Slow ox one hour. This is drinking well and an early maturity stage with only a little unresolved tannin. Floral, racy nose. The palate is high toned, black cherry liquor, licorice and spice. Fairly four square, quite concentrated. Medium to full bodied. Will probably last quite a while but not evolve significantly from here.
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this bottle was a mirror of my 8/21 bottle note... bright, lovely with red fruits and spice... really really good for its level... wasn't surprised to see my 2012 note -- where I said OK on night one, then after four nights under argon gas it came out almost like what I tasted tonight (even tho 11 years ago)... loved this, sadly not a bottle left in the USA... be aware, this was the bottling with the VV lettering on an angle is the left upper corner of the label
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My 4th bottle of six and, as others have noted , drinking beautifully now, with bright cherry on both the bose and palate, medium full body and resolves tannins. Really nice.
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Nice garnet color. Nose of cherries minerals mild spice. Similar on the palate. Lovely integration of flavors and structure. Gentle tannins. Lots of life left but drinking well now. Great with salmon.
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Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): Alongside the (less interesting) Bressandes. Ripe, powerful, and tannic, yet close to fully harmonious while still showing a bit of edge. Lots of black fruit and roasted game here. Big, powerful, long.
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A little tight at the start. Opened up nicely after 30 minutes. Good balance with mature fruit at the tip and some tannins om the finish. Excellent with king salmon.
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was either shot down completely or really didn't any body / fruit to speak of... unusual for an '05 red burg (which I generally -- at this moment in time -- find big / bold / brutish)...hmmm
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Slightly better than my previous experiences with this wine but I just find it a bit too brooding and muddled to get a lot of pleasure from this wine. Maybe more time still required? Decent but uninspiring.
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Dark ruby, little browning and only a touch of sediment. Silky, full bodied dark cherry with no tannins. Maybe the slightest hint of oak A lovely, rich red Burgundy at its peak. Years of life ahead, but why wait. I looked at the recent reviews and there are a bunch in this April, all probably quarantined at home and hitting their cellars as am I.
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This was pretty interesting, because I actually had a bottle about a year ago, which (and I think I neglected to enter it) was an 88. It tasted cooked, tannic, unbalanced. Not bad, but definitely not Grand Cru or even good 1er cru quality. So I opened this one with trepidation. It was from the same reputable store/importer, and was completely different. Well balanced dark fruit with great acid and mineralogy and soft tannins. Definitely Grand Cru quality and a delight. Just proving again there are no good wines, just good bottles of wine.
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I was a little disappointed. Grand cru 05? Decanted. Nose was fine but died after a few minutes. Good fruit and acidity balance, but not long and single-favored dark fruit. Could it be closed? I have 4 left and I am wondering whether to drink up or hold and hope.
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NB. There is a vieilies vignes designation on this label for what it's worth.
Color a solid red with relatively minimal bricking if any on the edges. Impressive at age 15 and we're just getting started. Heady nose that has real depth and impact, a wave of dark red fruits, loamy earth, and pungent minerals. Generous and juicy ripe red fruits sweep across the palate combined with sous bois flavors and a plush texture that seems almost luxurious. Framed by soft and well-integrated tannins on the finish.
It would be cool to know Burgundy terroir so well as to be able to tell you this wine was typical of Corton Renardes, but I'd have to look that up and really, how specific could it be? I'm sure there is a 2005 effect here, a magical vintage in which you apparently had to work hard to make a bad wine-but let's not take anything away from what's in the glass. It's delicious now and if not quite thrilling, you get a glimpse of what that could look like. On the basis of the youthful color and overall impression, I'm pushing my own drinking window out a few more years.
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The second of my two bottles at the same dinner with friends was equally delicious as the first. Perhaps not the complexity that one might hope for in a Grand Cru Burg from '05, but this was an awfully tasty wine. Opened a couple hours before dinner, but no decant, so essentially popped and poured. I think most of the better '05s still have a few years to go before being ready (I'm trying to hold off until 2020 for most of them), but these two bottles have made me curious to try a few others perhaps a bit sooner.
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2nd bottle at the same dinner - equally delicious. I know Girardin seems to not get the respect accorded other negocients, but my experience with them (generally in very good vintages - '02, '05) has been great.
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Based on other CT reviews saying that this has likely peaked, I opened my only 2 bottles of the '05 Girardin Corton Renardes, only to discover that Burghound apparently knows much much more about Burgundy than do my fellow CT users. Beautiful nose, lovely cherry fruit. Both bottles were delicious - worth every bit the 91-94 Burghound score. This is probably in a good place to drink right now, but I seriously doubt it's in danger of fading any time soon. This is a very good Burgundy, and if based solely on the price/quality ratio, this is an outstanding.
Deep garnet in color with ruby edge. Nose of cherries, stewed tomatoes, smoke box, and leather. Tastes of cherries, plums, leather, hint of green olive. Drinking well but fruit was outshined by acidity. Thinner on day two. Drink over next three years.
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Hard to argue and of the points that dchain makes in his/her note of Sept 2016. Which is to say, this comes across as 1er material and NOT GC worthy. While there's a fair amount to enjoy (as a simple companion to food), it never really becomes exciting in any way, it never reveals any nuance or chance for hidden nuances. Agree with others, not sure there's really any reason to let this age any longer. Good, but short of very good or excellent; leans modern, with some gratuitous flab.
Still dark in color despite having thrown a fair amount of very fine sediment. On day 1 the nose was kind of closed, but really blossomed on day 2 into light cherries and earth. The palate over both days was sour cherries upon sour cherries, while the finish had spices and earthiness. This is awfully elegant for a Corton. I have a few more left and think it will be at least 3-5 years before I open another; from a cool cellar, this is showing pretty much no tertiary notes. Very good!
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i think this wine is not going to get much better. Looks quite mature already and it is only 11 years old. Bought on release and perfect storage and provenance. Cherry and spice but seems to be marred by a bit of alcohol/heat at the moment. Mid-weight and a bit lacking in intensity and excitment. No wonder it is a grand cru that trades at $50-60. I feel this producer lacks the will, excitement or determination to make something really special. I think with a bit more selection and care there could be something much more pure and intense. Instead I can only speculate that commercial pressures requires everything to be thrown in to the barrel and what is made is a shadow of its potential. Oh well, I guess you get what you pay for but even objectively speaking this wine is not deserving of grand cru status.
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Still quite dark looking, dark fruit on the nose, touch of soil and spice. Still quite closed. Starting to soften up a bit, nice balance in the mouth and decent length. Not given a lot up at this stage. Try again in a year?
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Violets and purple fruit on the nose, blue and dark fruit on the palate with some zingy acid/mineral upfront. Youthful with restrained ripe fruit. An approachable '05.
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I'm not a big fan of this negociant, but hey, it's '05 and I think I paid around $30 for it when it fell off a truck somewhere in NJ. I might even have a few other notes for it but as usual I don't remember.
Tonight my wife made her legendary short ribs since all the kids came home for Thanksgiving, and my friend David suggested Corton as a theoretical perfect pairing, so why not?
I was pleasantly surprised by both the intensity of the wine and the degree to which it played against the fatty, sloppy meaty impression that is braised short ribs. The nose blends dark red fruits, light mocha notes, and a leathery, earth driven minerality. It doesn't scream grand cru in the mouth but it isn't a lightweight either, and the combination of acid, bold earthy flavors and fruit definitely stood up to the ribs and the sweetness of the obligatory roasted root vegetables, so David nailed it. Net net a great value drinking in its prime.
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Vincent Girardin Burgundy from 2005-2007 (Arlequin Wine Merchant, San Francisco): Medium center with fading. Some gaminess and faint secondary perfume. Dense, chocolatey, quite oaky. Black fruited, tannic grip that will not let go, and an earthy finish to boot. Much better substance here than the Volnay Caillerets but still with the hallmark sledgehammer wood of this producer. Very 2005 astringency and pucker at this point. Interesting to see what happens with this.
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Burgundy is so hit or miss. For me mainly miss. However, here we have a palpable hit! The nose was earthy and cherry. The first few tastes were not good. It felt bitter (tannic) and my heart dropped - another miss. However then over the course of the evening it kept on developing. The mid-palette filled in, and the the fruit blossomed in that muted, deep, earthy, burgundy sort of way. The finish kept on getting longer, and the acidity punched up the taste. Great wine.
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Bright ruby, nose needs some coaxing but there is some nice red fruit, clearly elegant and well made. On the palate there is lots of good balance and then the minerality kicks in with a small tidal wave of refreshing acidity. I worry a little that there might be too much acidity in due course so my recommendation is to start drinking this up and report back to the forum how it is going. Very good quality for the price.
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I've been stalking this bottle in my cellar for years, and tonight it was my victim!
Classic burgundy nose and palette. Very structured mouthfeel that is built to last. I feel like I kidnapped a baby! Dark raspberries, strawberries and cola with a finish that just extends and expands. Love it.
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Easy. Flirtatious waxy nose, intense but not overbearing. So much more welcoming on day 2. So much more depth. Nice acidity and a lot of structure, or maybe we're not used to 2005s yet. Petrol? Just what we want, even if we didn't know it.
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some vosne spice, nose was reticent (many of the 2005's i've tasted lately are shut down), on the palate good fruit, sufficient acid for grip, good spice... i would say OK (maybe 90 on day one)... gassed and then fridge for four days, pulled out and was outstanding for this level wine... powdery fruit and mineral that i only very occasionally get which is superb, creates and texture in the wine as if it is being eaten as much as drunk... i therefor suspect this will be good after only a couple hour decant in ten years
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Surprisingly awesome juice. Real pleasant ripe nose. Dark fruits, roasted meat, game, blood, and some lead. Sweet, mouthcoating tannins. Sappy. A little sauvage on the finish that dissipated over time. Tasted over two days. Blind, I might have thought Clos de Vougeot. Fun to drink now with air, but this wine has 5-20 years of upside potential. I've got the rest of the case remaining, so I'll revisit yearly. Solid 2005 burg.
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Nice combination of red and black fruits with some secondary flavors developing. The wine is now almost fully mature, with a nice backbone of acidity and tannin supporting very ripe fruit flavors. Almost a little too forward for an eleven year old Grand Cru burg.
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Quite a tasty wine but almost a bit too "un-French" for a Grand Cru Burgundy and it could easily be mistaken for a California wine with it's ripe fruit and medium-full body. It does have some interesting meaty characteristics on the nose to give it some complexity and those elements ever so slightly carry over to the palate but there's a bit of a toasted oak essence as well which is trying it's best to dominate the rest of the flavors. Decent finish and improved in the glass over the course of a couple hours.
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Out of balance with its clumsy, saggy black grapes and off notes (sprinkle of metalic flaw). Overripe fruit with a presence of alcohol. Not particularly tannic. Lacking in elegance. Improves in the glass but unpleasant in the bitter end.
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Fruit, ripe cherry and earth on the nose. Light in acidity, reasonable tannin good fruit. I had this over two days, and it was a lot better on the second day. It has a good few years left. Tried hard to like it, and when I really concentrated I nearly got there! Not very subtle or complex, but well made apart from the acidity.
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1/27/2024 - mclanew Likes this wine: 92 Points
Slow ox one hour. This is drinking well and an early maturity stage with only a little unresolved tannin. Floral, racy nose. The palate is high toned, black cherry liquor, licorice and spice. Fairly four square, quite concentrated. Medium to full bodied. Will probably last quite a while but not evolve significantly from here.
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9/29/2023 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 93 Points
this bottle was a mirror of my 8/21 bottle note... bright, lovely with red fruits and spice... really really good for its level... wasn't surprised to see my 2012 note -- where I said OK on night one, then after four nights under argon gas it came out almost like what I tasted tonight (even tho 11 years ago)... loved this, sadly not a bottle left in the USA... be aware, this was the bottling with the VV lettering on an angle is the left upper corner of the label
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2/22/2023 - Topper wrote: 94 Points
My 4th bottle of six and, as others have noted , drinking beautifully now, with bright cherry on both the bose and palate, medium full body and resolves tannins. Really nice.
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10/8/2022 - cgrimes Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nice garnet color. Nose of cherries minerals mild spice. Similar on the palate. Lovely integration of flavors and structure. Gentle tannins. Lots of life left but drinking well now. Great with salmon.
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9/18/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Pausing for the Cause Fundraiser and Dinner (Obelix - Chicago IL): Alongside the (less interesting) Bressandes. Ripe, powerful, and tannic, yet close to fully harmonious while still showing a bit of edge. Lots of black fruit and roasted game here. Big, powerful, long.
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8/13/2022 - sunalsorises wrote: 92 Points
A little tight at the start. Opened up nicely after 30 minutes. Good balance with mature fruit at the tip and some tannins om the finish. Excellent with king salmon.
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11/18/2021 - joshuanage wrote: 92 Points
Blueberry/blackberry nose.
Very nice wine with some Renardes gaminess and good concentration.. Delicious.
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11/2/2021 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 89 Points
was either shot down completely or really didn't any body / fruit to speak of... unusual for an '05 red burg (which I generally -- at this moment in time -- find big / bold / brutish)...hmmm
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8/14/2021 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
really nice, with ample fruit and some considerable spice, also bright and lifted
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5/9/2020 - dchain wrote: 90 Points
Slightly better than my previous experiences with this wine but I just find it a bit too brooding and muddled to get a lot of pleasure from this wine. Maybe more time still required? Decent but uninspiring.
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5/3/2020 - WinoRick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark ruby, little browning and only a touch of sediment. Silky, full bodied dark cherry with no tannins. Maybe the slightest hint of oak A lovely, rich red Burgundy at its peak. Years of life ahead, but why wait.
I looked at the recent reviews and there are a bunch in this April, all probably quarantined at home and hitting their cellars as am I.
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4/26/2020 - LT98 wrote: 94 Points
This was pretty interesting, because I actually had a bottle about a year ago, which (and I think I neglected to enter it) was an 88. It tasted cooked, tannic, unbalanced. Not bad, but definitely not Grand Cru or even good 1er cru quality. So I opened this one with trepidation. It was from the same reputable store/importer, and was completely different. Well balanced dark fruit with great acid and mineralogy and soft tannins. Definitely Grand Cru quality and a delight. Just proving again there are no good wines, just good bottles of wine.
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4/18/2020 - BURG-ARESCO Likes this wine: 89 Points
I was a little disappointed. Grand cru 05? Decanted. Nose was fine but died after a few minutes. Good fruit and acidity balance, but not long and single-favored dark fruit. Could it be closed? I have 4 left and I am wondering whether to drink up or hold and hope.
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4/11/2020 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 92 Points
NB. There is a vieilies vignes designation on this label for what it's worth.
Color a solid red with relatively minimal bricking if any on the edges. Impressive at age 15 and we're just getting started. Heady nose that has real depth and impact, a wave of dark red fruits, loamy earth, and pungent minerals. Generous and juicy ripe red fruits sweep across the palate combined with sous bois flavors and a plush texture that seems almost luxurious. Framed by soft and well-integrated tannins on the finish.
It would be cool to know Burgundy terroir so well as to be able to tell you this wine was typical of Corton Renardes, but I'd have to look that up and really, how specific could it be? I'm sure there is a 2005 effect here, a magical vintage in which you apparently had to work hard to make a bad wine-but let's not take anything away from what's in the glass. It's delicious now and if not quite thrilling, you get a glimpse of what that could look like. On the basis of the youthful color and overall impression, I'm pushing my own drinking window out a few more years.
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9/18/2019 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice mature Burgundy drank with red salmon sushi. Cherry, earth and nice acidity. Defiantly in its window.
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3/16/2019 - neilsforest Likes this wine: 88 Points
Cutting to the chase - below expectations. Reasonable fullness but short on the finish and no complexity. Hard to imagine this getting better
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6/9/2018 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 91 Points
The second of my two bottles at the same dinner with friends was equally delicious as the first. Perhaps not the complexity that one might hope for in a Grand Cru Burg from '05, but this was an awfully tasty wine. Opened a couple hours before dinner, but no decant, so essentially popped and poured. I think most of the better '05s still have a few years to go before being ready (I'm trying to hold off until 2020 for most of them), but these two bottles have made me curious to try a few others perhaps a bit sooner.
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6/9/2018 - DCHawkeye wrote: 93 Points
2nd bottle at the same dinner - equally delicious. I know Girardin seems to not get the respect accorded other negocients, but my experience with them (generally in very good vintages - '02, '05) has been great.
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6/9/2018 - DCHawkeye Likes this wine: 92 Points
Based on other CT reviews saying that this has likely peaked, I opened my only 2 bottles of the '05 Girardin Corton Renardes, only to discover that Burghound apparently knows much much more about Burgundy than do my fellow CT users. Beautiful nose, lovely cherry fruit. Both bottles were delicious - worth every bit the 91-94 Burghound score. This is probably in a good place to drink right now, but I seriously doubt it's in danger of fading any time soon. This is a very good Burgundy, and if based solely on the price/quality ratio, this is an outstanding.
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9/22/2017 - efeldhake@yahoo.com Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep garnet in color with ruby edge. Nose of cherries, stewed tomatoes, smoke box, and leather. Tastes of cherries, plums, leather, hint of green olive. Drinking well but fruit was outshined by acidity. Thinner on day two. Drink over next three years.
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4/14/2017 - Cmainardi wrote: 89 Points
I agree with many of the previous comments. First, it is not likely to improve with age. Second, I expected more complexity.
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1/21/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Hard to argue and of the points that dchain makes in his/her note of Sept 2016. Which is to say, this comes across as 1er material and NOT GC worthy. While there's a fair amount to enjoy (as a simple companion to food), it never really becomes exciting in any way, it never reveals any nuance or chance for hidden nuances. Agree with others, not sure there's really any reason to let this age any longer. Good, but short of very good or excellent; leans modern, with some gratuitous flab.
Served non-blind.
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10/19/2016 - Michael T. Zoppo Likes this wine:
Still dark in color despite having thrown a fair amount of very fine sediment. On day 1 the nose was kind of closed, but really blossomed on day 2 into light cherries and earth. The palate over both days was sour cherries upon sour cherries, while the finish had spices and earthiness. This is awfully elegant for a Corton. I have a few more left and think it will be at least 3-5 years before I open another; from a cool cellar, this is showing pretty much no tertiary notes. Very good!
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9/3/2016 - dchain wrote: 90 Points
i think this wine is not going to get much better. Looks quite mature already and it is only 11 years old. Bought on release and perfect storage and provenance. Cherry and spice but seems to be marred by a bit of alcohol/heat at the moment. Mid-weight and a bit lacking in intensity and excitment. No wonder it is a grand cru that trades at $50-60. I feel this producer lacks the will, excitement or determination to make something really special. I think with a bit more selection and care there could be something much more pure and intense. Instead I can only speculate that commercial pressures requires everything to be thrown in to the barrel and what is made is a shadow of its potential. Oh well, I guess you get what you pay for but even objectively speaking this wine is not deserving of grand cru status.
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4/30/2016 - dchain Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still quite dark looking, dark fruit on the nose, touch of soil and spice. Still quite closed. Starting to soften up a bit, nice balance in the mouth and decent length. Not given a lot up at this stage. Try again in a year?
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11/28/2015 - BurgAndy wrote:
Violets and purple fruit on the nose, blue and dark fruit on the palate with some zingy acid/mineral upfront. Youthful with restrained ripe fruit. An approachable '05.
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11/24/2015 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 91 Points
I'm not a big fan of this negociant, but hey, it's '05 and I think I paid around $30 for it when it fell off a truck somewhere in NJ. I might even have a few other notes for it but as usual I don't remember.
Tonight my wife made her legendary short ribs since all the kids came home for Thanksgiving, and my friend David suggested Corton as a theoretical perfect pairing, so why not?
I was pleasantly surprised by both the intensity of the wine and the degree to which it played against the fatty, sloppy meaty impression that is braised short ribs. The nose blends dark red fruits, light mocha notes, and a leathery, earth driven minerality. It doesn't scream grand cru in the mouth but it isn't a lightweight either, and the combination of acid, bold earthy flavors and fruit definitely stood up to the ribs and the sweetness of the obligatory roasted root vegetables, so David nailed it. Net net a great value drinking in its prime.
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7/24/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Vincent Girardin Burgundy from 2005-2007 (Arlequin Wine Merchant, San Francisco): Medium center with fading. Some gaminess and faint secondary perfume. Dense, chocolatey, quite oaky. Black fruited, tannic grip that will not let go, and an earthy finish to boot. Much better substance here than the Volnay Caillerets but still with the hallmark sledgehammer wood of this producer. Very 2005 astringency and pucker at this point. Interesting to see what happens with this.
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5/26/2014 - Winevestor Likes this wine: 94 Points
Burgundy is so hit or miss. For me mainly miss. However, here we have a palpable hit! The nose was earthy and cherry. The first few tastes were not good. It felt bitter (tannic) and my heart dropped - another miss. However then over the course of the evening it kept on developing. The mid-palette filled in, and the the fruit blossomed in that muted, deep, earthy, burgundy sort of way. The finish kept on getting longer, and the acidity punched up the taste. Great wine.
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1/9/2014 - dchain wrote: 91 Points
Bright ruby, nose needs some coaxing but there is some nice red fruit, clearly elegant and well made. On the palate there is lots of good balance and then the minerality kicks in with a small tidal wave of refreshing acidity. I worry a little that there might be too much acidity in due course so my recommendation is to start drinking this up and report back to the forum how it is going. Very good quality for the price.
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3/20/2013 - wallstreet Likes this wine: 90 Points
nice Burg. went well with Peking Duck. I would wait another 3-5 years before opening, its very good, but I think it will get much better.
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3/6/2013 - TheDarkPrince Likes this wine: 93 Points
I've been stalking this bottle in my cellar for years, and tonight it was my victim!
Classic burgundy nose and palette. Very structured mouthfeel that is built to last. I feel like I kidnapped a baby! Dark raspberries, strawberries and cola with a finish that just extends and expands. Love it.
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7/27/2012 - Rollerball wrote: 94 Points
Easy. Flirtatious waxy nose, intense but not overbearing. So much more welcoming on day 2. So much more depth. Nice acidity and a lot of structure, or maybe we're not used to 2005s yet. Petrol? Just what we want, even if we didn't know it.
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5/23/2012 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points
some vosne spice, nose was reticent (many of the 2005's i've tasted lately are shut down), on the palate good fruit, sufficient acid for grip, good spice... i would say OK (maybe 90 on day one)... gassed and then fridge for four days, pulled out and was outstanding for this level wine... powdery fruit and mineral that i only very occasionally get which is superb, creates and texture in the wine as if it is being eaten as much as drunk... i therefor suspect this will be good after only a couple hour decant in ten years
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5/19/2012 - BurgAndy wrote:
Surprisingly awesome juice. Real pleasant ripe nose. Dark fruits, roasted meat, game, blood, and some lead. Sweet, mouthcoating tannins. Sappy. A little sauvage on the finish that dissipated over time. Tasted over two days. Blind, I might have thought Clos de Vougeot. Fun to drink now with air, but this wine has 5-20 years of upside potential. I've got the rest of the case remaining, so I'll revisit yearly. Solid 2005 burg.
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1/21/2012 - LBBURGJUNKIE wrote: 92 Points
Nice combination of red and black fruits with some secondary flavors developing. The wine is now almost fully mature, with a nice backbone of acidity and tannin supporting very ripe fruit flavors. Almost a little too forward for an eleven year old Grand Cru burg.
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11/1/2011 - Rob MacKay wrote: 89 Points
Quite a tasty wine but almost a bit too "un-French" for a Grand Cru Burgundy and it could easily be mistaken for a California wine with it's ripe fruit and medium-full body. It does have some interesting meaty characteristics on the nose to give it some complexity and those elements ever so slightly carry over to the palate but there's a bit of a toasted oak essence as well which is trying it's best to dominate the rest of the flavors. Decent finish and improved in the glass over the course of a couple hours.
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5/13/2011 - Rollerball wrote: 84 Points
Out of balance with its clumsy, saggy black grapes and off notes (sprinkle of metalic flaw). Overripe fruit with a presence of alcohol. Not particularly tannic. Lacking in elegance. Improves in the glass but unpleasant in the bitter end.
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11/2/2010 - Winevestor wrote: 90 Points
Fruit, ripe cherry and earth on the nose. Light in acidity, reasonable tannin good fruit. I had this over two days, and it was a lot better on the second day. It has a good few years left. Tried hard to like it, and when I really concentrated I nearly got there! Not very subtle or complex, but well made apart from the acidity.
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