March 8, 2021 - The wine has been a big disappointment to me. It might be my worst purchase over the past 10 year from a price-quality point of view. Decanted for two hours. It was flat and tasteless and did not improve as the evening progresses.
February 12, 2021 - 2008 Maison Champy Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers ($50 in 2011). Light amber; red fruit, earthy, animal, musk nose; light-mid body; softening acids; short red fruit finish; probably past its peak. w/veal. 16 UC Davis scale, 90 other scales.
May 10, 2020 - 2008 Maison Champy Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers $50. Light mid-ruby, amber edges; smoky, earthy, animal nose; red fruit, wood; mid-body; balanced; decent acids; long semi-chewy cherry and wood finish. w/veal. 16.5 UC Davis scale, 91 other scales.
March 15, 2020 - Beautiful showing here. Totally transparent, with notable bricking, call it medium minus. The nose is quite appealing and focused on the secondary and tertiary notes with nothing out of place. Aromas of cherry, light VA, a touch of wood, petrichor, sauteed green beans, a touch of rose petal, and soil. The palate had medium acid and medium acid. Really nice wine. Almost 92.
May 22, 2019 - Im not always a fan of Burgundy style, but I'm quite enjoying this one. It has that classic deep brooding dark cherry, brambly, earthy, mineral thing going on...but everything seems very in balance. it's somewhat translucent in color with brown tinged edges, but it has structure and substance that initially you wouldn't expect just looking at it. On day two even better. My top descriptors are earth, spice and a long dark cherry finish. While this totally feels ready to drink, I think it has at least 5 more years on it if not more.
January 10, 2017 - Pale brick red; earthy, animal nose; wood, black cherries; mid-body; balanced; softening; decent acids; long fruity finish. Opens up with air and went from 90 to 91.
October 18, 2015 - one of the better Champy wines i have had, '08 typicity with good acid and relatively open, bright fruit on night one, developed a little complexity on night two, more spices than meatiness, and then was a shadow of itself on night three... i think ideally folks wait 2-3 years to open these but then i don't think they'll last more than another five after that
May 5, 2015 - Double decant -- first decant at about 5 hours prior to first pour. Nice muted cherry fruit. Not closed down. Light bodied. Long finish and good mid-palete hints of anise and other savory spices. I tried a taste upon opening -- this does require a long decant.
May 5, 2015 - The bottle was decanted for about 4 hours, I think, before being brought to dinner. Light/medium bodied with dark, blacker fruits and accents of licorice/anise, and some light earthy, savory notes. Tasty. Thanks for sharing Ted.
April 30, 2015 - rating reflects that this was largely shut down, acidic and not giving it up at all, at times you could sense the material in the background but at others it tasted simply "dilute" (my son Andy's observation), i wouldn't open another for at least five years, i'm hoping for a beautiful blooming flower then -- will have to wait and see, i gassed the last inch of the bottle and put in fridge, will open it up again in 3 or 4 days for a last ditch effort to see it blossom