EP 446 Chassagne Montrachet 2005 Tasting

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.

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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Aidan Connolly

Going to have to try some white burgundy now. Atta lad Gary

Tags: burgundy, Chassagne Montrachet, review, Video, white, wine, wines

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  • wayno da wino

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

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

  • wayno da wino

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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;))

  • 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;))

  • Anonymous

    QOTD: Chateaux Demessey 2004 Macon Cruzilles.

  • YoungDave

    QOTD: Chateaux Demessey 2004 Macon Cruzilles.

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Eastportorican

    Mott, Drink it up! QOTD: Most likely Chablis with oysters.

  • Eastportorican

    Mott, Drink it up! QOTD: Most likely Chablis with oysters.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • Harley Stan

    wow big scores today!!!
    QOTD- I am not sure yet but I am looking forward to it

  • Harley Stan

    wow big scores today!!!
    QOTD- I am not sure yet but I am looking forward to it

  • Courtney M

    QOTD: My first one will be whenever I come across a white burgundy. I am curious to try one.

  • Courtney M

    QOTD: My first one will be whenever I come across a white burgundy. I am curious to try one.

  • 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!.

  • 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!.

  • Christian

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

  • Christian

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • yowens

    Dude, excellent show, I wish I could afford to drink more of those wines. QOTD: not sure.

  • yowens

    Dude, excellent show, I wish I could afford to drink more of those wines. QOTD: not sure.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Montrose

    Next bottle of White Burgundy? Savigny les Beaune les Guettes

  • Montrose

    Next bottle of White Burgundy? Savigny les Beaune les Guettes

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • Chris T

    I loved your comment about 80’s commercials for kid products. I always got so pissed when I actuaaly bought something and it wasn’t anywhere near as cool as it was in the commercial.

  • Chris T

    I loved your comment about 80’s commercials for kid products. I always got so pissed when I actuaaly bought something and it wasn’t anywhere near as cool as it was in the commercial.

  • Dessert Wine Nerd

    Good show once again and I agree completely on the 80s toys. Not even close to the way they were in the commercials. Way to break a kid’s heart, eh? I think I had GI Joe toys that just sat there because they wern’t any fun two days later. I had way more fun with my Fisher-Price tape recorder making crazy noises and pretend shows. Come on, you know you rocked that too! QOTD: Never had one. Again its on my to do list. Seems every wine you ask “What are you waiting for?” lately I havent tried. D’oh!

  • Dessert Wine Nerd

    Good show once again and I agree completely on the 80s toys. Not even close to the way they were in the commercials. Way to break a kid’s heart, eh? I think I had GI Joe toys that just sat there because they wern’t any fun two days later. I had way more fun with my Fisher-Price tape recorder making crazy noises and pretend shows. Come on, you know you rocked that too! QOTD: Never had one. Again its on my to do list. Seems every wine you ask “What are you waiting for?” lately I havent tried. D’oh!

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