Anyone know Roger Belland 1er cru Santenay Beauregard?

Michael Nielsen wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

I like Santenay as poor's man Burgundy from Cote d'Or. Some of the wines are very nice for a decent price (at Burgundy standards), and you can get an old vines or 1er cru for a fraction of the price of a Vosne-Roman?e village wine.

I do not know the producer and producer is one very important thing in Burgundy, sometimes more than the specific category of the vineyard.

Which vintage? There is a lot of difference between vintages in Burgundy. 2007 is difficult for red wines from Cote de Beaune, 2008 is very fresh and acid based (you'll find it lean), 2009 is ripe, 2010 is a structured one with plenty of everything but probably needs time, though not for Santenay, 2011 is another ripe vintage, 2012 is fresher, have not tasted 2013 yet.

I like Santenay as poor's man Burgundy from Cote d'Or. Some of the wines are very nice for a decent place, and you can get an old vines or top wine for a fraction of the price of a Vosne-Roman?e village wine.

It is 2011, so promising. I will have it with lamb rack tonight.

In need of long decanting, or just an hour?

Michael Nielsen wrote in news:dbd301e9-6fd3- snipped-for-privacy@googlegroups.com:

Who knows!

I would just pop and pour.

That would be a pity, as I popped it, and smelled the cork. very promising smell of date-sirup, tobacco and cedar. poured a bit, and very promising smell, but the taste was quite closed. So its in the decanter now.