all wrapped in a rich, full and sweet finish of outstanding length.

Producer Information

Domaine Méo-Camuzet is a wine producer located in Vosne-Romanée in the Côte de Nuits. It produces some of the most celebrated wines from the Côte d'Or from a range of grand cru vineyards, including Richebourg, Clos de Vougeot, Corton, and Echézeaux. Most of Méo-Camuzet's wines are made from Pinot Noir and are known for their delicate aromatic concentration. The founder of the estate was Etienne Camuzet, an early 20th-century politician based in Paris, who offered parts of his estate to a variety of sharecroppers to farm. Eventually, it came into the hands of Jean-Nicholas Méo in 1986, who realized that the extensive sharecropping meant that only a small portion of vines were under the domain's control. He set out a long-term strategy to regain the plots from the sharecroppers who were currently working them, with the goal of eventually having estate-grown fruit and bottling under his own label, Méo-Camuzet. One of these landholders was iconic Burgundy producer Henri Jayer. He had farmed the domaine's land to bottle under his own label for about 40 years. He retired in 1988 and helped to advise Jean-Nicholas on the reacquisition of his vines. Méo-Camuzet now has 14 hectares (35 acres) of vines, including a part of the Cros Parantoux Premier Cru site, which was made famous by Jayer. Most of the vineyards are farmed as organically as possible, but Méo-Camuzet has chosen not to be certified, in order to be able to treat vines as the vintage dictates. Along with the grand cru wines, there are several wines made from premier cru vineyards along the Côte de Nuits, as well as a number of more generic village-level and Bourgogne wines.