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La particularité de ce cru réside dans la capacité
unique d'allier très grande maturité et très bonne
acidité. Ce grand vin marie avec élégance minéralité
et puissance.
Toujours un vin de garde, il demande
impérativement 5 à
7 ans de vieillissement pour atteindre cette complexité
aromatique
digne d'un grand cru.
BURGHOUND 2011
Bruno Clair describes 2009 as a “vintage that gave us excellent quality and very good quantity even though there was a high proportion of shot berries. We began picking on the 15th of September with the whites and then moved to the reds. Sugarswere quite strong at between 12.5 and 13.4% potential alcohol. We did a normal vinification with about 10% whole clustersand the malos were normal as well. I was frankly worried about what the resulting wines would look like given that there wasn’t very much malic acid to begin with but in fact, the wines are really quite fresh and you don’t notice the low acidity.
Indeed, so much so that I believe that our ‘09s are among the best balanced wines that we have ever made.” I agree with Clair that his ‘09s are truly beautifully balanced and overall, they are brilliant wines, particularly at the villages level though there are lovely examples up and down the range. The now in-bottle ‘08s are also terrific and well worth your attention as well.
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