Saint Aubin in Burgundy

This is not a famous Burgundy appelation, but as it is neighbour to two of the most famous white wine appelations Puligny Montrachet and Chassagne Montrachet, one can expect to find some great white wines here. There are no grand cru, but ten premier cru. The prices are less than its neighbouring wines and it is the white wine which makes it worthwhile buying St. Aubin.

We have recently tested quite a few of the white wines of Hubert Lamy, which must be regarded as one of the best producers in St.Aubin. Below is a list of the wines that are all very very good and elegant wines well worth buying.

St.Aubin 1er cru "En Remilly" 2005 € 27

Great smell of lime, butter and minerals, "golden" taste score 18,7

St.Aubin 1er cru "Les Frionnes" 2006 €32

Pale straw colour, apples, minerals, oak, fantastic taste, perfect white Score 18,6

St.Aubin 1er cru "La Chateniere" 2006 €36

Lime, apples, minerals, with long velvety taste another top white Score 18,6

we also had a red

St.Aubin 1er cru " Derriere chez Eduoard" 2006 €26

Pale red colour with nice cherries, red berries but slightly disappointing tast Score 16,3

Comments

Leoville Lascases 1988

Last week was a special week for me as I received my last pay check from my previous employer. An event that required some sort of celebration with some good friends. Of the many bottles opened during that evening was a Leoville Lascases 1988. This Bordeaux wine from St. Julien is second Grand cru classee but it has the quality of a first growth. This chateau was also the wine that made me change from beer to wine as I had the pleasure of tasting a Leoville Lascases 1945 back in 88. The 1945 just knocked me off my guard and I remember thinking what a fantastic wine it was and what an experience to drink this wine from the year when world war 2 ended. I was in shock and I then just decided to enter into the world of wine. I have always had a soft spot for this chateau ever since. And to my pleasure it has been performing well at much more reasonable prices than the much more expensive first growths in the 1855 classification. Nowadays a bottle of this wine costs around ...

Wine # 2 Blindtasting Ganddal

Deep dark purple colour. Dark berries, cherries and mint chocolate. Full bodied with soft tannins. Reminds me of an Amarone.. A very nice wine indeed. Panel is way out as it is from the Rhone valley. Gigondas 2009 by Guigal Score 17.60 Ca 20€ or 220 NOK

Ogier Chateauneuf du Pape 2010

This is a quite reasonable Chateauneuf du Pape (ca 200 NOK or 15€). The colour is medium ruby color which was a bit surprising. Nose of ripe black cherries and liquerice with a medium + body and finish with firm tannins. The wine can be drunk now but has definitely the potential for ageing (5-10 years). Chateauneuf du Pape 2010, Ogier Bring out the steak!

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