2005 Domaine des Lambrays Morey St. Denis

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  8/1/2022 - Musinus wrote: 89 Points

  High-toned nose of currant, mulberry, and white pepper. Medium purple/ruby color. Initial flavor profile was acidic tannin, thin texture, light cherry/plum with a hot finish. With time, evolution of a spicy nose of anise/currant, and eventually, more floral characteristics of lavender, rose, with a touch of kirsch. Paired with home-made fried rice, the fat in the sausage and rice neutralized the acidity and an intriguing sweetness prevailed.

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  12/14/2021 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  Last bottle. Pop & Poured. Long pristine cork. Clean cherry colour with watery edges. On the nose showed earthy, full of smoky notes of bitter cherries, forest floor and mushrooms bakery. Linear complexity anyway. In the mouth offers little depth but a nice acidity so what we've here is a balanced wine, pretty savoury yet short. Loyal reflect of its terroir, good but impersonal even at this level. Frenchies ...
  
  Última botella. Descorchada y escanciada. Largo corcho prístino. Limpio color cereza con bordes acuosos. En nariz se mostró terroso, lleno de notas ahumadas de cerezas amargas, suelo de bosque y pizza de hongos de panadería. Complejidad lineal de todos modos. En boca ofrece poca profundidad pero una agradable acidez por lo que lo que tenemos aquí es un vino equilibrado, bastante sabroso pero corto. Fiel reflejo de su terroir, bueno pero impersonal incluso a este nivel. Gabachitos ...

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  12/25/2020 - SeattleKen wrote: 85 Points

  Actually improved since a year ago. Nose is stewed cherries and tobacco. On the palate, it is dry tannins but echoes the nose and finish is warm. While it definitely isn’t a youthful wine, it showed quite well against a 2008 Graves (Chateau Magence) tasted roughly simultaneously— this wine seemed more rounded on the palate and had more cinnamon notes. I don’t really like my burgundies at this stage, but I’d say this would be good with a dish with some fatty red meat.

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  11/5/2020 - SeattleKen wrote:

  I had this bottle about a year ago and the bottle I opened tonight is better-- but I think that's more bottle variation than the need for time. Very nice color. Wonderful nose of cherries, plum, and cumin. On the palate, the tannins far outweigh the fruit, the wine feels dry, and there are the cigar-box tastes that I associate with many wines that are over the hill. Certainly drinkable, especially with something with a lot of fat, but not great. I was expecting to age better because it is an '05 and largely fruit from Clos des Lambray. But I have to keep reminding myself that this is still classified as a village level wine, regardless of where some/most/all fruit came from. At that level, it's pretty darn good.

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  5/4/2020 - hargy Likes this wine: 88 Points

  rather disappointing - simple wine with no development in the glass - really rather boring! drink up

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