2019 Domaine Louis Boillot et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Cherbaudes

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  6/27/2022 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Love this. All fruit, not a whiff of oak, why can't more "important" Burgundy be like this? Aromas of overripe strawberry, dark cherry, roses, dark chocolate, a little pine forest, compost and baking spice, lifted and fresh despite its rich and exotic character. Supple, full, fresh fruit is the focus, mostly dark fruit but there are high notes of red and yellow, spice and earthy nuance is deeply buried, seriously structured but you only notice tannins at the end, while the acid vibrates throughout. Long finish is worthy of a grand cru. Pretty easy today, but this deserves 10-15 in the cellar, if not 20.
  
  Day two finds this wailing. On the nose a gorgeous high note of lime sherbet melds beautifully with berries, desiccated pine forest, dark chocolate, roses.... On the palate it is dark and sultry, full and velvety, lots of overripe dark fruit, but plenty of freshness to keep it lively and engaging. This just needs some time, not sure how much, but pretty sure 10+

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  11/13/2021 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Vines now aged 100+. No-doubter from the first sip, intensely aromatic with super pure, deep red fruit, then lands on the palate like a grand cru, just this big red sphere of beautiful fruit with perfect symmetry, a highly polished veneer, and an expansive scale that reaches all the far nether regions of the palate. Really high quality fruit: it's richer and denser than some other vintages that have actually tasted riper. So much surface appeal the first glass doesn't last very long, neither does the second - it's not one of the wilder vintages of this wine, the non-fruit stuff is still buried, but it's definitely one of the grander vintages just on shape and texture alone, especially since this wine from both Boillots can get very down and gritty. The grit comes later on as the tannin seizes up and gets a little edgy towards the end of the bottle.

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