2015 | Domaine Jean Jacques Confuron | Aux Boudots

Good dark red. Very ripe nose combines black cherry, dark chocolate, musky minerality and slightly sauvage leather and game nuances.

Reviews:

• Vinous: Good dark red. Very ripe nose combines black cherry, dark chocolate, musky minerality and slightly sauvage leather and game nuances. Wonderfully fine-grained on entry, then quite concentrated and primary in the middle palate, with a flavor of crushed blackberry dominating in the early going. At once brooding and sweet, this wine has the stuffing to support its firm, broad, dusty tannins. This very promising premier cru conveys a suave character that may be due in part to the low yield (25 hectoliters per hectare, according to Louis Meunier) and small berry size.

• Allen Meadows: Reduction but much milder. The rich, supple and highly energetic medium weight flavors possess excellent mid-palate density and plenty of dry extract that imparts a velvety mouth feel to the firm but not hard and beautifully complex finale. This is a serious but not especially closed Boudots and one that should drink reasonably well after only 5-ish years or so if your preference is for youthful fruit.

Producer Information

Domaine Jean Jacques Confuron is a wine producer located in Premeaux, near Nuits-Saint-Georges in the Côte de Nuits, Burgundy. The domaine has 8 hectares (19 acres) of vines across 14 appellations, including plots in the prestigious grand cru vineyards Clos de Vougeot and Romanée-Saint-Vivant. Its focus is on red wines made from Pinot Noir. The domaine began with the marriage of Jean Confuron and Anne Marie Bouchard in 1926, bringing together the vineyards of two different families. These vineyards have been passed through the family since, and the domaine has expanded as well, picking up plots in the prestigious grand cru sites. The viticultural portfolio is now approximately 95-percent Pinot Noir with small plantings of Chardonnay and Aligoté. In the winery, grapes are destalked prior to a short period of cold maceration. Fermentation is done in both stainless steel and oak before being placed immediately into barrels for ageing. The wines see varying levels of French oak, depending on their status, with the grand crus getting a higher proportion of new oak. Wines are bottled without any fining or filtering.

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