DaleW wrote:
> On May 23, 9:00�am, "Bi!!" > wrote:
>> I've listed a number of the winery visits that we made during our
>> recent stay in Burgundy.
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>> Domaine Dujac-Morey St Denis-This one is hard to find on a back street
>> (alley) �but it's worth the hunt. �Tasting in the cave. �Roz Seysses
>> (owner) is a straight talking California transplant with a love of the
>> Domaine. �This is a family run operation and we tasted through the
>> 2006's while sharing her philosophy on everything! A real treat! �SHe
>> and her husband Jacques have put together a family run operation
>> making impressive wines.
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> thanks for notes. Dujac is one of the most distinctive producers in
> Burgundies. Love them, but prices have skyrocketed.
> I have found Brocard to offer great value over last few vintages.

Sounds like a great trip Bill, and thanks for the notes.

Funny Dujac should come up. One of Adele's clients gave her a Relais et
Chateaux
"Lys d'Or" which entitled us to a free stay and meal at the R&C or
choice. We
used it last night to check out local rising star Cyril Haberland, and
celebrate our
21st anniversary.

For wines we had decided on a 05 Fevre Petit Chablis, and thought to
stay with
Bourgogne with a 01 Dujac Bonnes-Mares. But the sommelier thought this
might
lack a little body with the pigeonneau, and recommended the 99 Las
Cases. We
took the advice.

The menu was a smoked salmon terrine amuse; then marinated salmon (but raw)
on a bed of carottes rapes with cardamom, sauced with a wasabi
reduction. Excellent
but served with an unnecessary parmesan stick to make it more
architectural. This
was followed by a piece of code served in a frothy pea reduction and
topped with
a thick slice of truffle. Really excellent melding of flavors, but
again some cheese
crept in, this time a strong gruyere d'alpage which both Adele and I ate
separately. The
pea reduction was very clean and honest.

The Petit Chablis had nice balance, backbone, stony flavors with
honeydew overtones
and matched these dishes well.

Next well prepared pigeonneau served on a bed of "vrai-faux" risotto,
which is to say
made from pasta but very risotto-like. This really blended well with
the juice of the
very rare pigeon.

The Las Cases... what to say. There were no faults, great fruit and
length but somehow
a bit simple. Certainly a wine to drink now, it's going no where in
spite of the relative youth.
Very enjoyable, a good match for the food, but in the end I fear a
little forgettable.

The cheese course disappointed, because there were only the Norman Trio
plus Neufchatel,
all very good but we had to pause the wine and finish when it was over.
This would
have been the time to break out the gruyere d'alpage, perhaps.

Desert was raspberries and vanilla ice cream in a pineapple foam, which
was very successful,
and the sommelier kindly offered us Laurent Perrier Brut Millesime to go
along, which made
a nice match. (I didn't catch the year.)

Followed the usual mignardise including cups of strawberry juice which I
found too sweet after
all the rest.

A nice glass of Lemorton '68 Calvados (Domfrontais, of course! bottled
07) finished a very
enjoyable evening.

I wonder if I would have been happier with the Dujac though, finally.

BTW the hotel was also very pleasant, they gave us a fine suite. And I
think Haberland is
headed for the second star, if he can settle a few details and ditch the
excess cheese.
We still have a lunch on our Lys d'Or, so we're planning on taking the
kids this summer
for an afternoon at the pool and in the truly amazing tree house.
(Built high into an old
beech tree, every kid's fantasy.)

-E