John Gilman 93+ The 2005 les Lavières from Chandon de Briailles is an excellent wine in the making, but like so many of the 2005s, it is now in need of some extended bottle age and I clearly underestimated just how much time this wine would need in the cellar when I first tasted it out of barrel. The bouquet is now quite reticent, but shows off the same purity and nascent complexity that were evident early on, offering up notes of cherries, red currants, citrus peel, a beautiful base of soil tones, roses and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with tangy acids, firm tannins and a very long, focused and very promising finish. Give this wine at least another three or four years in the cellar before opening bottles, as it still needs time to fully blossom, but it is going to be a long-lived and very fine bottle of Savigny at its apogee. (Drink between 2018 - 2045)
2005 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Lavières
2005 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru Les Lavières
John Gilman 93+ The 2005 les Lavières from Chandon de Briailles is an excellent wine in the making, but like so many of the 2005s, it is now in need of some extended bottle age and I clearly underestimated just how much time this wine would need in the cellar when I first tasted it out of barrel. The bouquet is now quite reticent, but shows off the same purity and nascent complexity that were evident early on, offering up notes of cherries, red currants, citrus peel, a beautiful base of soil tones, roses and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with tangy acids, firm tannins and a very long, focused and very promising finish. Give this wine at least another three or four years in the cellar before opening bottles, as it still needs time to fully blossom, but it is going to be a long-lived and very fine bottle of Savigny at its apogee. (Drink between 2018 - 2045)
