2005 Domaine Georges Mugneret-Gibourg Gevrey-Chambertin

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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  12/30/2023 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:

  Fantastic bottle, shows true class and character. It’s ready to go but is probably still approaching peak and will hold like this for years. Beautiful aromatics showing dark brambly fruit, a strong mineral character and with a little air time, a fresh forest-y set of scents. It’s an energetic and flowing nose, with layers that emerge and recede. The palate shows a richness and density of fruit that makes sense given the young Ruchottes grapes. It’s energetic, sturdy and velvety at the same time, and it’s long. To pick bits, it’s not as detailed or articulate on the palate at the nose would suggest. This is a very, very good wine that can certainly be aged for a long time still. But it’s great now.

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  11/20/2021 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Rather gourmand and thick, the overall impression was quite rich and ripe. Aromas of cherry syrup and dried berries, medicinal and minty stuff, pan drippings, tobacco... opened up with air, showing some damp soil and pine needles. Dense and velvety on the palate, not heavy or cumbersome, but I think I was looking for more cut and vivacity, plenty of fruit, just a little short on freshness. Very long, rather tertiary, spicy and meaty. I think this might have improved quite a lot with a few hours of air, but I didn't get the opportunity to do that, just had a quick glass on the run.... lucky me! Not sure, but this might have seen better days, as this showing was a little awkward. Have this with roasted red meat, not poultry; it is built for beef, if you ask me.

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  6/9/2021 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points

  Fresh and bright, so tasty with classic Vosne spice, red berries and graceful ripeness. Made with young vines Ruchottes-Chambertin, which becomes more apparent with time as this started to shut down in the glass, after a lovely opening set of fireworks. Promising for the longer haul.

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  5/1/2021 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Maybe it's the humble Gevrey village label but out of my giant mountain of '05s this one has always been the one beckoning to me, go ahead, drink me now, you know you won't regret it. Finally succumbed and it's indeed a beauty. Opens with a gamey funk that might be some reduction and might be just some good ol' fashioned earthy flavors, maybe a little bit of each, and the profile transitions to something more stony over time. It also opens with a big burst of fruit that combines that rich, beautiful ripeness with slender feminine refinement as this vintage is capable of pulling off so well - if the label is keeping the grand cru origin secret, the first sip blows its cover. The fruit does mellow with airtime, which brings out some brown sugar and cedar from the oak. But this was indeed in a great zone for opening, nothing tight or packed in or reluctant to unravel like many '05s are, so tasty and wide-open and it's practically flirty.

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  4/23/2021 - bill00 wrote: 93 Points

  Another great '05 M-G. Pure and fruit driven. Unsurprisingly punches well above its label given the young vine Ruchottes source in a great vintage.

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