2005 Mongeard-Mugneret Grands-Echezeaux

Community Tasting Notes (32) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  2/4/2023 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points

  3 of 12 Opened @4:00 served @ 7:30 ….so opening one of these in February has become somewhat of an annual event, for the third year in a row this continues to be ready to go after a few hours in a decanter. Fresh fruited, nice spice, good depth lovely elegant mouth fell and finish … yum

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  4/17/2022 - Roentgen Ray Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This bottle was purchased upon release and stored between 55-65°F and humidity 59-67%.
  
  Wine stained the cork at its greatest, 5mm above it’s bottom surface. The full cork measured 55mm.
  There were also a few crystals on the cork dirface.
  
  At first, the wine smelled like fresh shucked oysters which isn’t amazing for wine. This dissipated after 5-10 minutes.
  
  Fruit: dark fruit like blueberry, a hint of strawberry, and a little bubblegum.
  
  Funk: there is just a hint of funky stink, mostly in a good way.
  
  Wood: there is some chainsaw cut maple wood on the end aroma.
  
  Je ne say quois: soupçon of McD French fry
  
  Umami: dried shitaki mushroom aroma comes through
  
  Acidity: I detect a slight hint of pickle from a barrel. Very bright and balanced.
  
  Overall: very good. It’s in middle maturity.

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  3/21/2022 - vintage_whine wrote:

  Stemmy, full in texture, secondary development but fruit is till quite prominent. Prominent wood, very assertive and almost overdone in terms of tannin structure. Not fully knitted together and not a display of elegance, much more about power

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  3/8/2022 - paul195 wrote: 95 Points

  2 of 12 Opened @ 3:00, double decanted @ 5:00 and served alongside 2005 Dujac CSD @ 9:00 …. As with my last bottle last February, this wine continues to be surprisingly approachable for an 05 grand cru. Fresh red fruit layered with spice and some minerality. Balanced, energetic, persistent

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  3/5/2022 - pigdaddy wrote: 93 Points

  decanted 2 hours, in the glass for 2+ more. med red, clear to the rim; feral & black soil-compost initially, flits in 'n out w/wonderful baking spice, wild red berries, incense; brilliant weight; roasted wild cherries & plums, concentrated, granular & youthful, insistent fine tannins & acids; hold for me but good to check in.
  
  relative to its sibling '05 Echezeaux recently enjoyed, more structure, presence & potential; perfect w/supper after Duke-UNC game
  
  pan-roasted duck breast, red wine - pomegranate molasses gastrique; broccoli rabe, duck fat-roasted potatoes

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