May 11, 2022 - Opened and poured at a restaurant. Light ruby core with watery rim. At first, tart cherry/cranberry aromas, later joined by strong mint and menthol-a cool rather than ripe vintage nose. Light to medium weight with a lean, grippy, saline, earthy feel and moderate tannins. With a few hours of air, the fruit sweetened to show riper black cherry with a blood orange note. The texture also softened with better integration of the acidity and tannins, but it never reached the silky mouth feel that this producer can achieve. It is relatively restrained and seemingly has avoided over extraction, both of which are positives for the vintage. I was not enamored of this Feusselottes but liked its trajectory over time, which suggests better things to come with more bottle aging. If I were to open another bottle in the near future, I would definitely opt for a several hour decant.
October 16, 2021 - all berries and cherries at the moment, this has a long long way to go - leave for three years plus
March 5, 2021 - Spectacular. I love this wine pretty much every vintage, but the '05 is really something special. Effusive aromatics of perfectly pure cherry fruit. Incredible purity. While the fruit is so inviting and makes this easy to love, there is a serious core of minerality underneath it. Smooth and seamless. Everything is in perfect harmony. Adore this.
July 17, 2020 - Blind 6/7. Josh had said he was bringing this, but once we switched this to "grand cru" only, I thought he was bringing another bottle. On the nose though, this immediately made me think of Mugneret-Gibourg and a powerful vintage, so I was wondering if this was an 05 from the sisters. I suspect subconsciously I was influenced by knowing that's what Josh was bringing. However, the 2.5 hours of air makes a huge difference to this wine (as I'd had it 4 days earlier off pop and pour when it was CLOSED). This is classic Mugneret-Gibourg, which is ripe fruit that's extracted just right, an unobtrusive touch of oak, some spice on the nose, great body with some dark fruit and good complexity. Open now, but only with the decant. Ultimately, this is a bit more Mugneret-Gibourg than it is Chambolle to me, but that's picking very tiny nits.
June 22, 2020 - 2005 Burgundy blinds on Jason's roof: Blind 5 of 9. This was a whiff - despite the house style and this being Chambolle, this was quite closed down. Given the structure I thought this might be one of the other two Ducs, and boy was I wrong! The bones are all here, but this is nowhere near ready for prime time - even the nose was pretty unforgiving.
February 8, 2019 - beautiful bouquet right off the bat, very nice red fruited essence, with good balance and lift. One of the more drinkable 05s i've had
July 16, 2018 - French Wine at Lunch, and with the World Cup final: Absolutely stunning - the first serious 05 burgundy I've opened. Intense yet delicate raspberry fruit on the nose, just a little gamey funk beginning to show up, impeccable balance and still some tannin. A young wine for sure but not at all closed. Very very special wine and exemplifying everything I love in Burgundy.
April 17, 2018 - At Acker's Wine Workshop Chambolle-Musigny Terroir Tasting at the Michaelangelo NY. Muted nose. Lot's of fruit on the palate. Well balanced and silky. I really enjoyed this. 92-93
April 11, 2018 - Agree that the immediate pleasure delivered by the this wine may mask its complexity. I loved it. One note from the tasting that seemed right on to me was rose potpourri with lightly toasted thin curls of bark. Enjoyable for the full 2 hours I tasted it.
April 10, 2018 - This is easily the best nose out of the first five wines with an elegant bouquet of red cherry, blackberry, current, and a developing savory and rustic character showing already. This palate has intense red cherry fruit but has so much silky Chambolle mineral texture with dark spices. Delicious and quite impressive. Better integrated than the ‘05 Roumier Les Cras right now.