WTN: 3 x 2022 Rebourgeon - the wine drinker dilemma

2022 Michel Rebourgeon Pommard Les Noizons
Juicy forward baked berry pie, definitely seductive and attractive, although a bit broad for my ideal tastes. The inner structure and elegance becomes more apparent with air, although perhaps even more so with age?

2022 Michel Rebourgeon Volnay Carelle sous la Chapelle
Again, juicy forward baked berry pie, but more silk and angles to the texture than the Pommard Noizons, so I like this more. That said, still more polished than my ideal, but definitely attractive to drink and becomes more elegant and fine with air.

2022 Michel Rebourgeon Volnay Les Brouillards
Was very curious about this one, because have drunk a fair bit of Louis Boillot Brouillards, but not sure I’ve had the vineyard from anyone else. Would not have made the connection via this bottle, as the Boillot Brouillards is all about acid linear structure but this is juicy forward baked berry pie. Again, with air, there is some nice elegance that emerges, although not quite as much silky verve as in the Carelle sous la Chapelle, which is probably slightly more exciting for me right now, but who knows how that might change over time or with different bottles.

In the end, these were attractive wines with screaming QPR ($50-60), but then I’m left with the wine drinker dilemma. At the moment, they are good-very good for my palate, but not great, which doesn’t motivate me to buy. If they evolve into greater elegance with time, then I would be very happy to buy a bunch more. However, I’ll have to wait several years for that to become clear, at which point the buying is off-track. I do have some more bottles, will probably stick with those and see what happens.

[David M. Bueker]

And sadly if you like what they become, future vintages will probably be significantly more expensive. Such is the way of Burgundy.

And sadly if you like what they become, future vintages will probably be significantly more expensive.

Yes, that is the other complication to the angles!

These are Lyle wines? Never heard of producer, but sound good. Do you know if they have a track record?

These are Lyle wines? Never heard of producer, but sound good. Do you know if they have a track record?

Yes, Lyle wines, which is why it's always tough to calibrate from his predictions of where they will go.

It's a very old domaine that got some new life in the 1990s when a new generation took over and apparently improved the quality, etc. But was still pretty under the radar until the past few years when the torch was passed to the next generation. Current winemaker - William Whitehead - is still in his early/maybe mid-20s and has been getting a lot of press, supposedly improved the wines even more. But, clearly no track record for his wines at age 10-15 or 20-25 years old!