It sometimes distresses me that the work of Rémi Jobard is not sufficiently appreciated by the critics. This may have something to do with the uncompromisingly age worthy character of his wines. But keep them and you will be rewarded, as is clear from an email recently received from an long-standing customer who in those days was a local, but whose last email (praising Remi’s 1996 Poruzots) came from Hong Kong, while this one came from Switzerland.
“(We) opened what sadly is probably our last bottle of something we bought en primeur from L&S. A knockout after all these years such that the merchant should know. Look at the colour. Incredible that it is 24 years old. And the taste is ethereal. I’m grateful to you for the good juice we have been blessed with over the years. This one is a classic.”
In a world where so many white Burgundies seem to be fragile after a mere ten years, this is so great to hear – but previous experience backs up the claim that Rémi’s wines do age exceptionally well and provide extraordinary drinking pleasure. Do your future self a favour and put a few bottles in the cellar.