Surprisingly accessible for a 2005 Chevillon after about 5 hours of slow ox. Effusive aromatics, with dark bramble and cherry fruit, accompanied by sauvage and damp earth. The palate was squarely medium bodied and silky textured before fine tannins crept in on the rear palate. This has not quite entered its mature sweet fruit stage on the palate, but it is drinking very well.
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Bought on release #1 of 3. Great fill and sound cork. // Initial nose has red fruits and tertiary, complex elements. Huge legs in glass. Very dark fruit, surprisingly little brown color, still quite dark red and nearly opaque. Fruit is mostly a dark cherry fruit. Animale, savoury, complex, actually quite compelling. With time and air the complex, aromatic, dark red fruit comes forward, notes of cassis and spice come forward. Not a 'great' wine but compelling. Not as animale as a Vaucrains. Still has acid cut. Great with a grilled cheese sandwich!
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2005 Red Burgundy Tasting: PWTG Single Blind Tasting of six wines from the 2005 vintage in Red Burgundy. Decanted for 2 hours before tasting. Wine A My #5, Groups #5 Reticent nose, some pretty oak with dusty cherry elements. Very deep, ripe and extracted palate, not the most lithe wine in the flight but containing a lot of dry extract and material for positive evolution. This was very similar wine making to Wine E, so I guessed both as Chevillon's which was correct. When will these 2005s soften?
Showing really youthful but some exotic development starting to emerge. Deep dark color. Heady nose of wet cave, forest floor, clove, cassis. Sleek palate with dried black cherry, cassis and baking spice.
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I have had at least 50 Chevillon Burgs over past 20 years and i'm yet to find a bad one. Often in weaker vintages he is still making great wines. And in particular i have been impressed time and again with his 2005 Nuits Premier Cru's. First time for "Chaignots" from this vintage for me and in my opinion the best of them all. This was brooding and too young but coming into the first drinking window of what will be 30+ years drinking pleasure. Rich, verging on full bodied ( completely the opposite of the Maniere Suchots next to it) , fat and laden with a small dark berry and sous bois , charry nose. Palate same with raspberry, complex savoury but sweet spices. balanced and long, acid and tannins settled down nicely. it continued to evolve and flower over 2 hours. just absolutely yummy stuff. the pick of the 3 pinots for me. And a relative bargain at auction if you can find it. From Timmy Bird's cellar.
This is much more exciting than the bottle consumed in May. Yes, this is not elegant Burgundy. That said, it’s full of warmth, earth, ripe berries and spice. The nose is exciting. The palate bookends sweet fruit and a tannic finish. Certainly mature but I think it will continue to develop and improve for a while. When you are in the mood for a big mouthful of burgundy, this is a good bottle to reach for. (92)
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After two hour decant, this is showing beautifully. Powerful rich nose of mineral, earth, dark fruit and a highly complementary palate. Very long, perfect balance. A long beautiful future ahead.
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Textbook premier cru Burgundy — the fruit and liveliness one expects from 2005 vintage, but is sufficiently soft and evolved to deliver great pleasure today. This is just starting to show some secondary notes, and should be a delight to drink anytime over the next decade (or longer perhaps). Remarkable purity and gulpable juicy fruit, this is everything we could have hoped for and more. Bravo Chevillon!
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Tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market -nearly opaque plum skin red purple -low key rich plum -med acidity, med weight monolithic ripe plum purple fruits with a faint medicinal streak, finishes with med/med+ tannins and a hint of wood -on the rustic end of the Chevillon stable yet retains the '05 balance and richness that is still early in its unfurling, probably needs a couple more years
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Delicious NSG Ier Cru. Unfortunately my last bot of 05 vintage. In a great space but will continue to develop over 6/10 yrs. Will leave his Big Guns to develop!!
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Lovely, but unrecognisable as Burgundy. At a blind tasting lunch an MW thought it was Amarone; two others as Chateauneuf. Deep in colour, powerful, fleshy plum and dried fruit character, hints of caramel, velvety tannins. Definitely does not belong in the Wine Society's "Red Burgundy for Drinking Now" (as of 2016) case - has quite some time ahead of it.
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Decanted for about four hours. Palate of raspberry and boysenberry fruit, with a light dusting of some sort of Indian spice, maybe cumin. Very silky mouthfeel. Lovely weight and balance in the mouth. Very young still. Hold remaining bottles at least five years. With Sarah at Txikito.
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Not ready. Cleary showing hints of incredibly concentrated dark cherry/boysenberry in center palate, a wonderful occasional waft of black cherry, smoke, wet earth and fruit acid on the nose. After a decant for an hour then a short second decant, the wine emerged in parts but still evolving slowly from sleep. Despite the 2015 start date predicted by the reviewers, I would hold for 3-5 more years.
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2005 Burgundy (La Trompette, London): Darker again. Dark fruited but with a freshness. Dense, dark and quite dry on the finish. The first bruiser of the night. Very dense on the nose. **(**)
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Fat, plump, and forward tannic monster of a wine, this took an hour to come around to a point where we could say, "yeah, this need a lot more time." I'd give it another 5-10 and expect it to be always a plump wine, not a thing of grace or cut, but it could offer a lot of game/coffee/spice scented pleasure in its later years. Just not very pleasurable right now.
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Radically different than the (very advanced) 2005, this wine is still very young and perhaps only now beginning to enter a drinking window. Concentrated red fruit, good overall balance; but prominent and slightly chunky tannins on the finish detract a bit. Better in 2-5 years.
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Needed a ton of time to open, this wine is still way young. Responded well to "hyper decanting" the modernist way, responded more slowly to an actual decanter (duh).
Started off with some barnyard and very closed down. Once opened, barnyard notes tended to blow off and a floral, spice bouquet developed. Delicate fruit flavors, finish is a bit rough. Try again in 5 years.
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This wine gave an outstanding showing. It displays youthfulness with an underlying hint of maturity on the bouquet and palate. This should continue to drink well for many years and may even benefit from additional year or two of bottle age.
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92 Fragrant but subtle bouquet of earthy/stone, charred meat, cherry. Palate, superbly textured mouthfeel -dark fruit with clean, round acidity and a dry finish -great balance...great bottle.
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Dinner at Marche Moderne: Popped and poured. Loved the aromatics. Berries, spice and violets. It smelled purple, whatever that means. This went down so easy. Obviously primary at this stage but the fruit is very pleasant and the texture works great with food. Probably my WOTN.
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An outstanding follow up to the stunning '05 Les Cailles. This is the third '05 Chevillon tasted and all have shown exceptionally well. The '05 Chaignots shows wonderful red fruit aromatics and spice on the bouquet. Excellent youthful red color. Medium bodied on the palate with balanced acidity and tannins. This wine is not as intense or complex as the '05 Les Cailles, but still shows excellent balance and nuances on the bouquet and palate.
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Barrel sample tasted at the domaine. Finished malo earlier than the Bousselots. 60 year old vines. Much more fragrant at this point than the Bousselots or AOC NSG. PErfumed, with reip, dark fruit. Terrific structure and balance. Bigger than the Bousselots. Looks very promising.
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12/30/2023 - Shugs_Claret wrote: 93 Points
Much better than last bottle. Dark fruited. Ready to roll.
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12/16/2023 - jlm wrote:
Surprisingly accessible for a 2005 Chevillon after about 5 hours of slow ox. Effusive aromatics, with dark bramble and cherry fruit, accompanied by sauvage and damp earth. The palate was squarely medium bodied and silky textured before fine tannins crept in on the rear palate. This has not quite entered its mature sweet fruit stage on the palate, but it is drinking very well.
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11/10/2023 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bought on release #1 of 3. Great fill and sound cork. // Initial nose has red fruits and tertiary, complex elements. Huge legs in glass. Very dark fruit, surprisingly little brown color, still quite dark red and nearly opaque. Fruit is mostly a dark cherry fruit. Animale, savoury, complex, actually quite compelling. With time and air the complex, aromatic, dark red fruit comes forward, notes of cassis and spice come forward. Not a 'great' wine but compelling. Not as animale as a Vaucrains. Still has acid cut. Great with a grilled cheese sandwich!
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9/26/2023 - adnorthup wrote:
dark fruited, very aromatic, moving into tertiary. Really good right now.
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4/30/2022 - Shugs_Claret wrote: 89 Points
Spicy aromatics on opening. Dark fruit but a bit thin through the mid palate.
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11/15/2021 - Montecalvo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drinking perfectly. still red to dark red rim color. Immediately open nose. Still young fruit driven. Very balanced with excellent concentration.
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11/14/2021 - llink wrote: 90 Points
2005 Red Burgundy Tasting: PWTG Single Blind Tasting of six wines from the 2005 vintage in Red Burgundy. Decanted for 2 hours before tasting.
Wine A My #5, Groups #5
Reticent nose, some pretty oak with dusty cherry elements. Very deep, ripe and extracted palate, not the most lithe wine in the flight but containing a lot of dry extract and material for positive evolution.
This was very similar wine making to Wine E, so I guessed both as Chevillon's which was correct. When will these 2005s soften?
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5/28/2021 - danstrings Likes this wine: 92 Points
Showing really youthful but some exotic development starting to emerge. Deep dark color. Heady nose of wet cave, forest floor, clove, cassis. Sleek palate with dried black cherry, cassis and baking spice.
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5/11/2021 - yodamark Likes this wine: 98 Points
I have had at least 50 Chevillon Burgs over past 20 years and i'm yet to find a bad one. Often in weaker vintages he is still making great wines. And in particular i have been impressed time and again with his 2005 Nuits Premier Cru's. First time for "Chaignots" from this vintage for me and in my opinion the best of them all. This was brooding and too young but coming into the first drinking window of what will be 30+ years drinking pleasure. Rich, verging on full bodied ( completely the opposite of the Maniere Suchots next to it) , fat and laden with a small dark berry and sous bois , charry nose. Palate same with raspberry, complex savoury but sweet spices. balanced and long, acid and tannins settled down nicely. it continued to evolve and flower over 2 hours. just absolutely yummy stuff. the pick of the 3 pinots for me. And a relative bargain at auction if you can find it. From Timmy Bird's cellar.
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11/21/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
This is much more exciting than the bottle consumed in May. Yes, this is not elegant Burgundy. That said, it’s full of warmth, earth, ripe berries and spice. The nose is exciting. The palate bookends sweet fruit and a tannic finish. Certainly mature but I think it will continue to develop and improve for a while. When you are in the mood for a big mouthful of burgundy, this is a good bottle to reach for. (92)
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5/22/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 90 Points
A big, rich chunky burgundy. Earthy and deeply fruited. Nothing to dream about but solid wine. (90)
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4/1/2020 - 560 B&W Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted. Barely, barely ready. A bit of wood still evident. 13.5%
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1/29/2020 - danstrings Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark and brooding, closed most of the evening but showed flashes of deep spicy dark fruit, tar, pumice, licorice.
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1/18/2020 - lepetitchateau wrote: 92 Points
Tight as a drum. Ample fruit and great balance, but DO NOT open this for another 5-10 years...
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1/1/2020 - Richard P Howden wrote: 94 Points
After two hour decant, this is showing beautifully. Powerful rich nose of mineral, earth, dark fruit and a highly complementary palate. Very long, perfect balance. A long beautiful future ahead.
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11/22/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Textbook premier cru Burgundy — the fruit and liveliness one expects from 2005 vintage, but is sufficiently soft and evolved to deliver great pleasure today. This is just starting to show some secondary notes, and should be a delight to drink anytime over the next decade (or longer perhaps). Remarkable purity and gulpable juicy fruit, this is everything we could have hoped for and more. Bravo Chevillon!
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10/13/2019 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 2 hrs, bottle from secondary market
-nearly opaque plum skin red purple
-low key rich plum
-med acidity, med weight monolithic ripe plum purple fruits with a faint medicinal streak, finishes with med/med+ tannins and a hint of wood
-on the rustic end of the Chevillon stable yet retains the '05 balance and richness that is still early in its unfurling, probably needs a couple more years
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7/6/2019 - danstrings Likes this wine: 93 Points
Showed great - deep mysterious wet cave laden dark fruit, spice, tar, juicy deep fruit, very youthful, nice!
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5/7/2018 - western Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious NSG Ier Cru. Unfortunately my last bot of 05 vintage.
In a great space but will continue to develop over 6/10 yrs.
Will leave his Big Guns to develop!!
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2/19/2017 - gtilley wrote:
Lovely, but unrecognisable as Burgundy. At a blind tasting lunch an MW thought it was Amarone; two others as Chateauneuf. Deep in colour, powerful, fleshy plum and dried fruit character, hints of caramel, velvety tannins. Definitely does not belong in the Wine Society's "Red Burgundy for Drinking Now" (as of 2016) case - has quite some time ahead of it.
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3/16/2016 - western Likes this wine: 91 Points
Definitely needs 5/8 years.
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9/22/2015 - Pknut wrote:
Decanted for about four hours. Palate of raspberry and boysenberry fruit, with a light dusting of some sort of Indian spice, maybe cumin. Very silky mouthfeel. Lovely weight and balance in the mouth. Very young still. Hold remaining bottles at least five years. With Sarah at Txikito.
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7/4/2015 - Sotto325 wrote: 91 Points
Not ready. Cleary showing hints of incredibly concentrated dark cherry/boysenberry in center palate, a wonderful occasional waft of black cherry, smoke, wet earth and fruit acid on the nose. After a decant for an hour then a short second decant, the wine emerged in parts but still evolving slowly from sleep. Despite the 2015 start date predicted by the reviewers, I would hold for 3-5 more years.
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11/11/2014 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
2005 Burgundy (La Trompette, London): Darker again. Dark fruited but with a freshness. Dense, dark and quite dry on the finish. The first bruiser of the night. Very dense on the nose. **(**)
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11/1/2014 - yofog wrote: 91 Points
Fat, plump, and forward tannic monster of a wine, this took an hour to come around to a point where we could say, "yeah, this need a lot more time." I'd give it another 5-10 and expect it to be always a plump wine, not a thing of grace or cut, but it could offer a lot of game/coffee/spice scented pleasure in its later years. Just not very pleasurable right now.
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1/1/2014 - ccn wrote: 89 Points
Radically different than the (very advanced) 2005, this wine is still very young and perhaps only now beginning to enter a drinking window. Concentrated red fruit, good overall balance; but prominent and slightly chunky tannins on the finish detract a bit. Better in 2-5 years.
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8/28/2013 - SeattlePaul Likes this wine: 91 Points
Needed a ton of time to open, this wine is still way young. Responded well to "hyper decanting" the modernist way, responded more slowly to an actual decanter (duh).
Started off with some barnyard and very closed down. Once opened, barnyard notes tended to blow off and a floral, spice bouquet developed. Delicate fruit flavors, finish is a bit rough. Try again in 5 years.
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2/3/2012 - sehill Likes this wine: 91 Points
This wine gave an outstanding showing. It displays youthfulness with an underlying hint of maturity on the bouquet and palate. This should continue to drink well for many years and may even benefit from additional year or two of bottle age.
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2/26/2011 - Arcturus wrote: 92 Points
92 Fragrant but subtle bouquet of earthy/stone, charred meat, cherry. Palate, superbly textured mouthfeel -dark fruit with clean, round acidity and a dry finish -great balance...great bottle.
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3/26/2010 - ktrh Likes this wine: 91 Points
Vin-forum offline tasting (Norway, Trondheim): Beautiful and very pure Pinot nose. Mature but typical cool climate fruit. Perfect balance and drinks perfectly well already.
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6/7/2008 - jasonh wrote:
Dinner at Marche Moderne: Popped and poured. Loved the aromatics. Berries, spice and violets. It smelled purple, whatever that means. This went down so easy. Obviously primary at this stage but the fruit is very pleasant and the texture works great with food. Probably my WOTN.
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5/30/2008 - sehill wrote: 92 Points
An outstanding follow up to the stunning '05 Les Cailles. This is the third '05 Chevillon tasted and all have shown exceptionally well. The '05 Chaignots shows wonderful red fruit aromatics and spice on the bouquet. Excellent youthful red color. Medium bodied on the palate with balanced acidity and tannins. This wine is not as intense or complex as the '05 Les Cailles, but still shows excellent balance and nuances on the bouquet and palate.
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6/21/2006 - Siggy wrote:
France Trip Part 3 - Burgundy; 6/20/2006-6/23/2006: Barrel sample tasted at the domaine. 60 year old vines. Darker cherry fruit than the Bousselots. Amazing texture.
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6/21/2006 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Barrel sample tasted at the domaine. Finished malo earlier than the Bousselots. 60 year old vines. Much more fragrant at this point than the Bousselots or AOC NSG. PErfumed, with reip, dark fruit. Terrific structure and balance. Bigger than the Bousselots. Looks very promising.
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