Faiveley Mercurey “Clos Du Myglands” 1er 2005 Tuesday, Feb 12 2008
Tasting Notes and France and Burgundy and Wines of the Month and Imported and Variety and Red and pinot noir
I bought a dozen of these recently because the combination of handy half bottles and affordable Burgundy from a top vintage proved irresistible. We test drove one last night over dinner with a bit of Chinese roast duck and I am very happy with its performance. Don’t mind the sketchy note, I was not really concentrating, so it’s more of a general impression. I’ll be back for more sultanas I think..
Nice and fresh with raspberry, red cherry, rose and a bit of mineral and spice. On the palate quite richly fruited with raspberry, mineral and spice flavours. It has fresh acidity, but nothing intrusive, and firm smooth tannin. Really good weight and texture - it delivers lots of mouth satisfaction without heaviness. Grippy tannins on exit and good length of flavour. I’d be happy (and was) to drink it now with food but this certainly has its best days ahead of it. Just lovely.
Rated : 91+ Points
Tasted : Feb08
Alcohol : 13%
Price : $26 (375ml)
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2012 - 2018+
Source : WineStar
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February 12th, 2008 at 11:26 am| Quote |
Sounds like a good deal Gary.
I have had good luck with Faiveley Mercurey’s in good vintages.
Easy name to remember to…..”Close to My Glands” ….well we thought it was particularly funny late one night…..
February 12th, 2008 at 3:42 pm| Quote |
Nice note GW
For all the insanity and hysteria regarding 2005 Burgundy prices this is an affordable luxury IMO
February 12th, 2008 at 5:33 pm| Quote |
To me the beauty of vintages like 99 & 05 are the wines from so called lesser appelations that overdeliver for modest bucks…wines that you can afford to drink - Savigny’s, Marsannays, Beaunes etc etc
February 12th, 2008 at 8:42 pm| Quote |
And they sure deliver better than ,for example, Gevrey Chambertins from the same vintage at $70, as imported by we won’t dare say who.
February 12th, 2008 at 9:19 pm| Quote |
Good note GW, very apt. Faively’s wines from this appellation have always given me a lot of pleasure and are indeed about the best deals you get on Burgundies nowadays.
BTW, that chain mail bustier is getting a bit heavy but thanks for adjusting the link
February 14th, 2008 at 6:08 pm| Quote |
where is this available at a favourable price
February 14th, 2008 at 6:25 pm| Quote |
Pete C said :
Check the source above:
http://www.winestar.com.au/
JP
February 14th, 2008 at 10:57 pm| Quote |
Thanks Josephine.I tried winestar and found other Faiveley wines, but not this one.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:20 pm| Quote |
email them.
GW
February 15th, 2008 at 2:16 pm| Quote |
Thanks, will do
February 25th, 2008 at 10:20 pm| Quote |
Does anyone know about the Faiveley ‘Clos du Roy’? Thanks.
February 26th, 2008 at 5:24 pm| Quote |
Alex,
Haven’t tried 05, but in vintages like 99 was superior to Myglands for my palate.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:21 am| Quote |
Thanks, I’ll give it a long decant and try it out. Sadly no Clos de Myglands for me, so I can’t compare. Maybe I should email Bert too.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:29 am| Quote |
You should..he may be able to rustle something up.
GW
February 28th, 2008 at 8:22 am| Quote |
I spotted a note in the draft area that David has not posted/finished. He went 88 points for the 05 Clos du Roy.
GW
February 28th, 2008 at 8:55 am| Quote |
A bottle of the 02 Mercurey “La Framboisiere” last year I had was decidedly green and harsh which showed little sign of smoothing out even a couple of hours decanting. From memory it was on the cheap side at about 15 euro.