Gevrey-Chambertin 2004 Alain Burguet
This may be made from M. Burguet’s favourite old vines but I am not that impressed.
The first bottle I opened was cloudy as a January day in Manchester (any day in January, take your pick) and as bitter as a teaspoonful of chicory essence – remember that wartime coffee substitute? No I don’t either.
The second bottle wasn’t cloudy but failed to live up to its price tag of £26 from the cyber-shelves of the Wine Society.
I will give the second bottle the benefit of my detox tainted palate, but I will be writing to Messrs Johnson and co to get my £25.95 back for the first.
For the record it was a little soapy although had a few redeeming flavours of radishes and Eton Mess. I would expect more from a £7.50 bottle of Chilean Pinot.
August 30th, 2011 at 2:34 pm
[…] The Wine Society case price implied £23 per bottle but they don’t stock it any more. I really struggled to find an alternative supplier but Googled upon Winenirvana who advertise US$85 per bottle. That implies a price of about £55 at today’s exchange rate. So I guess I got a bargain. Much better than his Gevrey “Mes Favorites Vielles Vignes”. […]