Domaine François Lamarche
2017La Grande RueGrand Cru Red barrel
Score: 92-94
Tasted: Jan 10, 2019
Drink: 2032+
Issue: 73
Producer note: Nicole Lamarche succinctly told me that the 2017 growing season “started out pretty much like 2016 did but without the severe frost damage even though the conditions easily could have provoked it. Otherwise it was much easier if for no other reason than we didn’t have the severe attack of mildew. We chose to begin picking on the 7th of September and brought in almost spotless fruit that required no sorting for damaged fruit though there was a bit for berries that hadn’t completely ripened. I used 30% whole clusters for every wine as I don’t want my winemaking choices to affect what my wines have to say. While we had a bit more volume than in 2016, it really wasn’t all that much more. As to the wines, they’re wonderfully transparent to the underlying terroir and particularly so aromatically. One thing that I keep hearing is how the 2017 is a vintage of pleasure and early drinking and while that may be true generally, it isn’t true for my 2017s. In my view they are wines to buy and forget that you own them as they are for long keeping.” I would note that the wood treatment for most, if not all, of the wines seems much more toned down than I typically find. I was also impressed by the quality of the three 2016s that I retasted and which had been bottled in April 2018. 2017 will mark the fourth vintage for the new cuvée of La Grande Rue that is called 1959. It will continue to be isolated each year in which there is a noticeable difference between it and the regular cuvée.
Tasting note: This is also quite floral with its array of violet, lavender and rose petal wisps that add considerable elegance to the very pretty mix of black pinot fruit, sandalwood and lovely spice elements. The mouthfeel of the medium weight plus flavors is finer than those of the GE if not quite as powerful or muscular, all wrapped in a wonderfully long if slightly warm and austere finale. This is a big but balanced example of LGR and should age effortlessly.
domaine nicole lamarche, la grande rue grand cru
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Domaine François Lamarche
2017La Grande RueGrand Cru Red barrel
Score: 92-94
Tasted: Jan 10, 2019
Drink: 2032+
Issue: 73
Producer note: Nicole Lamarche succinctly told me that the 2017 growing season “started out pretty much like 2016 did but without the severe frost damage even though the conditions easily could have provoked it. Otherwise it was much easier if for no other reason than we didn’t have the severe attack of mildew. We chose to begin picking on the 7th of September and brought in almost spotless fruit that required no sorting for damaged fruit though there was a bit for berries that hadn’t completely ripened. I used 30% whole clusters for every wine as I don’t want my winemaking choices to affect what my wines have to say. While we had a bit more volume than in 2016, it really wasn’t all that much more. As to the wines, they’re wonderfully transparent to the underlying terroir and particularly so aromatically. One thing that I keep hearing is how the 2017 is a vintage of pleasure and early drinking and while that may be true generally, it isn’t true for my 2017s. In my view they are wines to buy and forget that you own them as they are for long keeping.” I would note that the wood treatment for most, if not all, of the wines seems much more toned down than I typically find. I was also impressed by the quality of the three 2016s that I retasted and which had been bottled in April 2018. 2017 will mark the fourth vintage for the new cuvée of La Grande Rue that is called 1959. It will continue to be isolated each year in which there is a noticeable difference between it and the regular cuvée.
Tasting note: This is also quite floral with its array of violet, lavender and rose petal wisps that add considerable elegance to the very pretty mix of black pinot fruit, sandalwood and lovely spice elements. The mouthfeel of the medium weight plus flavors is finer than those of the GE if not quite as powerful or muscular, all wrapped in a wonderfully long if slightly warm and austere finale. This is a big but balanced example of LGR and should age effortlessly.
