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The best of 2005

Recommendations > Vintage report: White Burgundy 2005 > The best of 2005

Le Montrachet, Domaine Ramonet 2005

Taut, strong, incredibly poised and complex with a tremendously long finish. Outstanding.
tbc Corney & Barrow branches (020 7265 2400)

Meursault 1er Cru, Perrieres, Jean-Marc Roulot 2005

Classic, ripe but austere, nervy, compact and pure. It races to a persistent, deep finish. Very fine indeed.
tbc John Armit, London W11 (020 7908 0600), Domaine Direct, London N1 (020 7837 1142)

Chevalier-Montrachet, Domaine Leflaive 2005

Excellent tension and intensity. Massively compact and reserved, with a splendidly long finish. Outstanding.
tbc John Armit, London W11 (020 7908 0600), Corney & Barrow branches (020 7265 2400)

Chablis Grand Cru, les Preuses, Domaine Dauvissat 2005

Aristocratic and flamboyant with great depth and energy. It is slightly spicy combined with a cool, classic minerality and a long, refined finish.
tbc Genesis Wines, London SW1 (020 7963 9060)

Chablis Grand Cru, les Clos, Domaine Raveneau 2005

Monumental Chablis, tightly closed. The seriously long finish shows its true potential.
tbc Berry Bros & Rudd, London SW1 (0870 900 4300)

Meursault 1er Cru, les Perrieres, Domaine Comtes Lafon 2005

Great balance of deep intense fruit and acidity. Excellent grip, tension and stony persistence. The most intellectually stimulating of Lafon's wines.
tbc Domaine Direct, London N1 (020 7837 1142), Fields, Morris & Verdin, London SE1 (020 7921 5300)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, la Romanee, Chateau de la Maltroye 2005

Elegant, keen, and linear to a racy, floral finish. Ripe intensity with delicacy.
tbc Howard Ripley Limited (020 8877 3065), OW Loeb & Co, London SE1 (020 7234 0385)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru, les Perrieres, Louis Carillon et Fils 2005

Ample and deep in the middle palate, but it really shows on the finish, which stretches out to a more familiar gravely persistence. Fine, maybe very fine.
tbc Fields, Morris & Verdin, London SE1 (020 7921 5300)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru, la Truffiere, Bruno Colin-Deleger 2005

Piercing and intense; racy, vibrant and saline. Firm grip and a long, piano wire finish. Very stylish wines from this talented winemaker. Also check out the straight Chassagne.
tbc Berkmann Wine Cellars, London N7 (020 7609 4711), Lay & Wheeler, Essex (0845 330 1855)

Puligny-Montrachet 1 er Cru, la Truffiere, Domaine Etienne Sauzet 2005

This is tight and assertive on the attack, intense, ripe, but with a long, focused and mineral profile. A fine wine with good terroir expression.
tbc

Meursault 1er Cru, Porusots, Domaine Remi Jobard 2005

Weight, substance; no shortage of depth and extract. Very fine Porusot.
tbc Haynes, Hanson & Clark, Glocs (01451 870808) or London (020 7259 0102), Lay & Wheeler, Essex (0845 330 1855), Raeburn, Edinburgh (0131 332 5166)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru, les Folatieres, Domaine d'Auvenay 2005

Smooth stone minerality, grip and finesse. A fine wine, which has the edge on d'Auvenay's En la Richarde.
tbc Justerini & Brooks, London SW1 (020 7 484 6400)

Meursault, les Tessons, Darviot-Perrin 2005

Taut, pure and crystalline wine with a fine combination of finesse, intensity and persistency.
tbc ) L&W Lay & Wheeler, Essex (0845 330 1855), Laytons Wine Merchants (Mail order) (020 7288 8888), OW Loeb & Co, London SE1 (020 7234 0385), T&W Wines, Norfolk (01842 814 414)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru, les Pucelles, Domaine Leflaive 2005

Notable definition here, rich but with floral and chalky characters. A long, controlled, mineral finish. Very pure and very fine.
tbc John Armit, London W11 (020 7908 0600), Corney & Barrow branches (020 7265 2400)

Blagny 1er Cru, la Piece sous le Bois, Robert Ampeau et Fils 2005

Ripe Alsatian character coupled with a certain austerity. Depth and powerful linear direction. Ageworthy as typical of this domaine.
tbc Chteau Wines, Bristol (01454 613 959)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, les Caillerets, Domaine Rene Lamy Pillot 2005

A classic, pure, stylish and deliciously fruity Caillerets.
tbc Anthony Byrne Fine Wines, Cambs (01487 814 555), Jeroboams, Branches (020 7259 6716), Laytons Wine Merchants (Mail order) (020 7288 8888)

Meursault, les Tessons, Domaine Pierre Morey 2005

Top-notch Tessons with tension and complexity and firm mineral length. (Excellent Meursault Perrières, too).
tbc Berkmann Wine Cellars, London N7 (020 7609 4711), Justerini & Brooks, London SW1 (020 7 484 6400), Lay & Wheeler, Essex (0845 330 1855)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru, les Referts, Jean-Philippe Fichet 2005

Pure, powerful, direct, energetic and long.
tbc Fields, Morris & Verdin, London SE1 (020 7921 5300)

Meursault, les Tillets, Jean-Marc Roulot 2005

Pure fruit, vibrant and racy. Keen for a ripe vintage, finishes very long. Drink from 2009.
tbc John Armit, London W11 (020 7908 0600), Domaine Direct, London N1 (020 7837 1142)

Aligote de Bouzeron, Aubert de Villaine 2005

Ripe, golden and intense with fresh acidity.
tbc Corney & Barrow branches (020 7265 2400)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, La Grande Montagne, Paul Pillot 2005

Soaring aroma. Rich on the front with steely core, nicely concentrated. Delicous, long, stretched and focused.
tbc H&H Bancroft, London (020 7232 5450)

Bourgogne, Michel Bouzereau 2005

Sleek fruit, very juicy, rounded and attractive. (Bouzereau also has a delicious Aligoté; nicely rounded, sweet and luscious.)
tbc Charles Taylor Wines, London (020 7928 8151)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, En Remilly, Domaine Morey-Coffinet 2005

No hail in En Remilly, but stressed vines and small berries have produced a deep, dense, reserved profile, full and concentrated with a firm grip. Minerality carries it on the finish.
tbc Lay & Wheeler, Essex (0845 330 1855)

Auxey-Duresses, Morey-Blanc 2005

Lovely ripe aroma, orange and spice. Rounded, succulent, slightly exotic palate. Over delivers.
tbc Oddbins branches (0800 917 4093)

Rully 1er Cru Blanc, Rabource, Olivier Leflaive 2005

Rounded, yet energetic with a long, glossy finish. Particularly good.
tbc Haynes, Hanson & Clark, Glocs (01451 870808) or London (020 7259 0102)

Meursault, les Tillets, Patrick Javillier 2005

Tight, compact, chalky and saline. Linear and austere with really good length. Top flight Tellets.
tbc Corney & Barrow branches (020 7265 2400), Fields, Morris & Verdin, London SE1 (020 7921 5300), Lay & Wheeler, Essex (0845 330 1855), OW Loeb & Co, London SE1 (020 7234 0385)

Chablis, Cuvee Massalle, Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Servin 2005

Wonderful intensity for a village wine; a full, ripe wine to reflect the vintage.
tbc The Winery, London W9 (020 7437 0988)

Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru, Tete du Clos, Domaine Vincent Dancer 2005

Seductive aroma, new oak. Good depth, definition and pace, and a long, sherbety finish.
tbc Justerini & Brooks, London SW1 (020 7 484 6400), Richards Walford, Lincs (01780 460 451)

Chablis 1er Cru, Cote de Lechet, Laurent Tribut 2005

This glides across the palate with richness and power underscored with crisp acidity and flinty minerality.
tbc Domaine Direct, London N1 (020 7837 1142)

Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru, Hameau de Blagny, Martelet de Cherisey 2005

Deeply fruity, almost crystallised, coupled with direct acidity. Intense, straight and energetic to the finish.
tbc Richards Walford, Lincs (01780 460 451)

Meursault 1er Cru, Les Boucheres, Domaine Latour-Giraud 2005

Firmly structured; ripeness offset by a stony fretwork character. Finishes assertively.
tbc Thorman Hunt, London SE11 (020 7735 6511)

Montagny 1er Cru, Joseph Drouhin 2005

Broad, low, rich and waxy, with depth, intensity and an edge of minerality. Perfectly well balanced. Very good Montagny 1er Cru.
tbc Addison Wines, London, SW11 (020 7924 2416

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