2001 Côte de Nuits, which producers really killed it?

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Might be easier to ask if any usually good producers didn’t make great wine in 2001.

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If so, they would probably be in Volnay. 2001 Volnays did not have a good reputation but the only ones I bought (d’Angerville Clos du Ducs) have turned out better than I thought they would and are excellent.

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Yes, wasn’t there hail in 2001 in Volnay?

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It’s why I’m looking at Nuits rather than CdB.
Thanks for great replies so far; I figured we would probably be rounding up the usual suspects.

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Lafarge made fantastic 01s which should be fully mature by now.

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I have a couple of these, Nick,
Have you opened one recently? Is it showing well? I’ve been thinking that they may need more time.

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Alan - I’m available for that dinner with William Kelly…

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Many good ones obviously but the first two that sprang to mind were:

2001 Mugnier Musigny was one of my epiphany wines.

2001 Lambrays has always been delicious.

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Yes, but the OP specified CdN

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But, your post didn’t, at least as I understood it.

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I think the greatness of 2001 rests not only in its overall quality, but in the fact the wines showed at release a lot of nuance normally reserved for maturity- and in many cases have continued to do so. It is a perfect type of vintage for many of us- harmonious and complex wines with very generous drinking windows.

But as for “really killed it”- I take that to mean who made wines that would really stand out as incredible in a lineup with wines from other top vintages as well as 2001s- true standouts that you remember for the rest of your life.

I am hard pressed to think of a higher end 2001 that has disappointed, but in terms of “really killed it”- there are just three wines that come immediately to mind as among the finest vintages ever for those respective wines from their respective domaines. While 2001 is a gorgeous and harmonious vintage, I rarely think of it as legendary save for these three gems,

  1. 2001 DRC Romanee St. Vivant
  2. 2001 Grivot Richebourg
  3. 2001 Roumier Charmes-Chambertin

Dujac Clos St. Denis and Clos de la Roche might belong on that list as well, but I have only had them once at release- and so cannot claim so based on personal experience. DRC Echezeaux comes really, really close.

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For me too on 01 Mugnier Musigny :slight_smile:

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It was implicit based on the thread title [pillow-fight.gif]

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As no-one mentioned them - Clos du Tart - except for 05, may favourite of their wines from that decade

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Yes had one last year. For my taste they were drinking well.

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Nice
Haven’t had one in a while [cheers.gif]

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Rousseau Beze is the best wine I have tasted from 2001 with Rousseau CSJ not far behind. The Beze is a sensational wine.

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Hi Bill,
“[2001]…Clos du Tart - except for 05, may favourite of their wines from that decade”

  • what do you make of Clos de Tart’s 2008?
    Nigel
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Hi Nigel
Aromatically lovely and generally better than 07 - but that’s my experience 7 years ago - I’ve not tasted it since…

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Bill,
Do post your mpressions when you get to re-try it. For me, this wine has a lightnes and elegance that bucked the usual late-picked, rather jammy Clos de Tart profile I found in a vertical with their winemaker at the time (2016]. Interestingly he had a soft spot for the 2008 too…