It was interesting to see if we were going to be able to recognize the village from the 1er and Grand Cru.
2001 Domaine Arlaud Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Aux Combottes Cuvée Unique Vieilles Vignes
Brickish rim. Beautiful elegant nose with floral and mineral notes. Nice red fruits.
On the palate, also nice and pure red fruits with some herbs, licorice and smoky notes. Refreshing minerality.
Great wine drinking very well right now.
2004 Domaine Fourrier Griottes-Chambertin Vieille Vigne
Showed much more dark fruits than the other wines from the line up along ripe strawberry. Round, more body. The wine is ripe but somehow shows some green tannins.
Got better with time but this will be interesting to see how it is going to evolve.
2005 Mongeard-Mugneret Gevrey-Chambertin
Boy what a great nose! Complex, cherry, red fruits with mushroom and earthy notes. Superb texture with quite a long finish.
Became a little less interesting withair as it became flabby. But this was a stunning wine upon opening.
1996 Sylvie Esmonin (Michel et Fille) Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Vieilles Vignes
Very barnyardy, cheese rind nose but fruit hidden in the background. Drying finish with some metallic notes.
Recognized the Esmonin right away as I previously had it and, compared to the 97, it's always been a disappointment.
2003 Domaine Armand Rousseau Père et Fils Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers
Strange peanut butter notes on the nose. Creamy, low acidity, grenadine and cherry. very forward with oak showing more with air.
A shock when it was revealed it was the Rousseau.
Even more stange that I tried it to make sure the bottle was ok before the tasting and it showed a purity and freshness that could not be found after.
2006 Drouhin-Laroze Gevrey-Chambertin
Bright fruits on the nose with some floral notes. Very tannic with an unpleasant drying finish.
Palate is less exhuberant than the nose and thin with a short, slightly green finish.
Overall I really did not like this wine.
2005 Louis Latour Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Les Cazetiers
Shy nose not showing much at first. Red fruits and earthy notes. Not bad but undramatically drinkable.
2000 Domaine Pierre Gelin Chambertin-Clos de Bèze
A Rather modern nose with some heat on the finish. Smoky oak but with an interesting earthiness and iodine notes.
Enjoyable.
Conclusion
My favorites were:
1- Arlaud Combottes
2- Mongeard Mugneret
3 - Fourrier Griottes
4 - Gelin Beze
5 - Rousseau Cazetiers
6- Latour Cazetiers
7 - Esmonin VV
8 - Drouhin Laroze
A great tasting overall with a lot of surprises.
-The 1st one was the very 1st wine itself! We all though this was a Grand Cru and I was not expecting to see that finesse with Arlaud.
-The Fourrier was a little disapointing, especially giving I usually enjoy his wines a lot.
-The Mongeard Mugneret was just stunning! I though it was the Rousseau (as the Rousseau was one of my wines and I tasted it before). Well not at all ! EVen if the wine did not show as well 3h after being opened, I say Bravo!
-Talking about the Rousseau, I wonder if someone changed the wine after I uncorked it! Unrecognizable, what happened? well I don't know, that's why I may have to drink another 4379 burgundies to try to start understanding those wines...!
-The Gelin, rather "modern", was interesting and enjoyable. I thought it was a Grand Cru because of the pure and long finish.
Overall, the straight village, well showed as such except for the Mongeard of course. Otherwise, pretty much everyone was spot on on the level of the wines..
Aren't we good? :-)
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