2009 Domaine Denis Bachelet Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (37) Median Score: 90 points

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  1/19/2024 - kevin h wrote: 90 Points

  First from a six pack recently taken out of store. Rather muted nose, a bit dumb, develops a hint of liquorice but nothing more. Dense, weighty wine, still quite youthful. Big boned. Some depth and weight but the fruit with a liquorice tinge is unevolved. Needs time. Five years at least. This is a 25 year wine.

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  10/8/2023 - LWI wrote: 87 Points

  Vinøs hyttetur 2023: Blind. Røyk, blå frukt, eik, trå og vanskelig.

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  4/11/2023 - astroman Does not like this wine: 89 Points

  Pnp. Pale ruby, herbaceous aromas with notes of earth and red cherry emerging after about an hour. Lovely palate and still youthful with lots of red fruits and acid. Guesses were all around 2015.

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  9/30/2022 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 Points

  Burg Villages wine theme lunch at Wa-I. Drank in Grassl Cru. Initial pour already so structured and tannic so we decided to pouri nto decanter.
  Appearance is clear, medium intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
  Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of aromatic muddiness, vegetal herbal earth, sous bois, red cherries. Developing.
  On the palate, dry, medium+ fluctuating to high acidity,medium alcohol (13.5%), structured high tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of muddy earth, brackenwood, spiced vegetal stems, black cherries, dark red cherries, dark berries. Some strange sweet coconut flesh with more air. Long structured finish.
  A very good serious Gevrey village. Built to last. But is it in balance?

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  3/19/2022 - Paul S wrote: 90 Points

  Red Cross Charity Dinner (Shangri-La, Singapore): There is some quality here, but it still felt really young, tight, and rather overly extracted. Amazingly, at 13 years of age, this is a village Gevrey that still needs a whole lot of time in the bottle. The nose was quite attractive, with deep dark notes of berries and black cherries, some plums, and then a twang of mineral and wood spice. The palate was very muscular and rather tighter though. There was an extracted extracted feel to it, with a background of woody notes, just starting to fade into the background to reveal clearer, purer tones of dark cherries and ripe berries, these playing against a savoury backdrop of meat and earth, some olive tapenade, and then a little sprinkle of spice at a long, powerful finish. A deep, powerful, masculine expression. Not something you would call elegant, but certainly well-balanced and long-lived. Not a style I favour,e even though there is some quality here. I certainly felt the Mornington Peninsula Pinot from Stonier we had alongside was more elegant and more "Burgundian" in feel. This should be better drinking in say 6-8 years down the road, but I am not sure it will ever take on that type of elegance.

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