2005 Xavier Monnot Maranges 1er Cru Clos de la Fussière

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 89 points

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  12/13/2022 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 90 Points

  For a Cote de Beaune 1er Cru, at 17 years old it has a remarkable youthful color of bright medium red with little or no browning. In fact, the flavor is surprisingly youthful and at its peak. Forward cherry-like fresh flavor. Delicious now.
  This held up much longer than any Maranges has a right to do!

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  12/2/2022 - MindMuse Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This was immediately quite lovely and appealing Burgundy. I had the pleasure of opening it with the merchant I bought it from 14 years ago, and he remembered tasting and stocking it but said he’d never drunk a bottle. Nice floral aromatics with tilled soil, black tea, and smoke. I would drink this 2005 monopole now and not hold any longer.

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  8/3/2020 - pgb67 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  What a diference 12 years makes. Last tried this in 2008 but now it has developed into a beautiful, delicate Burgundy with sly notes of rose petal, lavender, crushed stones. Light and balanced with some length.

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  2/7/2014 - Ryanmeulemans Likes this wine:

  Really earthy rustic nose, smells of an old cellar, barn yard and a little stinky cheese.
  Good flavor, light fruit, smooth, but with a little bite on the finish.
  A good wine but could use a few more years.
  Opened nicely after 2hrs decant.

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  4/8/2012 - sweetstuff wrote:

  $30/750; Cleveland Heights Wine Store, Washington, DC; 13 pabv; 21190 Meursault, Robert Kacher Selections.
  
  Long cellaring-type cork comes out in one sweep with the A-So. Has slick wall-coating viscous body. Sufficent gradation of color from dense red-purple to a transparent red edge without bricking. Also sufficient energetic tea and cola flavors. Touches of spearmint and herbosity.
  
  Dense flavor and scent; still evolving both flavors and scents nicely in glass. Only started the maturing; will be lovely over the next five years. 2107-2025.
  
  89/100

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