Expressive nose displaying ripe sweet black fruit, blackberry, blackberry jam, raspberry, caramel, grillged meat and earth. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of ripe black it, silky and polished, perfect amount of acidity, earth mineral, noticeable but non-obtrusive tannins, and a medium to long ripe black fruit driven finish. There is a hint of bitterness at the end. I am getting slightly “modern” impression. There is not much of sous bois. It can improve for a decade or more.
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Bevuto al ristorante “Le case” vicino a Macerata. Nonostante i suoi quasi 14 anni ė ancora giovane . Ha bisogna ancora di qualche anno per domare la sua forza. Naso magnifico meno il palato. Mano mano con l’aria si trasforma e regala nuove sensazioni. Unico appunto troppo caro anche al ristorante (305 euro).
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Gorgeous nose, richly fruited with morello cherries,violets,spices,graphite and a touch of smoke. The palate was clean,rich and powerful.Great complexity with rich cherry fruit interwoven with tobacco flavours,orange peel and minerals.It has good balance and energy and for all of its power does not feel forced or overly heavy.This is clearly one built for the long term.But absolutely fantastic to drink right now.
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The nose is open on cherries, tree bark, spices, moist forest floor. On the palate the wine is a little sparkling, a sweet entree that changes with medium tannins and a finish with still black fruits, spices, mushrooms and tree bark. This wine is very concentrated but does not show the solar side of the vintage maybe because of the geography of the site. Very happy to have drunk this at this stage.
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X-pensive Winos does 2005 Burgundy: Petillant when just opened. A little bit less concentrated than the Vougeot. Sweet, a bit polished, but only in the highest level. On day 2 much better, smooth, creamy, polished but on a high level with excellent fruit indeed. Juicy stuff.
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Very good wine suites the vintage. Perfume nose. Complex, very good balance, and lengthy. In it's young drinking window now. The palate is not very refined. If time can solve this problem, this one will be a top premium cru in the future. Will try another one in 2 years.
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This was tasted over 2 evenings with a lot of distractions in a very informal setting. One of the stars of both nights... Incredible perfume of dark cherries, dark minerality, crushed flowers, tobacco, also some sweet spices and a touch of dark chocolate. It's medium-full bodied with medium tannin and medium-lower acidity. Excellent length. A superb Gevrey from this great producer and it's absolutely peaking right now... held up beautifully on day 2. What a beautifully complex and aromatic wine.
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2017 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/9/2017-11/14/2017 (Villa D’este, Lake Como and Milan): Intense nose displaying decadent concentrated black fruit, crushed blackberry, blackberry jelly, raspberry jam, dark flowers, caramel, tree bark, grilled meat and earth. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered decadent black fruit, perfect amount of acidity and mineral and a long intense black fruit driven finish that resonates. Concentrated decadent yet pure black fruit makes this wine really enjoyable. Certainly not a delicate wine so Caveat Emptor. Perhaps it has reached the first stage of the youthful peak but can easily improve for another decade.
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A variety of wines by the fire (Our backyard): Great bottle of red Burgundy. Deep ruby in color. The nose is wonderful. Quite open and expressive with pop and pour. Cherries, sandalwood, and a bit of salinity. On the palate, while young, this delivers. It is on the more masculine side with plenty of juicy cherry fruit. Lots of depth. Very nice texture. Long finish. Most of the crow seemed to shy away from this (my wife hates Pinot and French wines as a general rule) in favor of the Lillian Syrah (also great), so I kept going back to it. Certainly one of the better red Burgs I have ever had IMO. Still young and no hurry but also open at this stage.
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OK, listen. I'm not a great Burgundy drinker. I'm trying to be. Mostly I'm terrified of opening Burgundy wines too early or too late. I've got the drill down on every other varietal and every other region, but Burgundy remains robed in when-to-open mystery for me.
But 2005 - ten years past vintage date - seemed safe for a 1er cru from this vintage. We popped and poured this wine to drink during the first Presidential debate of the Clinton/Trump cycle. My kids were eating buttered popcorn on the couch next to me, and the aromatics of this wine never quite overcame the fake-butter smell. I'm sure the aromatics were there, but they weren't overpoweringly strong.
The palate, though, is where this wine paid off. There's a lot of stuffing to this wine. But it's not cooked fruit stuffing - Meadows would call it "dry extract," or "sap" I think. If you had this much oomph in a new world Pinot, there would be a lot more alcohol.
The palate just kept shifting around on me; all night the palate moved, and every time it was a different form of beautiful. Serious minerality on the back end was a common theme. It was drinking handsomely within a few minutes of being opened and held up for the two and a half hours that we drank through it.
That palate movement indicated to me that the wine clearly isn't all the way mature, but it's delightful where it is today. It's serious and charming with great lift and vivacity. I've been chasing the Burgundy dream for years; I've had lots of Gevreys and lots of other villages and I know that the density and sap of this wine pleases me in a way that many red burgs do not.
This is well worth opening today for a special occasion even if you only have one bottle. I would guess that this has "upside" but this really did strike me as special last night.
Final assessment: this is the kind of wine that makes my jaded wine wife arch her eyebrows and say "what is *this?*"
Big and showy wine. Starts out quite oaky; almost overbearing. Rounds out nicely as the bottle opens, though -- becoming quite well-balanced. Fabulous texture throughout.
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Medium expressive nose of round and ripe sweet red and black fruits, tree bark, dark spices and Gevrey earth. Excellent concentration, sweet ripe dark fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and nicely integrated tannins. Once again very concentrated style but pure. Not terribly complex but perfectly enjoyable. Still quite youthful and need another ten years of cellaring.
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Burgundy at Formel B. Very open and inviting nose of dark deep fruit, but with considerable elegance and poise. Sweet attack, the fruit is out in the open and not embedded behind acidity/tannins as many other 2005's. Full bodied, less wood than expected. Very balanced and easy to drink. A charmer.
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Possibly higher score. Very early to drink this wonderfully refined wine. At this stage, there's too much alcohol driving the flavor, but the breeding, deep, dark berry flavors enveloped in that earthen ring are unmistakably from old vines and very careful winemaking. The nose was restrained but the palate very satisfying.
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Youthful nose of red fruits and blackberries, gevrey animal, spicy, cedar, cocoa and earth. Excellent concentration, sweet and ripe fruits and fully integrated tannins. Very expressive but not incredibly complex, definitely good 1er cru kind of complexity. Very enjoyable wine that shows sweet concentrated style of Mortet, somewhere between Rousseau’s delicate decadence and C Dugat’s concentration and modernism. If you prefer sweet fruits, you will enjoy this wine. Still long life ahead.
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Quite deep garnet. Sour dark berries, blackcurrants, dark cherries, cedar, turning a bit jammy, thick yet balanced, wonderfully complex. Full body, medium to low acidity, a bit diluted on the midpalate, fruit and not much else, some spice, some wood. It opens up a bit later, but seems a touch hot and still hollow in the middle. Spicy minerality, cherry. Hot finish. Good length, yet somewhat empty, charcoal. Too young?
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Uncorked DK tasting: 2005 Burgundy (Karlebo Kro): Very intense and linear nose of cherries and blackcurrant - I am certain that I would have guessed for overseas Shiraz or Cabernet if I've had this one blind. In the mouth this is smooth, pure and intense with more sweet cherry and blackcurrant jam. Eventually a lot of oak becomes evident as well. While this is very atypical, it is in fact very pleasing, but also a bit simple. A wine that it is difficult to make up your mind about. Group average: 91.4.
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1/27/2021 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Expressive nose displaying ripe sweet black fruit, blackberry, blackberry jam, raspberry, caramel, grillged meat and earth. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of ripe black it, silky and polished, perfect amount of acidity, earth mineral, noticeable but non-obtrusive tannins, and a medium to long ripe black fruit driven finish. There is a hint of bitterness at the end. I am getting slightly “modern” impression. There is not much of sous bois. It can improve for a decade or more.
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8/21/2019 - Euge67 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bevuto al ristorante “Le case” vicino a Macerata.
Nonostante i suoi quasi 14 anni ė ancora giovane . Ha bisogna ancora di qualche anno per domare la sua forza.
Naso magnifico meno il palato. Mano mano con l’aria si trasforma e regala nuove sensazioni. Unico appunto troppo caro anche al ristorante (305 euro).
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4/28/2019 - valedeniro wrote: 96 Points
Gorgeous nose, richly fruited with morello cherries,violets,spices,graphite and a touch of smoke. The palate was clean,rich and powerful.Great complexity with rich cherry fruit interwoven with tobacco flavours,orange peel and minerals.It has good balance and energy and for all of its power does not feel forced or overly heavy.This is clearly one built for the long term.But absolutely fantastic to drink right now.
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3/14/2019 - Bathtub58 Likes this wine: 93 Points
No note taken. My score may be low.
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7/6/2018 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 93 Points
The nose is open on cherries, tree bark, spices, moist forest floor. On the palate the wine is a little sparkling, a sweet entree that changes with medium tannins and a finish with still black fruits, spices, mushrooms and tree bark. This wine is very concentrated but does not show the solar side of the vintage maybe because of the geography of the site. Very happy to have drunk this at this stage.
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3/9/2018 - beatles wrote: 94 Points
X-pensive Winos does 2005 Burgundy: Petillant when just opened. A little bit less concentrated than the Vougeot. Sweet, a bit polished, but only in the highest level. On day 2 much better, smooth, creamy, polished but on a high level with excellent fruit indeed. Juicy stuff.
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3/2/2018 - lovewine123 wrote: 93 Points
Very good wine suites the vintage. Perfume nose. Complex, very good balance, and lengthy. In it's young drinking window now. The palate is not very refined. If time can solve this problem, this one will be a top premium cru in the future. Will try another one in 2 years.
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11/11/2017 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
This was tasted over 2 evenings with a lot of distractions in a very informal setting. One of the stars of both nights... Incredible perfume of dark cherries, dark minerality, crushed flowers, tobacco, also some sweet spices and a touch of dark chocolate. It's medium-full bodied with medium tannin and medium-lower acidity. Excellent length. A superb Gevrey from this great producer and it's absolutely peaking right now... held up beautifully on day 2. What a beautifully complex and aromatic wine.
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11/9/2017 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
2017 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/9/2017-11/14/2017 (Villa D’este, Lake Como and Milan): Intense nose displaying decadent concentrated black fruit, crushed blackberry, blackberry jelly, raspberry jam, dark flowers, caramel, tree bark, grilled meat and earth. Excellent concentration, beautifully layered decadent black fruit, perfect amount of acidity and mineral and a long intense black fruit driven finish that resonates. Concentrated decadent yet pure black fruit makes this wine really enjoyable. Certainly not a delicate wine so Caveat Emptor. Perhaps it has reached the first stage of the youthful peak but can easily improve for another decade.
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7/10/2017 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 96 Points
A variety of wines by the fire (Our backyard): Great bottle of red Burgundy. Deep ruby in color. The nose is wonderful. Quite open and expressive with pop and pour. Cherries, sandalwood, and a bit of salinity. On the palate, while young, this delivers. It is on the more masculine side with plenty of juicy cherry fruit. Lots of depth. Very nice texture. Long finish. Most of the crow seemed to shy away from this (my wife hates Pinot and French wines as a general rule) in favor of the Lillian Syrah (also great), so I kept going back to it. Certainly one of the better red Burgs I have ever had IMO. Still young and no hurry but also open at this stage.
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9/26/2016 - Phitz Likes this wine: 94 Points
OK, listen. I'm not a great Burgundy drinker. I'm trying to be. Mostly I'm terrified of opening Burgundy wines too early or too late. I've got the drill down on every other varietal and every other region, but Burgundy remains robed in when-to-open mystery for me.
But 2005 - ten years past vintage date - seemed safe for a 1er cru from this vintage. We popped and poured this wine to drink during the first Presidential debate of the Clinton/Trump cycle. My kids were eating buttered popcorn on the couch next to me, and the aromatics of this wine never quite overcame the fake-butter smell. I'm sure the aromatics were there, but they weren't overpoweringly strong.
The palate, though, is where this wine paid off. There's a lot of stuffing to this wine. But it's not cooked fruit stuffing - Meadows would call it "dry extract," or "sap" I think. If you had this much oomph in a new world Pinot, there would be a lot more alcohol.
The palate just kept shifting around on me; all night the palate moved, and every time it was a different form of beautiful. Serious minerality on the back end was a common theme. It was drinking handsomely within a few minutes of being opened and held up for the two and a half hours that we drank through it.
That palate movement indicated to me that the wine clearly isn't all the way mature, but it's delightful where it is today. It's serious and charming with great lift and vivacity. I've been chasing the Burgundy dream for years; I've had lots of Gevreys and lots of other villages and I know that the density and sap of this wine pleases me in a way that many red burgs do not.
This is well worth opening today for a special occasion even if you only have one bottle. I would guess that this has "upside" but this really did strike me as special last night.
Final assessment: this is the kind of wine that makes my jaded wine wife arch her eyebrows and say "what is *this?*"
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3/27/2016 - Sycamore Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big and showy wine. Starts out quite oaky; almost overbearing. Rounds out nicely as the bottle opens, though -- becoming quite well-balanced. Fabulous texture throughout.
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5/26/2015 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Medium expressive nose of round and ripe sweet red and black fruits, tree bark, dark spices and Gevrey earth. Excellent concentration, sweet ripe dark fruit driven palate impression, good acidity and nicely integrated tannins. Once again very concentrated style but pure. Not terribly complex but perfectly enjoyable. Still quite youthful and need another ten years of cellaring.
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5/18/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Le Serbet/ Becky Wasserman's 35th Anniversary Celebration (Château de Sully - Southern Burgundy): From magnum. Very enjoyable. Big and powerful black fruit on nose and palate. World class fruit, good spice and animale hints. Very long and persistent.
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2/19/2014 - UTPK wrote:
Burgundy at Formel B. Very open and inviting nose of dark deep fruit, but with considerable elegance and poise. Sweet attack, the fruit is out in the open and not embedded behind acidity/tannins as many other 2005's. Full bodied, less wood than expected. Very balanced and easy to drink. A charmer.
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9/19/2013 - Sotto325 wrote: 93 Points
Possibly higher score. Very early to drink this wonderfully refined wine. At this stage, there's too much alcohol driving the flavor, but the breeding, deep, dark berry flavors enveloped in that earthen ring are unmistakably from old vines and very careful winemaking. The nose was restrained but the palate very satisfying.
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3/25/2013 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Youthful nose of red fruits and blackberries, gevrey animal, spicy, cedar, cocoa and earth. Excellent concentration, sweet and ripe fruits and fully integrated tannins. Very expressive but not incredibly complex, definitely good 1er cru kind of complexity. Very enjoyable wine that shows sweet concentrated style of Mortet, somewhere between Rousseau’s delicate decadence and C Dugat’s concentration and modernism. If you prefer sweet fruits, you will enjoy this wine. Still long life ahead.
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11/29/2011 - igaf wrote:
Quite deep garnet. Sour dark berries, blackcurrants, dark cherries, cedar, turning a bit jammy, thick yet balanced, wonderfully complex. Full body, medium to low acidity, a bit diluted on the midpalate, fruit and not much else, some spice, some wood. It opens up a bit later, but seems a touch hot and still hollow in the middle. Spicy minerality, cherry. Hot finish. Good length, yet somewhat empty, charcoal. Too young?
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11/7/2009 - KellyW wrote: 95 Points
Drinking amazing well at such a young age. Densely packed ripe fruits with little overt wood. Great balance and length.
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8/15/2008 - winecowboy wrote: 88 Points
Not quite there yet. Maybe a little shut down. Did not display much that night.
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2/29/2008 - gorm wrote: 92 Points
Uncorked DK tasting: 2005 Burgundy (Karlebo Kro): Very intense and linear nose of cherries and blackcurrant - I am certain that I would have guessed for overseas Shiraz or Cabernet if I've had this one blind. In the mouth this is smooth, pure and intense with more sweet cherry and blackcurrant jam. Eventually a lot of oak becomes evident as well. While this is very atypical, it is in fact very pleasing, but also a bit simple. A wine that it is difficult to make up your mind about. Group average: 91.4.
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