Couldn't resist opening a second bottle. Such a superbly fragrant wine. Undulating, intense scents of sandalwood, anise, sweet pipe tobacco, sous bois, dark berries, and plum. A grand cru caliber nose. The wine offers an exceptionally well-balanced, well-integrated palate, with spice-inflected, lightly roasted cherry/black raspberry flavors. Pleasing sweetness, subdued tannin, and saliva-inducing acidity make for a wine in a perfect drinking window that marries well to a range of foods.
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Garnet body fades at the very rim and offers up an appealing, high-toned, cherry-anise syrup nose with an intial palate of cherry, plum, black tea and cedar sap. Delicious right off the bat. Over an hour or two, the palate transitions to anise-dark cherry-black raspberry and remarkably sustains a youthful complexion. Dusty tannins add a savory quality, as does the light acidity. Still youthful at this juncture, the persistent extract and verve indicate this satisfying premier cru has plenty of years ahead.
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Primary ruby. A combination of mixed black and red berry fruit, herbs, and some low grade brett which added intrigue rather than detracting from the wine. Full bodied, earthy, brambly base, concentrated fruit, great acidity, and moderate but tame tannins. Excellent but still gamy, rambunctious, and in its relatively early days. This is a 2005 Premier Cru that is open enough to give a good glimpse of what is there currently and what lies ahead. If the brett does not win the race, there will be plenty to enjoy for another 15+ years.
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Decanted for an hour, powerful but not heavy (the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove), dense earthy flavors with a tarry dark cherry vibe. Very complex and kept changing over the course of the bottle. This wine could go another 10-15 years easy
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Rocking and rolling on pop n' pour. Young and stuffed with earth-filled fruit. Theres a subtle earth/funk note here throughout that adds complexity and interest. Fruit is concentration, but the tannins are fine and well integrated. No hurry, of course, but this is an '05 that is drinking wonderfully.
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Ponsot Tasting with Alexandre Abel (Chicago, IL): Can it be? A 2005 that's ready to drink? A very nice nose with a good balance of fruit and earth, and a nice touch of iron as well. The palate is very similar, but there's a generosity of fruit here that's unexpected right now. To balance that is a little bit of mushroom, which I imagine will grow in prominence as this ages, and a reasonable bit of acidity. The tannins are still fine-grained, and this is definitely a wine with large structure, but to someone like me who prefers wines on the slightly younger side, this is ready to go.
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Wines with the HDH Auction (Spiaggia): Good earthy, almost funky, red and black cherry fruit aromas with underlying mushroom and spice. Juicy and fresh cherry fruit with moderate concentration and very good spice finish. Surpringly approachable and generous for an 05.
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A bottle from the Domaine, this was quite beautiful, surprisingly open for business given the vintage. Impressive combination of linear precision with succulent fruit. Nice
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reductive on the nose and i couldn’t help but being influenced by the burnt tire mercaptan aromas, which albeit faint, were hard to ignore. no one else, however was bothered in the slightest
mouth - juicy fine fruit but again the burnt tire flavors made this nearly undrinkable for me in the beginning. with time, however it improved and the off flavors disappated, though others though that with time it acquired more of a volaitile acidity component and worsened.
in summary, a strange wine.
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Way too young. In spite of this being a 1er cru and one of Ponsot's less expensive bottlings - the 05 vintage is just not ready to drink yet. Put your 05s away for at least another 5 years. This has the underlying material to be an outstanding wine for sure - tonight it was a just a little closed although an hour or two of air helped. Was big relative to the other wines we were drinking specifically an 01 Coudray-Bizot Ech. Needs time to settle down a bit but this is very good juice for sure esp for the price. 93 tonight with 95-96 potential.
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Ready to drink w nice red fruit solid acidity and darkish color for burgundy. Did notice some fizziness but overall definitely something to seek out for the price.
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Wow, just great bottle of burgundy, notes of spice, perfume, dark fruits, fresh earth, palate is quite generous with a zippy acidic core that flirts a little on the tongue and a delicious lingering finish
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2005 Burgundy Nite (Dino): Spritzy, and it needed a Mollydooker shake. After that it was pure fruit, with a burst of sweet berry flavor as if it were a pinot noir reduction sauce except it didn't come across thick in weight or verge over the line into being candied.
Sumptuous freshness of fruit with the right structure for long term development. Had a mild fizziness when first decanted but disappeared after an hour.
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More great eats and wine at Christine's; Burgs, Savennières and old Rioja. (Christine's): Now this is a little more my style. Quite rich with riper and blacker fruit than the Faiveley. Just lip-smacking goodness on the palate with a nice stoniness at the back. There’s good structure here, though the fruit is still upfront and masks it to some degree. Solid A-.
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Pretty intense dark red nose, with spices and very ripe concentrated fruit. Palate quite saliny, a bit closed but gradually show u glimpses of what it's got underneath.
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Popped and poured into a decanter and then into my glass and consumed over 2+ hours. Started out with some Pinot funk, barnyard that blew off after an hour or so. Bright ruby red. Complex, spice, cherry, a little iodine in the nose. Very open for a 2005, but still not showing all its cards. Tannins were firm, but not at all harsh or abrasive or intrusive. Bright acidity that was wonderful with bruschetta and a wild mushroom truffle tempenade. Moderately lengthy finish. This young wine can only get better with time.
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11/18/2022 - Musinus wrote: 94 Points
Couldn't resist opening a second bottle. Such a superbly fragrant wine. Undulating, intense scents of sandalwood, anise, sweet pipe tobacco, sous bois, dark berries, and plum. A grand cru caliber nose. The wine offers an exceptionally well-balanced, well-integrated palate, with spice-inflected, lightly roasted cherry/black raspberry flavors. Pleasing sweetness, subdued tannin, and saliva-inducing acidity make for a wine in a perfect drinking window that marries well to a range of foods.
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8/3/2022 - Musinus wrote: 93 Points
Garnet body fades at the very rim and offers up an appealing, high-toned, cherry-anise syrup nose with an intial palate of cherry, plum, black tea and cedar sap. Delicious right off the bat. Over an hour or two, the palate transitions to anise-dark cherry-black raspberry and remarkably sustains a youthful complexion. Dusty tannins add a savory quality, as does the light acidity. Still youthful at this juncture, the persistent extract and verve indicate this satisfying premier cru has plenty of years ahead.
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4/30/2022 - drwine2001 wrote:
Primary ruby. A combination of mixed black and red berry fruit, herbs, and some low grade brett which added intrigue rather than detracting from the wine. Full bodied, earthy, brambly base, concentrated fruit, great acidity, and moderate but tame tannins. Excellent but still gamy, rambunctious, and in its relatively early days. This is a 2005 Premier Cru that is open enough to give a good glimpse of what is there currently and what lies ahead. If the brett does not win the race, there will be plenty to enjoy for another 15+ years.
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10/23/2021 - dajapino Likes this wine: 97 Points
Baby clos de la roche, right now in a good drinking window.
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12/26/2020 - Eugenedinapoli Likes this wine:
Decanted for an hour, powerful but not heavy (the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove), dense earthy flavors with a tarry dark cherry vibe. Very complex and kept changing over the course of the bottle. This wine could go another 10-15 years easy
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12/11/2020 - Cruzin Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful Morey! Decanted 2 hours prior. Drank wonderfully with Mushroom soup and Duck Confit. Really nice, wish I'd bought more.
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9/30/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Janselijn Wines & Verkerk Wines Burgundy v. Tuscany Tasting (Restaurant The Lobby Fizeaustraat, Hotel V, Amsterdam, NL): Tasted blind. Youthful cherry character, little or no visible wood, fresh and lively, spices and vegetal notes, slightly drying, good intensity and length.
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11/30/2018 - Nanda wrote: 93 Points
Rocking and rolling on pop n' pour. Young and stuffed with earth-filled fruit. Theres a subtle earth/funk note here throughout that adds complexity and interest. Fruit is concentration, but the tannins are fine and well integrated. No hurry, of course, but this is an '05 that is drinking wonderfully.
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5/15/2018 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Ponsot Tasting with Alexandre Abel (Chicago, IL): Can it be? A 2005 that's ready to drink? A very nice nose with a good balance of fruit and earth, and a nice touch of iron as well. The palate is very similar, but there's a generosity of fruit here that's unexpected right now. To balance that is a little bit of mushroom, which I imagine will grow in prominence as this ages, and a reasonable bit of acidity. The tannins are still fine-grained, and this is definitely a wine with large structure, but to someone like me who prefers wines on the slightly younger side, this is ready to go.
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3/3/2018 - fatboi wrote:
A bold funky wine that drinks nicely. Lots of dark red fruit. Cherries but surprisingly approachable. Juicy as others have noted. 89
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12/16/2017 - Nanda Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wines with the HDH Auction (Spiaggia): Good earthy, almost funky, red and black cherry fruit aromas with underlying mushroom and spice. Juicy and fresh cherry fruit with moderate concentration and very good spice finish. Surpringly approachable and generous for an 05.
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11/7/2017 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
A bottle from the Domaine, this was quite beautiful, surprisingly open for business given the vintage. Impressive combination of linear precision with succulent fruit. Nice
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6/17/2016 - soyhead wrote:
reductive on the nose and i couldn’t help but being influenced by the burnt tire mercaptan aromas, which albeit faint, were hard to ignore. no one else, however was bothered in the slightest
mouth - juicy fine fruit but again the burnt tire flavors made this nearly undrinkable for me in the beginning. with time, however it improved and the off flavors disappated, though others though that with time it acquired more of a volaitile acidity component and worsened.
in summary, a strange wine.
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5/9/2016 - dougsmith Likes this wine: 89 Points
Deep ruby color. This one was decidedly better; more focused red cherry aromas along with a certain earthiness. Juicy on the palate.
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3/28/2016 - Rani Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted blind. Ripe nose, hung meat, tons of red fruit. Fat on the palate, huge acidity. Delicious. Juicy. Ready now but will continue to evolve.
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3/25/2016 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 93 Points
Way too young. In spite of this being a 1er cru and one of Ponsot's less expensive bottlings - the 05 vintage is just not ready to drink yet. Put your 05s away for at least another 5 years. This has the underlying material to be an outstanding wine for sure - tonight it was a just a little closed although an hour or two of air helped. Was big relative to the other wines we were drinking specifically an 01 Coudray-Bizot Ech. Needs time to settle down a bit but this is very good juice for sure esp for the price. 93 tonight with 95-96 potential.
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4/15/2015 - dougsmith wrote: 87 Points
Deep ruby color. Nose of dark fruit compote and dirt. Some odd spritziness on the palate, medium to full bodied.
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4/11/2015 - cnichelson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Ready to drink w nice red fruit solid acidity and darkish color for burgundy. Did notice some fizziness but overall definitely something to seek out for the price.
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4/10/2015 - eoinhharkins Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow, just great bottle of burgundy, notes of spice, perfume, dark fruits, fresh earth, palate is quite generous with a zippy acidic core that flirts a little on the tongue and a delicious lingering finish
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12/13/2014 - anonymoose12345 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Grape Jolly Rancher.
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7/26/2012 - Keith Levenberg wrote:
2005 Burgundy Nite (Dino): Spritzy, and it needed a Mollydooker shake. After that it was pure fruit, with a burst of sweet berry flavor as if it were a pinot noir reduction sauce except it didn't come across thick in weight or verge over the line into being candied.
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3/27/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 92 Points
Spicy, dark, ripe fruit, with a mineral finish. Very seductive, very Morey. Beauty.
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6/11/2011 - stephanm wrote: 92 Points
Sumptuous freshness of fruit with the right structure for long term development. Had a mild fizziness when first decanted but disappeared after an hour.
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4/5/2011 - BradKNYC wrote:
More great eats and wine at Christine's; Burgs, Savennières and old Rioja. (Christine's): Now this is a little more my style. Quite rich with riper and blacker fruit than the Faiveley. Just lip-smacking goodness on the palate with a nice stoniness at the back. There’s good structure here, though the fruit is still upfront and masks it to some degree. Solid A-.
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8/21/2010 - Pacalet wrote: 89 Points
Pretty intense dark red nose, with spices and very ripe concentrated fruit. Palate quite saliny, a bit closed but gradually show u glimpses of what it's got underneath.
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3/2/2010 - scamhi wrote:
some weird fizzyness.
Drank a bit gave the bottle a hard shake and placed in the frig to try tonight.
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4/20/2008 - Roentgen Ray wrote: 91 Points
Popped and poured into a decanter and then into my glass and consumed over 2+ hours. Started out with some Pinot funk, barnyard that blew off after an hour or so. Bright ruby red. Complex, spice, cherry, a little iodine in the nose. Very open for a 2005, but still not showing all its cards. Tannins were firm, but not at all harsh or abrasive or intrusive. Bright acidity that was wonderful with bruschetta and a wild mushroom truffle tempenade. Moderately lengthy finish. This young wine can only get better with time.
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