J F Coche Dury Meursault Les Rougeots 2011 750ml

Burghound.com, Jun 01, 2017
Just as there was when I first tried this wine, there is a mild touch of reduction on the nose that is enough to push the underlying fruit to the background so I would strongly advise decanting it first. Otherwise there is excellent richness and very impressive volume to the energetic and lightly mineral-inflected medium weight flavors that possess a slight saline hint on the clean, dry and perfectly balanced finish. Note that this is actually relatively accessible for a Coche white at only 5 years of age so while it would of course be better to wait for a few years first, at least wouldn't be complete infanticide to open a bottle young. Tasted twice over the last few years with mostly consistent results.

The Domaine was established in the 1920s by Leon Coche. Some vineyard plots with established grapevines were purchased and Leon bottled some wine himself.The vineyard land was passed down to Leon's three children, with Georges Coche taking control of his share in 1964 and continuing to run the estate and purchase new vineyard land. Jean-Francois Coche took over from his father Georges, on his fathers retirement in 1973. Jean-Francois's wife has the surname Dury which was added to the name of the estate.
Jean-Francois Coche officially retired in 2010 but there will clearly be continuity of style in the hands of his son Raphael who has been working alongside his father since 2003. There have been some changes already in the detail: the vineyards are now all ploughed, and a pneumatic press has been ordered to work alongside the old mechanical Vaslin.
The wines are firmly crushed before pressing, which must surely be a factor in the Coche-Dury style, then fermented and matured in barrels using a relatively low percentage of new wood, not exceeding 25% except for the very top wines.

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