2006 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  2/28/2018 - acyso wrote: 90 Points

  Dinner at Sun Wah (Chicago, IL): This is a really great example of the vintage and the commune. The fruit is crisp and crunchy, but there's a bit more darkness here than the crunch would indicate. There's good earthiness here too, and binding it all together is a nice touch of minerality and acidity. This is showing very nicely, with good freshness still, despite its being over a decade old.

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  11/17/2016 - pifcho Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Followed over a couple of nights, found it to be in a good place. A richer version of Burgundy for sure, but I thought that the oak was well integrated and added to the wine's complexity. Masculine and dark profile with good structure. Should get better.

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  11/14/2014 - Eric wrote:

  A glorious and educational tasting of Swiss wines (Bern, Switzerland): Dusky and concentrated, Kistler-esque by comparison. This was pretty clearly the ringer. Black pepper and cola. Oaked and tannic. Somewhat heavy. It is interesting with a nice sweet and sour aspect, but it comes off as quite heavy handed and overdone relative to some of the other more elegant wines.

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  8/15/2014 - albert24 wrote: 75 Points

  The same wine, not Vielles Viignes, but from another bottle was very good, 88. Nice fruit at the opening, with some tannic character to follow. Excellent with a game bird and mushrooms.

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  4/12/2012 - brooklynguy wrote:

  Lovely fruit and not much more at first, other than vanilla-oak. But there is more here, and it shows over a few hours. The wine never achieves a whole lot of complexity, but it tastes good, and shows some earthy and mineral character. Not a lot that says Gevrey either though. Tasty and satisfying wine, but doesn't capture what is exciting about Burgundy, to me - doesn;t have anything to say, really. And let's remember that it costs almost $50 - there are world class wines one can purchase for that price. A reminder to me that there just aren't many villages Burgundy wines that are worth the cost.

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