Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Louis Jadot (Beaune) -- Part II: 2014 Côte de Nuits Village and Premier Cru Reds Tasted from Cask

With its unparalleled range of offerings, Jadot provides an excellent overview of the entire Côte d’Or in a given vintage. In particular, these wines and the red grands crus, which will be the subject of my next post, show that the vintage is strong at all levels. Indeed, as I found in most cellars, there is a compression of quality in 2014 so that there is less difference between the village wines and the top wines than one finds in many other vintages. (Continue reading here.)