WTN: 2005 Bois de Boursan CdP

2005 Bois de Boursan CdP
Sampled this down at the local wine emporium this morning and I was quite impressed. Certainly not a hedonistic blast, but nonetheless a middling 88 pointer (RMP)that should be right in my wheelhouse in a few years.
This is a traditional producer that I usually like and this vintage is no exception. From the git-go, a lighter bodied CdP, but it put on some weight after sitting in the stem (16oz. plastic beer cup) for an hour or so. Very structured with the black fruit and violets playing little more than a supporting role for this youngster. Firm/grippy tannins and zippy acidity are in control. No oak or heat detected. Needs time (5 years??), but patience should be rewarded.
Retails here for ~$40 and makes me yearn for the not so distant past when it was priced ~$27. (How long before the $$ and the yen reach parity?). I bought a few in the interest of science and will let them slumber.

Imported by J et R Selections, Lansing, MI

Really enjoyed your tasting note Redwinger.

Have you had any of the Bois de Boursan 2004? I just picked up a couple of bottles for $35 here in Toronto (seemed like a good deal) and plan to let them "slumber" as you suggest for a while too...

Cheers,
Steve

Really enjoyed your tasting note Redwinger.

Have you had any of the Bois de Boursan 2004? I just picked up a couple of bottles for $35 here in Toronto (seemed like a good deal) and plan to let them "slumber" as you suggest for a while too...

Cheers,
Steve

Steve,
Somehow I missed the 2004 Vintage after purposely passing on virtually all 2002 and 2003 Rhones, so I can't give much advice except the Boursans generally age 10+ years and some/most vintages close down for a couple of years at around age 4-5...at least that is my experience/story and I'm sticking to it.
Hopefully, some other "Boursan Bozos" will chime in here.
Cheers,
'Winger

Somehow I missed the 2004 Vintage after purposely passing on virtually all 2002 and 2003 Rhones, so I can't give much advice except the Boursans generally age 10+ years and some/most vintages close down for a couple of years at around age 4-5...at least that is my experience/story and I'm sticking to it.
Hopefully, some other "Boursan Bozos" will chime in here.

You rang, milud? Your call sounds about right, 'Winger. Most C(N)dPs shut down then in my experience, though I mostly know the more traditional (i.e. rustic) producers. And I've got Bois de Boursans from the early '90s that are still doing well (I think).

Mark Lipton

2005 Bois de Boursan CdP
Sampled this down at the local wine emporium this morning and I was quite impressed. Certainly not a hedonistic blast, but nonetheless a middling 88 pointer (RMP)that should be right in my wheelhouse in a few years.
This is a traditional producer that I usually like and this vintage is no exception. From the git-go, a lighter bodied CdP, but it put on some weight after sitting in the stem (16oz. plastic beer cup) for an hour or so. Very structured with the black fruit and violets playing little more than a supporting role for this youngster. Firm/grippy tannins and zippy acidity are in control. No oak or heat detected. Needs time (5 years??), but patience should be rewarded.
Retails here for ~$40 and makes me yearn for the not so distant past when it was priced ~$27. (How long before the $$ and the yen reach parity?). I bought a few in the interest of science and will let them slumber.

Imported by J et R Selections, Lansing, MI

I stopped down at the local wine emporium this morning and things were pretty quiet since the electricity had been/was out after some storms blew through Indy Last evening (editorial: Dear moron, when the traffic signals are not operating treat the intersection like a 4 way stop).
We opened another 2005 Bois de Boursan CdP and it was even better than the note above indicates. Better yet, the price has been reduced to ~$35.
An underappreciated producer....wel,l I appreciate them.
I won't even mention the 1999 Jaboulet Gigondas that was a poster child for VA and some Agentinian Malbec super cuvee ruined by 1443% new oak.
BP

Tasted this one back in February, Winger. Jean-Paul Versino was in town and J et R threw a tasting of his and other wines in their book. Here's what I recorded at that time:

2005 Domaine Bois de Boursan Châteauneuf-du-Pape, 65% Grenache, 15% Syrah, 15% Mourvedre and 5% a blend of the rest of the legal CdP varieties, 14% alc., $44.99: Showing deep, dark color and that classic Bois de Boursan character on the nose, this exudes rich, perfumed, spicy red and black plum and berry shaded with undertones of earth, iron and smoke. Flavors generally echo, but this is deep, dark and savage on the palate, very earthy, with the kind of serious depth and tannic structure that you’d expect from such a young wine. Be patient with this; I’d hold off until 2015 to see what’s happening with it, and I’d wager that it’ll be even better in 2020. Jean Paul told me that this was only treated with some sulfur and copper, with no insecticide; it wasn’t destemmed and spent 18 months in foudre.

GO RED WINGS!!!

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