2005 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Ile des Vergelesses

Community Tasting Notes (70) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/7/2024 - Paul D wrote: 92 Points

  2/12, good cork. Pale/medium garnet core, wide pale rim. Nose shows dark fruit, iron, smoke, mineral, touch of liquorice and damson as it warms slightly. Medium bodied on the palate, dark liquoricey fruit, smoke and mineral with a touch of iron again, it is firm but fine with a pleasing sense of austerity, fresh/vibrant acids and a good length, lightly grippy finish. Excellent.

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  4/7/2024 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Lots of sediment thrown but still sporting a relatively dense and vibrant ruby color. The aromas start out earthy and nicely developed and even tease you into thinking this might actually be mature, but it becomes more rather than less restrained over the course of the bottle. The fruit is mellow but still has that lovely 2005 sweetness. The mouthfeel is relatively supple and easygoing but as those aromas become stonier and more reserved the tannic hiss also picks up a little bit. So this still needs a few years to get fully into the zone but it's in a spot that's enjoyable and not just promising.

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  12/30/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:

  An Afternoon of French and French-Inspired California Wines (Healdsburg, California): Ruby. Ripe cherry and soil. Medium weight, round and quite sappy. Open dark red fruit and earth, solid acidity, and some lingering but ripe tannin. Very enjoyable now but 10+ years of potential improvement.

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  12/11/2023 - olemski wrote: 84 Points

  Clear yet quite deep colour. Expensive wood and some wet earth on the nose. With higher temperature, closer to room temperature, there's also an element with raspberries. In the mouth it's first and foremost hard. Little grace here. It is firm and balanced, that is possibly the nicest way to say it. Decent length. Will it improve with age? It's just as likely, I think, that it does not have the fruit to take it much further.

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  11/27/2023 - L-C. wrote:

  The nose is a 9/10, intoxicating mix of damsel, ripe red fruit, dried rose petals and a touch of sous-bois. In the mouth however, this was disappointing: somewhat thin, only little fruit and slightly drying tannins. Still drinkable, but not ablot of enjoyment. My best hope is, that this was just a bad bottle.

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