Vosne-Romanee les Jachees 2009 Domaine Jean Yves Bizot

Vosne-Romanée Les Jachées 2009 — Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot

This Vosne-Romanée Les Jachées 2009 from Domaine Jean-Yves Bizot is a rare bottle from a discreet lieu-dit in Vosne-Romanée and from a domaine that has become one of the most sought-after in Burgundy. The wine offers a particularly refined reading of the 2009 vintage: ripe fruit, silky texture, dried rose perfume, candied cherry, red and black fruits, sweet spices, fine earth and a long, pure and delicate finish.

Jean-Yves Bizot, trained in geology before taking over the family domaine in 1994, works extremely small holdings in Vosne-Romanée. The wines are produced in tiny quantities, with a low-intervention approach and a search for transparency, perfume and texture. In the 2009 vintage, often rich and solar in Burgundy, Les Jachées retains surprising freshness, great precision and a refined rather than massive expression.

Terroir: Les Jachées, old vines and the finesse of Vosne-Romanée

The Les Jachées lieu-dit is located in the village of Vosne-Romanée, at the heart of the Côte de Nuits. Available sources describe a small vineyard situated between the village of Vosne and the D974 road, with very old vines for the 2009 vintage. This position gives a highly distinctive village wine, built less on power than on perfume, precision and the natural finesse of Pinot Noir.

The clay-limestone soils of Vosne-Romanée give the wine its balance between flesh, tension and minerality. In Les Jachées 2009, the terroir expresses itself through a combination of ripe fruit, fine spices, freshness and delicacy. The wine retains a deeply Vosne identity: dried rose, cherry, discreet black fruits, forest floor, fine earth, noble venison and sweet spices.

Tasting notes

Appearance: medium ruby with garnet reflections, showing fine natural transparency and already perceptible evolution. The colour retains brightness while revealing the patina of a Pinot Noir of more than fifteen years.

Nose: refined, delicate and highly expressive, with dried rose, candied cherry, red cherry, ripe red fruits, fine black fruits, sweet spices, a touch of thyme, fine earth, forest floor and a nuance of noble venison. With air, it may reveal more graphite, faded flowers, discreet liquorice and Vosne spice.

Palate: supple, silky and balanced, with medium to slightly ample body, well-integrated acidity and delicate tannins. The fruit remains charming, almost organic in expression, but without heaviness. The finish is long, smooth, pure and refined, carried by cherry, black fruits, spices, fine earth, forest floor and discreet minerality.

Expression of the 2009 vintage

The 2009 vintage in Burgundy is generally ripe, charming and generous. In the case of Bizot, however, Les Jachées retains remarkable freshness and finesse, with less solar density than one might expect from the year. The wine shows a very successful balance between fruit ripeness, silky texture, fine spices and mineral precision.

Today, this Vosne-Romanée Les Jachées 2009 is entering a seductive phase of maturity. It can be enjoyed for its patinated fruit, floral and spicy bouquet, supple texture and delicate charm. Careful opening and moderate aeration are recommended in order to preserve the wine’s perfume, palate finesse and airy finish.