2005 Domaine Robert Arnoux / Arnoux-Lachaux Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  1/14/2022 - sooper65 wrote: 90 Points

  Rich and balanced without being earthmoving

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  10/24/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Given about an hour of air after opening at a restaurant. Impressively deep ruby core with lightening only at the extreme rim. Marvelous nose of ripe blackberry, a touch of green herb, and prominent spice. Lovely, elegant medium weight. Discrete smoke, spice, and ground coffee framing mixed black and dark red fruit with perfectly weighted acidity and fine grained tannins. While this is not entirely ready for prime time, it is really quite gorgeous, poised, and regal Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru that is not at all hard on the palate right now. Like drinking a smaller version of one of the Vosne Grand Crus. This had much less overt oak than I've found in other Arnoux wines from this period. I was delighted by its showing without much air, and it gives me hope that perhaps the 2005 wall of structure is beginning to show some cracks, at least for some wines.

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  3/17/2021 - dajapino Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Oh my, baby richebourg! My new go-to when I want riche but don't feel like killing a $500-plus bottle. Usually it's Suchots but now it's this one! Killer nose with a melange of black and red fruits, violets, vosne spice, meat broth, shiitake mushrooms. The palate impression is rich but balanced, with red and black fruits playing with savory and spice notes. This is gorgeous and just now entering the drinking window, but with plenty of years ahead.

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  3/12/2021 - dd pic Likes this wine: 95 Points

  I don't know if the previous taster really understands burgs, but this one is destined to be a classic when oak fully integrates. I've seen this many times before, and this is going to be your classic vosne, with beautiful dark fruits, vosne spice, all wrapped up in silk and good mid palate weight. Decant for 1hr....enjoy this over the next 10yrs. plus. In a word, delicious.

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  10/24/2020 - sooper65 wrote: 90 Points

  Whilst rich with plenty of brooding dark fruit, very tasty, this simply did not taste remotely Burgundian. ZERO for terroir.
  Made by Pascal, i do believe that son Charles is on a better route, with a lighter more ethereal style

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