2005 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  2/4/2024 - Nanda wrote: 88 Points

  5+ years since my last bottle, and the wine hasn't budged much. Rather ripe and roasted on the nose. Palate has rich and dense fruit with structure that is now integrated. A bruiser that is likely always going to be a clunky wine.

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  10/29/2022 - chbeaumont wrote: 92 Points

  Dark; pulsating, bold nose, dark fruits; palate blazes away, fulsome, boundless; energetic finish. Probably more to come. Typically Sylvie. But is it truly Burgundian?

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  12/28/2018 - Enfantterrible wrote: 90 Points

  Drinking incredibly young for a 2005 village. Not closed but feels like it has a lot more to give. Dark fruits, cloves, hints of ginger. Lovely but I’m not touching my next bottle for 3+ years

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  12/26/2018 - Nanda wrote:

  Not sure if this was a perfect bottle, but it had a distinct roasted black fruit aromatic that was distracting. Probably heat damage, but perhaps the ripeness of the vintage. The palate was more clean with good rich black cherry and gevrey meatiness and spice. Still had some new oak that needs to integrate. Will reserve judgement and hold my remaining bottle for a few years.

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  10/15/2017 - markydb Likes this wine: 91 Points

  It's genuinely hard to not get carried away when rating this superb village Gevrey because it is not only flat out terrific but each bottle keeps getting better and better. Beautiful floral nose with blackberry notes supported by fine tanins which keep getting tamer as the years progress. It still needs an hour before you start drinking, but that's only because you'll drink it so fast you'll miss out. Buy, drink enjoy; it's really that good.

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