2005 Bruno Desaunay-Bissey Gevrey-Chambertin

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  2/25/2010 - Paul S wrote: 88 Points

  Dinner with the Monthly Group (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): Not a bad wine, but not an entirely great one either. Rather disappointing for an 2005. Nose showed some strawberry sweets, with bits of cherry candy stuck in for good measure, along with flower and spice notes. Not overwhelmingly sweet, not even very new world, but rather sweeter than I am used to for a Bourgogne. Nice Gevrey characteristics of earth and meat mixed into the malange help to temper the nose, and it did get more complex with more bassy earth notes emerging with time. The palate was rather worrying though. Pleasant enough sweet cherries, maraschino and the slightest touch of meat and plenty of ferrous, rusty mineral in its flavour profile. Very 2005 in terms of structure as well - high acid, and fine, firm tannins. Finish was just a little tart, with some lingering spicy notes. Nice enough to quaff, and I thought it got better in the glass as time when by. However, I thought the wine was just a little thin on the ground, more akin to a Bourgogne than a Village wine in weight. When paired with suckling pig, which should have gone pretty well on paper with a 2005 Gevrey, the wine seemed completely washed out. It should certainly improve with some time in bottle, but it is not a wine I would go out hunting for.

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