Comte de Vogue - Nicholas Silvers

My traveling companions and I took a drive to have a taste and talk at de Vogue today.  We were greeted by the ageless and ever pleasant Jean-Luc Pepin who I met probably 12 years ago for the first time.  He is and always has been one of the easiest and most pleasant people to talk to and is always happy to do so.  While the wines are always the most important thing, marketing never hurts and as commercial director he is king of his domain. 

As for the wines: unfortunately, we arrived just as bottling for many of the 2010s had finished and the last of the 2010 Bonnes Mares was on the line.  We did taste the 2010 Musigny from barrel and to say it was a stunner would be a short coming (I will be writing about the amazing 2010 vintages shortly).  This has everything a great wine should have and needs to wear the badge of greatness.  In fairness, I have always been partial to Bonnes Mares and certainly Amoureuses over Musigny from Vogue but this particular Musigny is a show stopper!  As a side note, we did taste all of the 2011s from barrel but only the Amoureuses had begun and then stopped again malo so I will hold all opinions as I find it very hard to judge at such a stage.