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Last Bottle of Bourgeron Rouge

gisela — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:41:05 +0000

Tonight we’re drinking our last bottle of 2007 “Del Mar Racetrack” Bourgeron Rouge. We did a taste comparison with 2007 BV Vin Pays d’Oc Pinot Noir. Our “Racetrack” had much more fruit character, much more depth of flavor. The BV almost tasted like plastic when tasted head to head. All in all, we are very happy with this kit wine, especially after this taste test comparison. The unhappy part is that it’s all gone!

Bourg Rouge Tasting

gisela — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:51:10 +0000

The burgundy is now about a year and a half old. Nose of cherry with traces of herbs. No fizz in this bottle, did not decant or vacuum pump, just splash poured. Flavors of caramel, plums, and light cherry. Getting more of the “bacony” and “smoky” flavors just now. Taste definitely integrated better, quite drinkable now, probably at its peak. A nice light everyday red, nothing big or bold for sure.

One Year-ish Tasting of Bourg Rouge

gisela — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:34:17 +0000

This wine is just fizzy, definitely a freshman mistake on my part. Anticipating fizz, I vacuum pumped the wine before pouring into glasses (no decanting), which might have helped the wine. We will just have to drink another bottle to find out. The wine was definitely better, very well integrated and no soapiness. This wine is probably peaking and should be drunk over the next few months. Still not a very exciting or big wine, but very drinkable. Went very well with pasta with gorgonzola-pumpkin-mushroom sauce.

Bourg Rouge 3.5 Month Tasting

gisela — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:07:43 +0000

Still a little weird soapy odor on the nose, with underlying plum. Slightly fizzy and still a little sour. Not bad, but not great. Still very young, though.

Early Tastings: Aussie Chard, Chamblaise, Cab-Merlot, Burgundy

gisela — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:47:30 +0000

A few notes on the latest wines. It is a little early for most of them, but you don’t know how they’re developing without tasting!

Australian Chardonnay: A little soon after bottling to taste, but I couldn’t help myself. Still too young, but nice. Buttery nose, lots of heavy oak in the attack and flavors fall a little short after that. Quite crisp. Lingering finish. Drinkable now, but will be very nice in a few months. Probably not giftable at this point.

Also popped a bottle of Chamblaise, from the first set. A very nice drinking wine. Definitely changed a lot over time, a lot more vegetal especially in the nose. Very crisp and clean. Worth the work, this one gave me trouble both bottlings this year.

Cab merlot tasting: 6 month tasting (close enough). Very fruity nose, smells and tastes very young still. Flavors rounding out but still not quite balanced, but falling into place. Hopefully will mellow out in a few more months. Slightly sour. No soapiness, no fizz. Definitely improving with age.

Bourgeron Rouge: 6 week tasting! Still very young, but shaping up nicely. Sourness is tamed but still present. Tastes not unlike a Beaujolais Nouveau. Sour cherry in the nose with a little soapiness. Bright fruity flavors of cherry and plums, maybe a little overripe strawberry. A little spice.

Bottling Bourgeron Rouge and the Role of O2

gisela — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:46:22 +0000

In making this wine, I became obsessed with keeping oxygen out of the wine. Watching my hubby make beer, he would often purge the carboys with CO2 or nitrogen gas before racking into them to reduce oxygen exposure; I rationalized that this should also be good practice for winemaking. However, after I started incorporating this practice I got suspicious why this had not been emphasized in the instructions so far. I found out it is because oxygen actually plays an important role in wine flavor development. A little bit of oxygenation as the wine is being made is actually good; thus the barrel is a fine vessel for the wine to sit in, since there is a small amount of oxygen that interacts with the wine. I’m not sure how this will ultimately effect the outcome of this wine, but it’s time to bottle either way.

There was no oak in this wine kit. Final alcohol 11.8%. This wine came out a nice clear ruby color, without filtering. Initial impressions are very fruity nose, but very tart taste that falls flat. Hopefully this one will shape up better, not exciting at bottling (2 months bottle aging is recommended).

Easy-drinking Burgundy

gisela — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:12:11 +0000

Well, it’s *supposed* to be an easy-drinking red table wine, anyway. The Winexpert “Bourgeron Rouge” (AKA red burgundy) is started, I’m very curious how this one will turn out. I assume this is basically pinot noir, although it’s difficult to find out much detail about some of these kits.