Another premier cru, this time from Louis Jadot. Or is it? I've just been looking at their impressively fussy and annoying website trying to work out what the difference is between Louis Jadot and Heritiers Louis Jadot - they seem to be a different group of vineyards that LJ presumably bought up a while back, although please correct me if I'm wrong!
The label says that Clos des Ursules is a 1er Cru Vigne Franches. A "clos" is a walled vineyard, so apparently this one is part of the larger Vigne Franches vineyard. Have just anxiously checked the yellow book (the Wines of Burgundy by Pitiot and Servant), failed to find it, realised this was because I was looking at Pommard not Beaune, and can confirm it does appear on their list in its own right. Phew!
This bottle cost 37 euros and came from the Boutique des Domaines which is a shop on Place Carnot in Beaune that sells quite a lot of Jadot. As Clos des Ursules is a monopole ("seul proprietaire" says the bottle) we had to have this one.
It had a dark, plummy colour and looked glossy. The nose was sweet and jammy with a tinned strawberry element. On the palate, it was soft and congruent with the nose, richer than we'd expected and in a big style. Not tres Beaune at all. We liked it more at the start than at the end - it lacked complexity, and became a little boring. It certainly showed that the 2004 reds are drinking well now, and had no room for improvement. It just about maintained a score of 8 although I feel slightly resentful writing that. Certainly not value for money, especially when I think about Giboulot's lovely Beaunes...
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