5+ years since my last bottle, and the wine hasn't budged much. Rather ripe and roasted on the nose. Palate has rich and dense fruit with structure that is now integrated. A bruiser that is likely always going to be a clunky wine.
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Dark; pulsating, bold nose, dark fruits; palate blazes away, fulsome, boundless; energetic finish. Probably more to come. Typically Sylvie. But is it truly Burgundian?
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Drinking incredibly young for a 2005 village. Not closed but feels like it has a lot more to give. Dark fruits, cloves, hints of ginger. Lovely but I’m not touching my next bottle for 3+ years
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Not sure if this was a perfect bottle, but it had a distinct roasted black fruit aromatic that was distracting. Probably heat damage, but perhaps the ripeness of the vintage. The palate was more clean with good rich black cherry and gevrey meatiness and spice. Still had some new oak that needs to integrate. Will reserve judgement and hold my remaining bottle for a few years.
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It's genuinely hard to not get carried away when rating this superb village Gevrey because it is not only flat out terrific but each bottle keeps getting better and better. Beautiful floral nose with blackberry notes supported by fine tanins which keep getting tamer as the years progress. It still needs an hour before you start drinking, but that's only because you'll drink it so fast you'll miss out. Buy, drink enjoy; it's really that good.
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Medium ruby, pronounced aromas of red cherries, leather, farmyard, tar, cigarleaf, i could go forever, beautiful... I would drink this everyday. On the palate huge acidity, integrated tannins with intense flavors of tar, cigar leaf and cherries. Amazing long finish. This one can age for at least 5-7 years, but awesome now
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10 years in the bottle and this big beautiful village wine is better than ever. Its tannins are continuing to round off and there remains a wonderful core of cassis and blackberry. Add beguiling nose of Gevrey spice and it's really hard not to love this wine. A wine to drink & enjoy now and perhaps for another decade.
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Pungent, earthy, spicy black berry fruit. Full bodied, rich, with more red berry flavours on the palate. Silky tannins and excellent acidity. Some signs of maturation here but this will clearly last a long time.
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A bit of reduction out of the bottle, some earthiness but nothing jumping out of the glass. Good structure and acidity. Will check in again in a few years.
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Served right out of the bottle and consumed within half an hour. Simply delicious! The wine is - as others have commented - not about complexity, at least now. But it is perfectly balanced (low alcohol), pure, juicy, flavourful and simply feels "healthy" - as if it could stay forever in its current state. In fact it did not change a lot from my last assessment, albeit that was a split bottle. Some tannins are still there, but not obtrusive so. The acidity has settled and no longer stands out. I recommend to drink the wine over the next 10 years.
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Last - and best - bottle. Spicy, rich, blackberry, ripe black cherry and mahogany nose and palate. Hints of undergrowth, earth and farm as well as woody concentration adds complexity. Wonderful concentration and length for a village wine. Great balance. Peaks at 2 hours air. Better showing than last year. As with my last note, this is no elegance here. But on a cold winter's evening, simply stunning for a village wine.
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Big, rich, ripe Red Burgundy. Loads of oak. Black fruit - blackberry jam - and violet with hints of clove, and mulled wine spice. Great balance. Long. No rush at all. Needs a colder day and richer food I suspect to show at its very best. Very good indeed - of its type. Elegance is not what this is about. 92+
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Wow - terrific value with great black fruit - nice toasty, but not overwhelming, oak flavors, and still quite young. I wish I bought many more bottles than I did.
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This really hasn't shifted much in five years of keeping! The colour is just beginning to fade at the rim but remains dark and glossy for the most part. N: Griotte cherry, maybe some cola and earthy tones too. Still somewhat muted and cagey. P: very silky attach, followed by a wave of intense dark cherry, blueberry and creme de mure. Verging on opulent but then the acids and tannins close in keeping it well mannered. There's a slightly chewy edge which is surely down to the lack of de-stemming. Overall, a big, impressive wine that might be having a bit of a sulky moment. There is still plenty of time in hand for this. Drink now after a good decant or hold for 3- 5 years.
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Wow, this was drinking surprisingly well! A split bottle perfectly stored since release. Dark in color, in the nose initially sweet candied fruit and only just a whiff of new oak. The latter disappeared with aeration and darker tones (forest floor) come to the front. On the palate this had a pronounced acidity but easily enough material to balance it. The tannins have not yet resolved but don't detract from the drinking pleasure. The finish is long. The wine has moved in an early stage of secondary nuances, is beginning to integrate its components. Another five years will do this only good, but drinking it now was already rewarding!
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A smooth and silky texture, with fine tannins, and liqueur-like expression of black fruit and dark chocolate. Beautiful expression of Pinot Noir that finishes with elegant notes of brown spices, chocolate and minerals. This is a fascinating and reasonably priced wine that will drink well for the next 10-12 years.
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No surprise, very dark "2005" in color. This wine, which I have tasted 3 times now, is a fantastic bargain and performs well above the price point. Quite Gevrey in presentation, very dark fruit oriented with a not-too-subtle anise and exotic spice note. The wine is big in the mouth, and quite thick across the mid-palate, somewhat unyielding and shy despite a six hour decant. Very deep and loaded with potential, the tannins are here in abundance but they are well rounded and certainly overwhelmed by the enormous amount of fruit. Will be a 20yr+ wine in an appropriate cellar with definite upside.
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2/4/2024 - Nanda wrote: 88 Points
5+ years since my last bottle, and the wine hasn't budged much. Rather ripe and roasted on the nose. Palate has rich and dense fruit with structure that is now integrated. A bruiser that is likely always going to be a clunky wine.
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10/29/2022 - chbeaumont wrote: 92 Points
Dark; pulsating, bold nose, dark fruits; palate blazes away, fulsome, boundless; energetic finish. Probably more to come. Typically Sylvie. But is it truly Burgundian?
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12/28/2018 - Enfantterrible wrote: 90 Points
Drinking incredibly young for a 2005 village. Not closed but feels like it has a lot more to give. Dark fruits, cloves, hints of ginger. Lovely but I’m not touching my next bottle for 3+ years
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12/26/2018 - Nanda wrote:
Not sure if this was a perfect bottle, but it had a distinct roasted black fruit aromatic that was distracting. Probably heat damage, but perhaps the ripeness of the vintage. The palate was more clean with good rich black cherry and gevrey meatiness and spice. Still had some new oak that needs to integrate. Will reserve judgement and hold my remaining bottle for a few years.
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10/15/2017 - markydb Likes this wine: 91 Points
It's genuinely hard to not get carried away when rating this superb village Gevrey because it is not only flat out terrific but each bottle keeps getting better and better. Beautiful floral nose with blackberry notes supported by fine tanins which keep getting tamer as the years progress. It still needs an hour before you start drinking, but that's only because you'll drink it so fast you'll miss out. Buy, drink enjoy; it's really that good.
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8/30/2017 - Cipivts wrote: 94 Points
Medium ruby, pronounced aromas of red cherries, leather, farmyard, tar, cigarleaf, i could go forever, beautiful... I would drink this everyday. On the palate huge acidity, integrated tannins with intense flavors of tar, cigar leaf and cherries. Amazing long finish. This one can age for at least 5-7 years, but awesome now
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7/15/2017 - markydb Likes this wine: 92 Points
10 years in the bottle and this big beautiful village wine is better than ever. Its tannins are continuing to round off and there remains a wonderful core of cassis and blackberry. Add beguiling nose of Gevrey spice and it's really hard not to love this wine. A wine to drink & enjoy now and perhaps for another decade.
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5/27/2017 - RaggaMat wrote: 92 Points
Pungent, earthy, spicy black berry fruit. Full bodied, rich, with more red berry flavours on the palate. Silky tannins and excellent acidity. Some signs of maturation here but this will clearly last a long time.
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10/21/2016 - tcavallo Likes this wine: 90 Points
A bit of reduction out of the bottle, some earthiness but nothing jumping out of the glass. Good structure and acidity. Will check in again in a few years.
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5/29/2016 - Eric Becker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Served right out of the bottle and consumed within half an hour.
Simply delicious! The wine is - as others have commented - not about complexity, at least now. But it is perfectly balanced (low alcohol), pure, juicy, flavourful and simply feels "healthy" - as if it could stay forever in its current state. In fact it did not change a lot from my last assessment, albeit that was a split bottle. Some tannins are still there, but not obtrusive so. The acidity has settled and no longer stands out.
I recommend to drink the wine over the next 10 years.
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1/16/2015 - alion wrote: 94 Points
Last - and best - bottle. Spicy, rich, blackberry, ripe black cherry and mahogany nose and palate. Hints of undergrowth, earth and farm as well as woody concentration adds complexity. Wonderful concentration and length for a village wine. Great balance. Peaks at 2 hours air. Better showing than last year. As with my last note, this is no elegance here. But on a cold winter's evening, simply stunning for a village wine.
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9/18/2014 - alion wrote: 92 Points
Big, rich, ripe Red Burgundy. Loads of oak. Black fruit - blackberry jam - and violet with hints of clove, and mulled wine spice. Great balance. Long. No rush at all. Needs a colder day and richer food I suspect to show at its very best. Very good indeed - of its type. Elegance is not what this is about. 92+
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4/11/2014 - grayfont Likes this wine: 88 Points
a little thin and high pitched but plenty of fruit and still very enjoyable for a village level wine from G-C.
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2/28/2014 - LT98 wrote: 93 Points
Wow - terrific value with great black fruit - nice toasty, but not overwhelming, oak flavors, and still quite young. I wish I bought many more bottles than I did.
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7/27/2013 - VinoVeloVinyl Likes this wine: 91 Points
This really hasn't shifted much in five years of keeping! The colour is just beginning to fade at the rim but remains dark and glossy for the most part.
N: Griotte cherry, maybe some cola and earthy tones too. Still somewhat muted and cagey.
P: very silky attach, followed by a wave of intense dark cherry, blueberry and creme de mure. Verging on opulent but then the acids and tannins close in keeping it well mannered. There's a slightly chewy edge which is surely down to the lack of de-stemming.
Overall, a big, impressive wine that might be having a bit of a sulky moment. There is still plenty of time in hand for this. Drink now after a good decant or hold for 3- 5 years.
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4/19/2013 - Eric Becker Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wow, this was drinking surprisingly well! A split bottle perfectly stored since release.
Dark in color, in the nose initially sweet candied fruit and only just a whiff of new oak. The latter disappeared with aeration and darker tones (forest floor) come to the front.
On the palate this had a pronounced acidity but easily enough material to balance it. The tannins have not yet resolved but don't detract from the drinking pleasure. The finish is long.
The wine has moved in an early stage of secondary nuances, is beginning to integrate its components. Another five years will do this only good, but drinking it now was already rewarding!
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1/9/2011 - Maestro wrote: 93 Points
Compatible with my previous note, but much more developed. A beautiful wine indeed.
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11/20/2010 - Jossik wrote: 82 Points
In questa fase un vinone fin dal colore, quasi nero inchiostro. Molto pesante e concentrato in bocca e con toni vanigliati e di frutta scura al naso.
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10/11/2008 - Maestro wrote: 93 Points
A smooth and silky texture, with fine tannins, and liqueur-like expression of black fruit and dark chocolate. Beautiful expression of Pinot Noir that finishes with elegant notes of brown spices, chocolate and minerals. This is a fascinating and reasonably priced wine that will drink well for the next 10-12 years.
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3/24/2008 - Sky King wrote: 92 Points
No surprise, very dark "2005" in color. This wine, which I have tasted 3 times now, is a fantastic bargain and performs well above the price point. Quite Gevrey in presentation, very dark fruit oriented with a not-too-subtle anise and exotic spice note. The wine is big in the mouth, and quite thick across the mid-palate, somewhat unyielding and shy despite a six hour decant. Very deep and loaded with potential, the tannins are here in abundance but they are well rounded and certainly overwhelmed by the enormous amount of fruit. Will be a 20yr+ wine in an appropriate cellar with definite upside.
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