Chassagne Montrachet 2005 Tasting

Chassagne Montrachet 2005 Tasting - Episode #446

April 17, 2008

Gary’s wine of choice when he goes towards White Burgundy is often the wonderful Chassagne Montrachet’s, watch today as he tries 3 from the exciting 2005 vintage.

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“I have two bottles of the Pilot 1er cru Les morgeots 2006. I am give t…” by Neil
“Never had a white Burgundy! They are kind of too pricey for me right …” by Sharon
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Louis Jadot Chassagne MontrachetChassagne Montrachet
2005 Lamy-pillot Caillerets Chassagne MontrachetChassagne Montrachet
2005 Fontaine Gagnard La Romanee Chassagne MontrachetChassagne Montrachet

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about a week ago

Neil
I have two bottles of the Pilot 1er cru Les morgeots 2006. I am give them a few months and wait for the right moment…

I had the straight apelation pilot 04 at a mates house the other day. devine!
about 2 weeks ago

Sharon
Never had a white Burgundy! They are kind of too pricey for me right now. I can find decent domestic Chards (not too oaky) way more affordably.
about 2 weeks ago

Josh in Burgundy
Great show but it definitely gave me a huge shock when I saw the wines you were tasting. The Lamy Pillot wine is what caught my attention. I just got back from a tasting at the Lamy Pillot facilities with M. Lamy. Talk about weirdness. He is a great down to earth guy. He tasted us on about 11 wines and each one was very high quality. I tasted the St. Aubin you raved about and tasted the chassagne’s but the 2006’s not the 05’s. However the winery makes predominantly red wine (about 60% to be exact) and so we tasted a bunch of Chassagne reds and a couple Blagny’s (which is in between Meursault and Puligny). However the highlight of the tasting was a rather special wine. We got to talking about birthdays and what the vintage was like from that year, then M. Lamy went out and came back with a premier cru Chassage red from 1983! (which just so happens to be my birth year)He told us about the vintage and we tasted the wine and it was phenomenal. English peas and asparagus with leather on the nose, a finish that went on for days. A truly remarkable experience for me, since that was the first time I got to try a wine from my birth year. Get some of his reds if you can, great values. Good show and thanks for giving me the opportunity to share my amazing experience.
about 3 weeks ago

Montrose
Next bottle of White Burgundy? Savigny les Beaune les Guettes
about 3 weeks ago

Victor M
Geee….. Am goin to have o get at least 6 friend to and put money together to get me one of those…or maybe y can use my credit card points.
about 3 weeks ago

yowens
Dude, excellent show, I wish I could afford to drink more of those wines. QOTD: not sure.
about 3 weeks ago

Dan
Dante Culpepper??!!! As a alumnus of his alma mater, University of Central Flordia, I just have to post this episode on my Facebook!

Hey Gary, I sent a “friend” request to you on Facebook a month ago. Never heard back! Geeze….and to think whenever Im in NNJ, I go to the Wine Library (hey, expand that parking lot so I don’t have to park at Taco Bell)

Dan in Annapolis
UCF Class of 1985
about 3 weeks ago

JayZee
Great show and very interesting topic. Never had a Montrachet.

QOTD: This is difficult for me. While I like the light, acidic white wines, which I can normally find for
about 3 weeks ago

Christian
QOTD: Next time I seen one on a wine menu will be my next burgundy, difficult
to find sometimes.
about 3 weeks ago

Colin
GV - Still catching up - only 164 comments for the Wht Burgundy show!? Come on Lurkers! I love Wht Burgundy and nothing impresses future wives/husbands like White Burgundy on a early date - remember that CKCs! QOTD - next WB is from Montrachet (gotta go cheaper these days!.
about 3 weeks ago

Courtney M
QOTD: My first one will be whenever I come across a white burgundy. I am curious to try one.
about 3 weeks ago

Harley Stan
wow big scores today!!!
QOTD- I am not sure yet but I am looking forward to it
about 3 weeks ago

David Cole
Thank you for this show, it just makes me realize I need to expand my thinking and taste of the French whites. We have so many great whites here in Cali, that I can’t even remember the last time I drank a French white.

Good show!
about 3 weeks ago

Jasper Hammink
I happen to live close enough to Burgundy to visit the region regularly (like every 2 years). Chassagne Montrachet has stolen my heart. QOTD: after watching this show, tonight I just have to open the 1999 1er Cru Les Caillerets from Bernard Colin. Bought it from the producer in 2001 for 15 Euro ($24) and it’s excellent value for money.

Jasper
about 3 weeks ago

Steve B
QOTD: Probably a Montrachet. When the dollar gets better.

GV, here’s a question: In an appellation that’s defined by just 850 acres (or was it 830?), do you think the differences in today’s wines are the result of true differences in terroir within such a small area or by differences in winemaking after harvest?
about 3 weeks ago

steve wallace
Gary, Gary… really, you need to get the basics (at least) of French pronunciation.

Great wines… however, when you mangle the pronunciation I cringe a little.
about 3 weeks ago

Eastportorican
Mott, Drink it up! QOTD: Most likely Chablis with oysters.
about 3 weeks ago

Ben F
Good Show GV… No sure if i will roll in the white Burgundy’s very soon but i have had some in the past… Domaine Berard Defaix Chablis good stuff…
about 3 weeks ago

YoungDave
QOTD: Chateaux Demessey 2004 Macon Cruzilles.
about 3 weeks ago

Siggi from Iceland
Ok Gary, I was wandering if you made a show about the Aligoté grape, Burgundy’s other white grape.

QOTD: The one that I´m having next is Jean-Marc Brocard Saint-Bris Sauvignon 2005.(witch is not a Chardonnay;))
about 3 weeks ago

chenrys
I haven’t had a Chassagne Montrachet since the 70’s and I was completely wine ignorant then. It would be interesting to try is again but it was cheaper then, too.

QOTD: Don’t know.
about 3 weeks ago

dAve
White Burgundy rocks! Your secret pak turned me on to it, and now I’ve had 3 different types. None as good as the secret pack, but good ones.
about 3 weeks ago

wayno da wino
Chassagne Montrachet……..SSSWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET !!!!!!!!!!
Ya got me DROOLLIN’ Big Time…..YUUUUUUUUMMMM!!!!!

QOTD: i got some 2005 Chablis stached-away…….does dat count????
about 3 weeks ago

BF
Nice egg nog comment. Egg nog is definitely one of the best kinds of nogs.
about 3 weeks ago

Jim in Atlanta
QOTD - I guess my next bottle needs to be a Chassagne Montrachet based on this tasting.