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ORIGINAL: DDL24

Greetings, first time posting here. Really enjoy reading this forum. I didn't pay much attention to wine until couple of years ago. Since I have a 15 month baby girl, I don't have much luxury to read thru many threads or do extensive search or tasting. So i am hoping fellow trackers can provide some help here. 
I was invited to a dinner at a neighbour's house. I knew they would serve pork chop so I took a 2005 Frederic Esmonin Gevrey-Chambertin Clos Prieur.  It seems everyone enjoyed the wine but I was really stunned by how well I liked it myself . No decanting invovled.  I am still thinking about it a week later.  I really never had any exposure to Burgundy before and I knew it's a much more complex/expensive region to explore compare to Bordeaux and it wil take time. Could any one recommend some similarly priced ($20-$30) 2005 that's similar or better to the one I mentioned above. I drink wine almost exclusively with food.  BTW, someone opened a generic CA cab afterwards, I had one zip and then put it down. It tasted very sweet and very oaky/smoky but in a very brutal way or less finesse. If that's what's referred to as new world wine, then I am definitly a fan of old world styled wine. many thanks.
Rich