2010 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  12/31/2023 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points

  Last two bottles - couldn’t wait any longer. I would say at its peak now although there is no hurry to drink. Interestingly, what was left in the decanter didn’t last so well into a second day.
  Medium garnet colour. Complex nose - ripe and dried dark and red fruits, cherry particularly standing out, liquorice, violet, mushroom, forest floor, almost a blood orange edge too. High acidity, fine tannins, long finish.

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  4/2/2021 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points

  Not much to add to my last note. Will try to save my remaining two bottles to see how it develops. There is absolutely no hurry to drink.
  
  Medium garnet. Pronounced aromas - dark dried fruit - cherries, cassis, red fruit too - wild strawberry, violet, undergrowth, smoke, mushroom. Developing. Dry palate, high acidity, med+ fine tannins, med alcohol and body, long finish. Rich palate, lots of layers of flavour. This is seriously good village Gevrey Chambertin.

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  1/30/2021 - Andrewbdc Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium garnet. Pronounced aromas - dark dried fruit - cherries, cassis, red fruit too - wild strawberry, violet, undergrowth, smoke, mushroom. Developing. Dry palate, high acidity, med+ fine tannins, med alcohol and body, long finish. Rich palate, lots of layers of flavour. This is seriously good village Gevrey Chambertin.

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  7/15/2017 - alion wrote: 92 Points

  Followed this over a couple of days. Best day two after a night in the fridge after a wine saver spray: integrated, rich, dark black fruit, with mushroom and undergrowth on the nose; rich, full on the palate - much more so than on previous day. Slightly wild Gevrey feel - think Mazis - on day 1 but less on day 2. Also less obvious violet on day 2. Fabulous nose on both days. I am going to (try) to leave my remaining bottles a few years. Even if oak and stems not your thing, this is still pretty exceptional for a village level wine.

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  3/22/2017 - alion wrote: 92 Points

  Stems, oak, rich but whatever some critics might say this is a wine that could only come from Gevrey - slight horse / wild, violet (from stems?), and shoe polish nose on opening but within an hour integrated, still rich - especially for the vintage - but with freshness and fruit (both red - balsamic strawberry - and black - damson / blackberry jam) driven. Still fresh. Long finish. Great wine, great winemaking and great value - better than many 1er Crus of the vintage. Delicious.

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