2005 Perrot-Minot, Chapelle-Chambertin Grand Cru, Vieilles Vignes 1x750ml

Vinous 94

Deep red-ruby. Wild, sexy aromas of musky dark raspberry, smoked meat and flowers. Dense, rich, thick and superconcentrated, with a powerful core of candied cherry fruit. This really saturates the palate with flavor. No doubt constituted for a long life in bottle, but today the tannins are hidden by the wine’s sheer mass of fruit. [Stephen Tanzer, 03/01/2008]

Robert Parker 96

From 50-year-old vines, a 2005 Chapelle-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes smells of intensely ripe black-raspberry and tiny Maine blueberries, comes onto the palate with a sappy, slightly resinous, pungently spicy and berryish, almost Zinfandel-like fruit personality allied to very Burgundian carnality, and finishes with dark concentration yet panache. Silky, refined tannins and an overall sleekness suggest a wine to revisit in 8-10 years as one would hate to miss out on some remaining elements of this wine’s strikingly intense primary fruit. Importer: Martine’s Wines, Novato, CA; tel. (415) 883-0400. [David Schildknecht, 30/04/2007]