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Maison Roche de Bellene Chambolle Musigny and/or Gevery Chambertin "Collection Bellenum" 2001 NV
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Tasting NotesAn exclusive offer for a most interesting back vintage Chambolle-Musigny and/or Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes from Nicolas Potel's Collection Bellenum.
Nicolas Potel makes his own negociant wine under the name Roche de Bellene, and has 15 hectares or so of organic vines which supply his own Domaine de Bellene wines (Bellene being an old name for the wine town of Beaune where he is now based). But his latest addition is the Collection Bellenum, a wonderful treasury of serious older burgundies.
Potel has assembled his collection from a total of 26 different domaines, and is apparently also in talks with a couple of negociants over potential future acquisitions. “We deliberately decided to have different styles of wine in the Collection. And we’ve bought magnums where possible to use for tastings and dinners,” he says. In all, lucky Potel has about 3,000 magnums, but always tries to buy in bottle when he buys in magnum. It is perhaps inaccurate to describe Potel as lucky. In theory, anyone with the right palate and connections could have assembled this collection. But it hasn’t been done before because so much administrative work is involved. Some producers are selling their wine to Potel over a number of years, presumably for carefully gauged fiscal reasons. “Some domaines have traditionally held back stock. Some kept old stock as a sort of pension. Some have been told by the brokers not to ask high prices for it. Many of them have had no one knocking on their door for 10 years. Some just don’t know what to do with it,” he explains.
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Critical PraiseJancis Robinson on Nicolas Potel & Collection Bellenum. "I’ve now had two chances to taste wines from this unique collection. I’d say they magnificently reflect the reality of Burgundy in that they are very varied, provide a thoroughly useful overview of how different vintages are developing, and include some completely stunning wines that are not Grands Crus, not even Premiers Crus but are simple village wines. A 1959 Meursault and 1999 Volnay spring particularly to mind.
Full Article by Jancis Robinson... happy reading.
But the typical Burgundian wine producer is not the sort who is likely to entrust precious old bottles to a slick outsider. And, anyway, an outsider would probably not know where to look for them. Intensive local knowledge and personal contacts are needed, which is where Nicolas Potel comes in. Son of the late Gérard Potel, he was raised on the family’s property, the beautiful Domaine de la Pousse d’Or at the southern end of the village of Volnay, now in other hands. With a popular and respected wine producer for a father and a notable taster for a mother, Nicolas grew up with a keen sensibility for wine and an enviable network of contacts the length of the Côte d’Or.
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