Boise Coop Wine Shop

2009 Michel Magnien

• September 3, 2011

Our 2009 wines from Michel Magnien have just arrived. Michel Magnien owns 27 acres, including vineyards within the grand cru plots of Clos de la Roche, Clos St. Denis and Charmes-Chambertin, as well as premier cru sites and village parcels in Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St.-Denis and Chambolle-Musigny. Magnien sold a majority of his crop until 1992, when Domaine Michel Magnien began to bottle much of the family’s harvest. Soon after joining the family business, Frédéric encouraged his father to vinify his entire crop, starting with the 1994 vintage. While his son takes care of the cellar, Michel still works in the fields, pruning mercilessly and maintaining low yields. Fred proudly calls his father Michel “the finest vineyard worker I have.”

“The wines are always fresh and youthful when released, but they age very slowly and gracefully. Fred says his fathers wines always show young because of the work he does in the vineyard. All I know is that I have had older wines from 2001 back to 1978 and they have been superb in every case. We selected wines for price and quality, if you are interested in other vineyards we can get other wines including Grand Cru’s.” -Wine Shop Burgmeister Divit Cardoza

2009 Pinot Noir Grand Ordinaire, $22
This entry level Pinot Noir is made from estate fruit and is meant to be drunk in the first year or two. A soft, easy style of Pinot Noir.

2009 Bourgogne Pinot Noir, $28 (all estate fruit)
Tasting note: A discreet touch of wood sets off fresh and ripe red and blue pinot fruit aromas that are in keeping with the attractively vibrant, rich and round flavors that are at once delicious yet serious. A good Bourgogne. Score: 85-89, Burghound

2009 Gevrey Chambertin Seuvrees, $59
Tasting note: A slightly riper nose is the essence of a red pinot fruit liqueur nuanced with subtle earth and smoke aromas that precede very round and mouth coating middle weight flavors that brim with ample amounts of dry extract, all wrapped in a firm finish that mixes youthful austerity with a trace of natural sweetness. A high-quality villages that is worth considering.
Tasted: Jan 01, 2011 Score: 89-91 Drink: 2017+
- Comments: Outstanding, Burghound

2009 Chambolle Musigny Fremieres, $59
Tasting note: As one would reasonably expect, this delivers a completely different aromatic profile of cool and airy high-toned raspberry and cranberry aromas that are very Chambolle in character as the limestone influence is quite prominent and it continues onto the detailed, refined and admirably pure flavors that possess a dusty and mouth coating finish that is both firm and mildly austere. This is a mineral-driven wine par excellence.
Tasted: Jan 01, 2011 Score: 89-91 Drink: 2016+
- Comments: Outstanding, Burghound

2009 Morey St. Denis Chaffots, $89
-from a parcel that sits between Clos de La Roche and Clos St. Denis
Tasting note: A restrained and quite cool nose of spice and earth hints that add good breadth to the red pinot fruit that introduces rich and generous but well-focused middle weight plus flavors that possess fine mid-palate concentration which helps to buffer the very firm finish. This is a relatively big wine and clearly built to age.
Tasted: Jan 01, 2011 Score: 90-92 Drink: 2021+
- Comments: Outstanding, Burghound