Comments on: thomas-moillard 2005 pommard 1er épenots

By: Tom Blach

Tom Blach — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:50:08 +0000

My guess is that a couple of years is a rather short estimate, Ed. I bet we see all sorts of complaints about this vintage ten years down the line!

By: billn

billn — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:54:14 +0000

@ed – I agree that many are shutting down – in extreme cases you are left with a sensation of density, but little else. Frankly it seems ‘pot luck’ with individual 05′s e.g. the Bertagna Clos St.Denis was singing last week, whereas this one was tight aromatically. I am anyway slowly weening myself onto 06′s…

By: ed

ed — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:44:47 +0000

I’m surprised you are finding these wines so approachable. I’ve noticed that what few 05s I have are going into their reluctant, dumb phase – losing some charm, fruit and perfume. They are so obviously well packed and balanced I fully expect them to re-emerge beautifully in a couple of years … but shutting down (or “in”) for now.