2002 Dom. Roulot Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru

Source: Burgundy Wine Company

Consumption Date: 4/25/2012

Notes: Mild, but complex aroma of spices, earth, cherry fruit, and perhaps medicinal herbs (as well as other components I cannot place).  Light bodied, but with bright ripe cherry fruit; spices; a pleasant, mild, musky earthiness; and perhaps a faint hint of tar framed with a fine acidic, minerality.  More of the same on the moderately long finish, plus some toasty, vanilla oak notes.  Mild tannin.

A nice example of a Burgundy from a lesser appellation in a fine vintage.  Although light in body, it has plenty of complexity and enough fruit to be both interesting and enjoyable.  The most obvious indications of its lesser status are it lack of “funk” in the aroma, its light body, and its relative lack of depth and complexity.  Still, this is another interesting milestone on my journey to understanding Burgundy.  A Kermit Lynch selection.  Somewhat above average value.