3rd of 6, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level, surprisingly pale and browning, flavours as noted in first bottle in 2018 now with pronounced cherry liqueur element and some caramel, long and silky but not quite as fresh and pure as I would like, seems on plateau but given it's a 99 best days may well be ahead, plenty of heft, 10+ years. F (17.5).
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Medium reddish brick in color. Mildly corked. Still shows reddish berries, spice and florals. Palate is medium-bodied with good acidity, sour-sweet berries and some soy. Clipped finish...
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A few shades deeper and more primary looking than the 2001 Trapet. Attractive aromas of strawberry and menthol. Medium weight, excellent texture and balance of red fruit and soil with crisp acidity and moderate remaining tannin. At a very enjoyable point now, but it still has at least 5 years before it reaches full maturity. Impressive and one of the best bottles of Geantet I’ve had.
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2nd of 6, decanted an hour, apparently perfect cork, perfect level, underlying as 1st bottle in 2018 but spoiled by light taint, attractive rich fruit apparent. VG (16).
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1st of 6, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level - dark, translucent red, hint of development on rim; meaty, damson and black cherry, touch of earth merest hint of spice and sous bois; medium, long, persistent if not notably concentrated for vintage but harmonious, nice touch of iron, mature and with scope for improvement. F (17.5)…..streets ahead of Poissenot in this vintage but no fireworks and no better as yet than the lovely 98 and 01.
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Lots of black fruit with an equal amount of roasted meat. Very good weight and length. Slightly rugged/ rustic edge when popped-and-poured, this softened considerably the next day. This will easily be enjoyable for another decade+.
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Raspberry, cherry, with light notes of soil, leaf and cumin; a relatively subtle but pleasant nose Light, fruitful, elegant, poised; graceful, but slightly watery finish; not a profound wine but very good After half hour: Nose and palate more aged and dusty and somewhat more full One Hour: Somewhat lighter again but once again more integrated Not extraordinary but interesting and pleasant, and evolving, though without the depth that one might hope for
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Medium unevolved ruby. Very slow start with a reticent nose showing, well, not much after an hour of air, and then a bit of funk, licorice, and black tea. This mutedness made me wonder about low grade TCA, but the bottle did not go in that direction. Chunky mid-weight palate, again only showing tannin at first. Eventually some blacker fruit came to the fore along with the only thing reminiscent of a bottle several years ago, that is, a vivid blood orange note. I'm still left thinking that this bottle was flawed in some respect or perhaps still too young, but that is not how bottles showed in 2014. At any rate, drinkable but not very good.
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1999 Red Burgundy with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Touch of brownish note on the rim. Very nice nose, open and expressive and was very rich and ripe closer to what we would expect 1999 to be. Light Spicy edge so nice. Could be mistaken for a syrah at times. Still on the young side and more a red fruited wine but very good now and will aged very nicely. Great surprise. 93-94
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Expressive and quite complex on the nose - dark fruit, earth, spices. Just lovely. On the palate good acidity and grip, nice balance, slightly tart finish. Very very persistent. No rush drinking this. 92-93+
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Light ruby throughout. Gorgeous nose of sour cherry, soil, and a distant hint of anise. Some secondary perfume as it sat open. Perfect light Gevrey weight with intriguing light sappiness and excellent mouth coverage without any wood influence. Snappy tart red fruit and an exotic twist of citrus balanced by earth and very strong underlying acidity that could still use a few years to fully absorb. This was just a great bottle in an ideal spot. Much more impressive than any Geantet Charmes I've had in the past.
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For me, the best Charmes are expressive, concentrated and hedonistic wines that are not terribly complex. This is a wonderful example. Still quite youthful and not showing a lot of tertiary, expressive nose displaying mostly black fruits with a hint of red, blackberry, strawberry rhubarb pie, dark spices and earth. Very good concentration, round and warm fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and noticeable but nicely integrated tannins. Another five years of cellaring will add more tertiary notes. Very enjoyable.
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Medium ruby with a hint of maturity. Typical Gevrey aromatics of sour red fruit and some soil. Medium to light weight, crisp and proper, brisk acidity but despite this, a pleasingly silky feel. Late touch of herbs. Inching toward full maturity. Finely detailed, but even accounting for the delicacy of Charmes, it is difficult to discern real Grand Cru character here; maybe at the Premier Cru level.
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Red Burgundy tasting (@ Rotterdam, Netherlands): A bit further downslope and to the north, from the Griotte-Chambertin adjacent section of Aux Charmes. Medium intense, opaque-ish ruby at the core with a clearing rim. This bottle was opened, checked for faults and left to stand in a cool place for about two hours. The nose is far less evolved than the previous wine and shows medium intense notes of black fruits, a touch of leathery game and a smoky edge. Slightly beyond medium-bodied, feisty near-pronounced acidity pulls out the ripe-but-grippy medium tannins somewhat, but said structure is decently buffered by medium intense griotte cherries, although other than a slight earthiness further complexity is absent. Its mid-palate balance is no more than fair at present and it’s clear to me that this wine still has some structure to resolve. The fact that the finish ups the intensity a notch and sneakily makes it to the half minute post, reinforces confidence in its future promise, because at present it is not a bad wine but certainly no Grand Cru experience. Judgement reserved ................ TN Mike de Lange
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Good fill, with a solid cork; popped, poured and consumed with Thanksgiving dinner. Dark ruby red core, with some hint of blood red at the rim. Lovely bouquet, offering up notes of ripe cherry, earth, leather and briar patch. Medium to full bodied; quite lush, rich and expansive for a Pinot Noir, with a long and heady finish.
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Very bright red and the freshness of the red fruit just oozing from the glass. Red cherry and raspberry, mineral undertones with good acidity. Very good food wine now. Secondary flavours not developed yet. Long finish.
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Happy Birthday to Me! Several days later from memory so details are scant. Soaring and sweet fruit in the nose, lovely mature flavors, soft texture. Suprisingly feminine and supple, but good for another 5-10 easily. Certainly the softer side of Chambertin. Went great (how could it not) with my wife's delicious rendition of boeuf bourguignon.
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Drank on 8/10/2010. Very classic old world Gevry nose. Damp earth, wet leaves, red cherry and some asian spices. Tart red cherries, whiff of leathery aroma in the mouth all framed with high acidity. Good mid-palate..., was expecting more, but a good drink neverthless.
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I don't know this domaine and I buy this wine because of the vintage and its area.
This wine is the most classic Burgundy for me. The typical scent of Pinor Noir that's clean and deep. Moreover it's getting better and better with more breathing time. Remaining seductive nosing, new oak but very very very light-toasted. I can feel the natural nature of grape. Hints a bit of Leroy's smell til the end. (about 4 hours of drinking/testing)
Full-bodied, well-balanced, big and backbone, beautifully well-made too. Good fruit and spiciness reminds me some feeling of La Tache. Cool !!!
Aftertaste is really great for Charmes-Chambertin.
I must give these words " This is a textbook of original Bourgogne wine " and give my regards to the wine-maker.
Thanks for create this wine to heal the pain in my imagination.
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(MAG) Rather tannic at first but softened with air; pure Pinot fruit, though a bit simple and lacking the "wow" factor one hopes for from a Grand Cru - even as young as this one is. That said, it went well with the Thanksgiving meal - I'm just not sure it is any better than most decent 1er Cru level Gevreys. I have a few 750s left, so we'll see what happens over the next few years... But I'm not holding my breath.
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7/20/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 92 Points
3rd of 6, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level, surprisingly pale and browning, flavours as noted in first bottle in 2018 now with pronounced cherry liqueur element and some caramel, long and silky but not quite as fresh and pure as I would like, seems on plateau but given it's a 99 best days may well be ahead, plenty of heft, 10+ years. F (17.5).
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4/16/2023 - devraj wrote: 87 Points
Medium reddish brick in color. Mildly corked. Still shows reddish berries, spice and florals. Palate is medium-bodied with good acidity, sour-sweet berries and some soy. Clipped finish...
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12/16/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:
A few shades deeper and more primary looking than the 2001 Trapet. Attractive aromas of strawberry and menthol. Medium weight, excellent texture and balance of red fruit and soil with crisp acidity and moderate remaining tannin. At a very enjoyable point now, but it still has at least 5 years before it reaches full maturity. Impressive and one of the best bottles of Geantet I’ve had.
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12/18/2020 - liber Likes this wine: 88 Points
2nd of 6, decanted an hour, apparently perfect cork, perfect level, underlying as 1st bottle in 2018 but spoiled by light taint, attractive rich fruit apparent. VG (16).
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8/15/2020 - 5laton wrote: flawed
Corked dammit
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11/7/2019 - aChave Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely nose. Smooth, integrated, red fruit. Decidedly Gevrey Chambertin, but clean and well delineated. Lavender and roses...
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9/21/2018 - liber Likes this wine: 92 Points
1st of 6, decanted an hour, perfect cork and level - dark, translucent red, hint of development on rim; meaty, damson and black cherry, touch of earth merest hint of spice and sous bois; medium, long, persistent if not notably concentrated for vintage but harmonious, nice touch of iron, mature and with scope for improvement. F (17.5)…..streets ahead of Poissenot in this vintage but no fireworks and no better as yet than the lovely 98 and 01.
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1/27/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Lots of black fruit with an equal amount of roasted meat. Very good weight and length. Slightly rugged/ rustic edge when popped-and-poured, this softened considerably the next day. This will easily be enjoyable for another decade+.
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6/29/2017 - wineappreciation wrote: 92 Points
Raspberry, cherry, with light notes of soil, leaf and cumin; a relatively subtle but pleasant nose
Light, fruitful, elegant, poised; graceful, but slightly watery finish; not a profound wine but very good
After half hour: Nose and palate more aged and dusty and somewhat more full
One Hour: Somewhat lighter again but once again more integrated
Not extraordinary but interesting and pleasant, and evolving, though without the depth that one might hope for
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10/23/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium unevolved ruby. Very slow start with a reticent nose showing, well, not much after an hour of air, and then a bit of funk, licorice, and black tea. This mutedness made me wonder about low grade TCA, but the bottle did not go in that direction. Chunky mid-weight palate, again only showing tannin at first. Eventually some blacker fruit came to the fore along with the only thing reminiscent of a bottle several years ago, that is, a vivid blood orange note. I'm still left thinking that this bottle was flawed in some respect or perhaps still too young, but that is not how bottles showed in 2014. At any rate, drinkable but not very good.
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12/16/2015 - Aglenardi wrote: flawed
CORKED! What a shame. Got this at HDH auction... Hmmm
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11/20/2014 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
1999 Red Burgundy with Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Touch of brownish note on the rim. Very nice nose, open and expressive and was very rich and ripe closer to what we would expect 1999 to be. Light Spicy edge so nice. Could be mistaken for a syrah at times. Still on the young side and more a red fruited wine but very good now and will aged very nicely. Great surprise. 93-94
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11/20/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 93 Points
Expressive and quite complex on the nose - dark fruit, earth, spices. Just lovely. On the palate good acidity and grip, nice balance, slightly tart finish. Very very persistent. No rush drinking this. 92-93+
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9/29/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Light ruby throughout. Gorgeous nose of sour cherry, soil, and a distant hint of anise. Some secondary perfume as it sat open. Perfect light Gevrey weight with intriguing light sappiness and excellent mouth coverage without any wood influence. Snappy tart red fruit and an exotic twist of citrus balanced by earth and very strong underlying acidity that could still use a few years to fully absorb. This was just a great bottle in an ideal spot. Much more impressive than any Geantet Charmes I've had in the past.
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5/25/2014 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
For me, the best Charmes are expressive, concentrated and hedonistic wines that are not terribly complex. This is a wonderful example. Still quite youthful and not showing a lot of tertiary, expressive nose displaying mostly black fruits with a hint of red, blackberry, strawberry rhubarb pie, dark spices and earth. Very good concentration, round and warm fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and noticeable but nicely integrated tannins. Another five years of cellaring will add more tertiary notes. Very enjoyable.
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2/14/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium ruby with a hint of maturity. Typical Gevrey aromatics of sour red fruit and some soil. Medium to light weight, crisp and proper, brisk acidity but despite this, a pleasingly silky feel. Late touch of herbs. Inching toward full maturity. Finely detailed, but even accounting for the delicacy of Charmes, it is difficult to discern real Grand Cru character here; maybe at the Premier Cru level.
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10/9/2013 - Barry Rothof wrote:
Red Burgundy tasting (@ Rotterdam, Netherlands): A bit further downslope and to the north, from the Griotte-Chambertin adjacent section of Aux Charmes. Medium intense, opaque-ish ruby at the core with a clearing rim. This bottle was opened, checked for faults and left to stand in a cool place for about two hours.
The nose is far less evolved than the previous wine and shows medium intense notes of black fruits, a touch of leathery game and a smoky edge. Slightly beyond medium-bodied, feisty near-pronounced acidity pulls out the ripe-but-grippy medium tannins somewhat, but said structure is decently buffered by medium intense griotte cherries, although other than a slight earthiness further complexity is absent. Its mid-palate balance is no more than fair at present and it’s clear to me that this wine still has some structure to resolve. The fact that the finish ups the intensity a notch and sneakily makes it to the half minute post, reinforces confidence in its future promise, because at present it is not a bad wine but certainly no Grand Cru experience. Judgement reserved ................ TN Mike de Lange
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5/10/2013 - FYC wrote:
Lots of meaty aroma. The palate contained bright red fruit but also lots of tannins and acidity. This is still in a closed phase and needs more time.
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11/22/2012 - tbabes wrote: 93 Points
Good fill, with a solid cork; popped, poured and consumed with Thanksgiving dinner. Dark ruby red core, with some hint of blood red at the rim. Lovely bouquet, offering up notes of ripe cherry, earth, leather and briar patch. Medium to full bodied; quite lush, rich and expansive for a Pinot Noir, with a long and heady finish.
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2/5/2011 - Milos wrote: 92 Points
Very bright red and the freshness of the red fruit just oozing from the glass. Red cherry and raspberry, mineral undertones with good acidity. Very good food wine now. Secondary flavours not developed yet. Long finish.
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1/24/2011 - bevetroppo wrote: 92 Points
Happy Birthday to Me! Several days later from memory so details are scant. Soaring and sweet fruit in the nose, lovely mature flavors, soft texture. Suprisingly feminine and supple, but good for another 5-10 easily. Certainly the softer side of Chambertin. Went great (how could it not) with my wife's delicious rendition of boeuf bourguignon.
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8/11/2010 - devraj wrote: 91 Points
Drank on 8/10/2010. Very classic old world Gevry nose. Damp earth, wet leaves, red cherry and some asian spices. Tart red cherries, whiff of leathery aroma in the mouth all framed with high acidity. Good mid-palate..., was expecting more, but a good drink neverthless.
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11/12/2009 - MatthewF wrote: flawed
Jen's Birthday (Lake Bluff, IL): Corked.
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1/17/2009 - gsquireh wrote: 89 Points
Black fruit nose and strong mineral flavor with progressive but clean finish. Not dense but elegant and enjoyable.
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4/5/2008 - noppakit s. wrote: 97 Points
I don't know this domaine and I buy this wine because of the vintage and its area.
This wine is the most classic Burgundy for me. The typical scent of Pinor Noir that's clean and deep. Moreover it's getting better and better with more breathing time. Remaining seductive nosing, new oak but very very very light-toasted. I can feel the natural nature of grape. Hints a bit of Leroy's smell til the end. (about 4 hours of drinking/testing)
Full-bodied, well-balanced, big and backbone, beautifully well-made too. Good fruit and spiciness reminds me some feeling of La Tache. Cool !!!
Aftertaste is really great for Charmes-Chambertin.
I must give these words " This is a textbook of original Bourgogne wine " and give my regards to the wine-maker.
Thanks for create this wine to heal the pain in my imagination.
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11/26/2004 - Ben Andersen wrote:
(MAG) Rather tannic at first but softened with air; pure Pinot fruit, though a bit simple and lacking the "wow" factor one hopes for from a Grand Cru - even as young as this one is. That said, it went well with the Thanksgiving meal - I'm just not sure it is any better than most decent 1er Cru level Gevreys. I have a few 750s left, so we'll see what happens over the next few years... But I'm not holding my breath.
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