Aah. Julie Andrews. Children dressed in curtain material, frolicing through meadows of wildflowers. Georg in lederhosen.
Well not quite - just Burgundy and Mosel. And in this instance, the culprits are:
2004 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey Chambertin 1er Combe Aux Moines: Now starting to brick a little, this has a mushroomy, mulchy nose with a little bit pf plummy small berry fruit. Palate starts ot correctly, bright red berry fruits and a little bit of spicy oak. From mid palate onwards shows some spiky green tinges, and the acid isquite angular and finish raspy - and at thi spoint its a worry that this might be a dreaded green 2004. But a bit of decanter time sees this right, and there is more berry fruit focus and leathery mushroomy secondary characteristics. Age or decant further.
2006 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Auslese Godlkapsel: Aaah joy. Light and pure in its expression of fruit mixed with clean apricot and orange peel botrytis that seems to add weight and richness - indeed, this is a sipping wine when it warms as its intensity really slows you down. A bickfords lime codrial finish as well. Still plenty of weight and sugar to deal with the acids, will go for a long time yet and has every chance to build complexity nicely over the years.
Now where did I put my lederhosen?
Cheers
Andrew