First vintage was the week after Jeremy's wedding, only did picking no farming. Very different from wines that follow, as wasn’t even organic with grass between rows. Very soft palate, but rustic aromatically.
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Had this 7 odd years ago thanks to @kami5 when we did a wine dinner with @highlandparkbrewery - but haven't had a chance to try it again, it was rather subdued then but this 2005 has really opened up from tits shell. Really opulent and generous in its fruit, the texture is seamless with elegance that guides all the primary nature into a long finish. Boy does it have a lot going on in it as it feels like there's still plenty in the reserve. Also love the vosne spice that runs rampant in this wine
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Silky texture is extraordinary, so enticing and refined. Palate is pitch perfect with primary fruit and the start of secondary nuance, so well balanced. One bottle of this could never be enough, this vanished in a flash. Thrilling, as it has been for many years, and probably will be for many years to come.
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Maintaining the elegant and opulent plateau it has been on the past few years. Considering the company it followed, it held up pretty well. This is a special wine, not just for the quality, but for the fact that it has never shut down over the many years I have tasted it.
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Opulent with Grand Cru length and complexity, this would fit in a lineup of La Tache. Deep fruit and exotic spice, tannins are supple, it’s both pleasurable and profound.
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Very primary and powerful, as I expected, it’s got great spiciness and depth of fruit, plus a long finish. Not much nuance as yet, but it is in a very pleasurable spot to drink unlike some other 05s, and I suspect the score can go higher over time
Note...had the second half of this 2 nights later and I’m bumping the score up a point to 95
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Great freshness here with lots of intense dark cherry and blue fruits. High-toned but also rich and concentrated and it was herd to put down. Clearly could use some more time but it's a charmer to drink today.
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Game, spice, cherry, red fruit, florals, leather, licorice, bitter and herbal. Perhaps a bit too much weight/stem on the palate, but otherwise great. 94
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Friendsgiving Burgundy Dinner (Scottsdale, AZ): Served blind and I immediately had my best guess. I was wrong but damn close: I guessed 05 Montille Malconsorts Christianne. That wine has the same gingerbread spice leaping out, and at the reveal I realized how very different this bottle was showing than last time I’d had it — because it was very, very cold. None of the nuance showing at this super low temperature.
As it warmed up started to come around but I’m wondering if these have a glacial lifecycle and the days of open and gorgeous accessibility are past it?
Even coming around slowly, it’s awesome. If you’re opening a bottle be prepared for a wine that may be precocious or guarded. But either way it’s legit.
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Extremely elegant, lovely spice on the nose, red and black fruit, precise and serious. I've been privileged to drink this wine many times over the years, and it never disappoints. This is so much better than the '15 tasted couple weeks ago, I wonder if '15 could ever evolve into something this wonderful.
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Malconsorts dinner with Zachys crew - also 05 Truchot CC, 99 Selosse, 90 Jadot BM & etc. (Blue Duck Tavern - Washington D.C.): Consistent with the last bottle from two years ago. It has reached the first stage of the youthful peak. Beautiful nose displaying warm red fruit, strawberry, cherry, a hint of Asian spices, rose and earthy mineral. Beautifully balanced palate, soft, warm and round, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, a hint of fine tannins and a long soft red fruit and Asian spices driven finish. Certainly most ready and harmonious of the flight. Simply pleasurable but will gain more sous bois for another decade or two.
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I love Dujac but they can be so stylized that sometimes you wonder if it is too much Dujac and not enough terroir.
Drinking these two side by side nicely highlighted the difference between the two vineyards. The Gruenchers was very pretty, floral, and elegant on the nose and a bit lighter on the palate. The Malconsorts was not giving as much on the nose but the palate was noticeably deeper and richer. Very impressive considering this was the first year that Dujac acquired the Malconsorts plot.
Both still primary and tannic but by no means closed and quite delicious right now.
These should be amazing with a decade or two or three.
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DP, some nice white burgs, DRC GE, and 05 Dujac reds.: I drank this a few times when it was younger, and found it staggeringly good. Like the other 05's tonight, this is back in it's shell, and is not showing particularly well right now.
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Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center w/ oranging rims. The medium+ intensity nose showed medicinal cherries, baking spices, soy, and blueberries.
In the mouth, this wine was medium bodied with great richness. It also showed light, rounded tannin and good acidity.
Clearly, this wine is on the young side and was still somewhat monolithic. However, it developed well in the glass. My guess is that it will improve by a couple points in 10 years or so.
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The Verticals Tasting at La Paulée 2016 (The Fairmont, San Francisco): Pale center, light rim. Some stems and sweet fruit scents. Light but amazing intensity for its weight. Spice, baked red fruit, char, and a hint of green things. Bigger, dry tannins. Extremely elegant, fantastic drive, wonderful potential once the tannins (hopefully) recede a bit. Will it ultimately be better than the more seductive '09??
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2015 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/3/2015-11/9/2015 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): Reaching the first stage of drinking peak. Beautiful nose of bright red fruits, strawberry and raspberry, a hint of vosne spices, red flowers and mineral. Very fresh and precise palate, fresh pure red fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and strong presence of mineral, sweet tannins and seamless clean finish with candied red fruit as the end note. Quite youthful but starting to be really enjoyable.
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Exceptionally elegant aroma, seductive and exotic, didn't know this was '05 thought it was a more mature wine. I've been privileged to drink this wine numerous times over the years, and it's always a stunner. It has never shut down, and it's always glorious. I regret not having more patience with this wine, but it's really simply too wonderful to resist. This wine represents everything that is great about the '05 vintage, and is an absolutely classic benchmark wine.
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Slow-O 2 hours, aerated to decanter 30 minutes. Cork in new condition. A seriously endowed wine that plumbs the depths of your palate within seconds. The nose is stunning from the very first moment, and, with airtime, gains even more complexity, allure. Serious stuff now, but unmistakably built for the long-run, too. I should be so lucky to have a taste of this in a decade or two. highly recommended
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This is a phenomenal Burgundy that remains a crowd pleaser. Lush, rich fruit with excellent delineation and a lengthy finish. Serious juice better than most Grand Crus -- and frankly better than many Dujac Grand Crus. While I would not be hesitant to open this wine now, I suspect it will go from great to otherworldly in the years to come.
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Beautiful nose. Primary berry with some spice. Focused. The palate is primary but seamless. The structure is buried in fabulous fruit. Very fresh and long in the mouth.
A glorious wine bursting with berry and Vosne spice. Superb length, and serious purity. A wow wine from the first sip that got progressively more complex and interesting with air. Highly recommended
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Drank the 05 and 06 sided by side tonight. The 06 is a very good wine, albeit a bit soft for so young a wine. Interestingly, when drinking through the 06 Dujacs at the domaine, this was my second favorite after Chambertin. I own and would buy more at its price point, but its a level shy of rock star. The 05 on the other hand is staggering. Lots of stuffing for the long haul, but lots of fruit that shines through right now. Love it.
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La Paulee de San Francisco - The Verticals (RN74 - San Francisco CA): Vertical tasting, brief note. Powerful dark fruit aromas to start with background spice. Less in the Dujc style, or even Vosne style, than the 2006 or 2007 in the vertical, but I understand that Dujac didn't have responsibility for the entire growing season (hence didn't bottle as Domaine). But still this is the most powerful and seemingly serious wine in the flight with huge fruit and intense spice emerging on very, very long finish.
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1/27/2023 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
Decent showing, open.
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5/7/2022 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
What a privilege to revisit this wine. Wonderfully graceful with the precision and balance of an olympic gymnast. Beguiling spice. A superstar.
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12/23/2021 - fcxj wrote: 90 Points
First vintage was the week after Jeremy's wedding, only did picking no farming. Very different from wines that follow, as wasn’t even organic with grass between rows. Very soft palate, but rustic aromatically.
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10/1/2021 - clayfu wrote:
Had this 7 odd years ago thanks to @kami5 when we did a wine dinner with @highlandparkbrewery - but haven't had a chance to try it again, it was rather subdued then but this 2005 has really opened up from tits shell. Really opulent and generous in its fruit, the texture is seamless with elegance that guides all the primary nature into a long finish. Boy does it have a lot going on in it as it feels like there's still plenty in the reserve. Also love the vosne spice that runs rampant in this wine
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5/30/2021 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Silky texture is extraordinary, so enticing and refined. Palate is pitch perfect with primary fruit and the start of secondary nuance, so well balanced. One bottle of this could never be enough, this vanished in a flash. Thrilling, as it has been for many years, and probably will be for many years to come.
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3/19/2021 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Aromatic fireworks, so expressive and enticing. This is a seamless and lovely Vosne Romanee. Silky and beautiful, more elegant than powerful.
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8/28/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Maintaining the elegant and opulent plateau it has been on the past few years. Considering the company it followed, it held up pretty well. This is a special wine, not just for the quality, but for the fact that it has never shut down over the many years I have tasted it.
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11/2/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Opulent with Grand Cru length and complexity, this would fit in a lineup of La Tache. Deep fruit and exotic spice, tannins are supple, it’s both pleasurable and profound.
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10/29/2019 - kr522 wrote: 95 Points
Very primary and powerful, as I expected, it’s got great spiciness and depth of fruit, plus a long finish. Not much nuance as yet, but it is in a very pleasurable spot to drink unlike some other 05s, and I suspect the score can go higher over time
Note...had the second half of this 2 nights later and I’m bumping the score up a point to 95
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9/27/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
Great freshness here with lots of intense dark cherry and blue fruits. High-toned but also rich and concentrated and it was herd to put down. Clearly could use some more time but it's a charmer to drink today.
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11/28/2018 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
Game, spice, cherry, red fruit, florals, leather, licorice, bitter and herbal. Perhaps a bit too much weight/stem on the palate, but otherwise great. 94
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11/23/2018 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Friendsgiving Burgundy Dinner (Scottsdale, AZ): Served blind and I immediately had my best guess. I was wrong but damn close: I guessed 05 Montille Malconsorts Christianne. That wine has the same gingerbread spice leaping out, and at the reveal I realized how very different this bottle was showing than last time I’d had it — because it was very, very cold. None of the nuance showing at this super low temperature.
As it warmed up started to come around but I’m wondering if these have a glacial lifecycle and the days of open and gorgeous accessibility are past it?
Even coming around slowly, it’s awesome. If you’re opening a bottle be prepared for a wine that may be precocious or guarded. But either way it’s legit.
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8/31/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Coche-Dury Lunch with a La Tâche Kicker, Then More Après Lunch Wines (Elements Restaurant at the Sanctuary - Paradise Valley, AZ): Served double blind in what turned out to be a great Vosne 1er Cru flight. This was my favorite of the flight. Cross-section of black and red cherry aromas and flavors with background spice and very good concentration and length. Charming and accessible already, quite surprising for 2005, but consistent with prior bottles in recent years.
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5/5/2018 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Extremely elegant, lovely spice on the nose, red and black fruit, precise and serious. I've been privileged to drink this wine many times over the years, and it never disappoints. This is so much better than the '15 tasted couple weeks ago, I wonder if '15 could ever evolve into something this wonderful.
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9/15/2017 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Malconsorts dinner with Zachys crew - also 05 Truchot CC, 99 Selosse, 90 Jadot BM & etc. (Blue Duck Tavern - Washington D.C.): Consistent with the last bottle from two years ago. It has reached the first stage of the youthful peak. Beautiful nose displaying warm red fruit, strawberry, cherry, a hint of Asian spices, rose and earthy mineral. Beautifully balanced palate, soft, warm and round, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, a hint of fine tannins and a long soft red fruit and Asian spices driven finish. Certainly most ready and harmonious of the flight. Simply pleasurable but will gain more sous bois for another decade or two.
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3/5/2017 - FYC wrote:
Drank alongside the 2005 Dujac Gruenchers.
I love Dujac but they can be so stylized that sometimes you wonder if it is too much Dujac and not enough terroir.
Drinking these two side by side nicely highlighted the difference between the two vineyards. The Gruenchers was very pretty, floral, and elegant on the nose and a bit lighter on the palate. The Malconsorts was not giving as much on the nose but the palate was noticeably deeper and richer. Very impressive considering this was the first year that Dujac acquired the Malconsorts plot.
Both still primary and tannic but by no means closed and quite delicious right now.
These should be amazing with a decade or two or three.
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12/15/2016 - BradE wrote:
DP, some nice white burgs, DRC GE, and 05 Dujac reds.: I drank this a few times when it was younger, and found it staggeringly good. Like the other 05's tonight, this is back in it's shell, and is not showing particularly well right now.
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5/1/2016 - fclarity wrote: 92 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center w/ oranging rims. The medium+ intensity nose showed medicinal cherries, baking spices, soy, and blueberries.
In the mouth, this wine was medium bodied with great richness. It also showed light, rounded tannin and good acidity.
Clearly, this wine is on the young side and was still somewhat monolithic. However, it developed well in the glass. My guess is that it will improve by a couple points in 10 years or so.
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3/4/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
La Paulée de San Francisco - The Verticals (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Tasting, brief note. Lots of cherry and spice. classically Vosne. Very charming, and drinking beautifully already, so quite early for a 2005 and a Malconsorts.
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3/4/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
The Verticals Tasting at La Paulée 2016 (The Fairmont, San Francisco): Pale center, light rim. Some stems and sweet fruit scents. Light but amazing intensity for its weight. Spice, baked red fruit, char, and a hint of green things. Bigger, dry tannins. Extremely elegant, fantastic drive, wonderful potential once the tannins (hopefully) recede a bit. Will it ultimately be better than the more seductive '09??
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11/7/2015 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
2015 Villa d’Este Wine Symposium - Kelly and Kevin's excellent adventure; 11/3/2015-11/9/2015 (Villa D’este, Lake Como): Reaching the first stage of drinking peak. Beautiful nose of bright red fruits, strawberry and raspberry, a hint of vosne spices, red flowers and mineral. Very fresh and precise palate, fresh pure red fruit driven palate impression, bright acidity and strong presence of mineral, sweet tannins and seamless clean finish with candied red fruit as the end note. Quite youthful but starting to be really enjoyable.
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8/8/2015 - rnellans wrote: 95 Points
A baby. Typical herbal , stem notes on nose. Very approachable now, but should be great for the long haul. Great fruit. Needs time. Delicious.
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4/18/2014 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Exceptionally elegant aroma, seductive and exotic, didn't know this was '05 thought it was a more mature wine. I've been privileged to drink this wine numerous times over the years, and it's always a stunner. It has never shut down, and it's always glorious. I regret not having more patience with this wine, but it's really simply too wonderful to resist. This wine represents everything that is great about the '05 vintage, and is an absolutely classic benchmark wine.
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8/13/2012 - Tim Heaton wrote:
Slow-O 2 hours, aerated to decanter 30 minutes. Cork in new condition. A seriously endowed wine that plumbs the depths of your palate within seconds. The nose is stunning from the very first moment, and, with airtime, gains even more complexity, allure. Serious stuff now, but unmistakably built for the long-run, too. I should be so lucky to have a taste of this in a decade or two. highly recommended
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11/6/2011 - Alex G. wrote:
This is a phenomenal Burgundy that remains a crowd pleaser. Lush, rich fruit with excellent delineation and a lengthy finish. Serious juice better than most Grand Crus -- and frankly better than many Dujac Grand Crus. While I would not be hesitant to open this wine now, I suspect it will go from great to otherworldly in the years to come.
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7/22/2010 - DCornutt wrote:
Beautiful nose. Primary berry with some spice. Focused.
The palate is primary but seamless. The structure is buried in fabulous fruit. Very fresh and long in the mouth.
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5/1/2010 - Alex G. wrote:
A glorious wine bursting with berry and Vosne spice. Superb length, and serious purity. A wow wine from the first sip that got progressively more complex and interesting with air. Highly recommended
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3/18/2010 - BradE wrote:
Drank the 05 and 06 sided by side tonight. The 06 is a very good wine, albeit a bit soft for so young a wine. Interestingly, when drinking through the 06 Dujacs at the domaine, this was my second favorite after Chambertin. I own and would buy more at its price point, but its a level shy of rock star. The 05 on the other hand is staggering. Lots of stuffing for the long haul, but lots of fruit that shines through right now. Love it.
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3/12/2010 - Burgundy Al wrote:
La Paulee de San Francisco - The Verticals (RN74 - San Francisco CA): Vertical tasting, brief note. Powerful dark fruit aromas to start with background spice. Less in the Dujc style, or even Vosne style, than the 2006 or 2007 in the vertical, but I understand that Dujac didn't have responsibility for the entire growing season (hence didn't bottle as Domaine). But still this is the most powerful and seemingly serious wine in the flight with huge fruit and intense spice emerging on very, very long finish.
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8/2/2008 - BradE wrote:
Fabulous wine. This will be a star.
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