Professional reviews
Robert Parker (95)
Tasted at La Paulee in Meursault. I had heard that La Grande Rue had improved considerably in recent vintages and this was finally proof. A bottle proffered at La Paulee, this has a wonderful, pure nose of wild strawberries, kirsch, raspberry and a touch of Clementine. Sensuous and seductive, as is the supple, beautifully balanced palate with rounded, supple tannins and so much elegance that it fully justifies its enviable geographical location. Raspberry, damson and wild strawberry on the plush finish. There is a surfeit of panache here, in a Romanee-St.-Vivant kind of way. Divine.
Vinous (94)
Good deep red. Coolish, discreet aromas of cherry, minerals and menthol. Broad, lush and pure; a step up in sweetness and flesh from this estate's other 2005s but with strong mineral and crushed stone elements giving real punch to the red fruit and floral flavors. This has real grand cru weight and palate presence. Finishes with harmonious tannins and superb aromatic persistence. A beauty-and built for long life in bottle.
Burghound (95)
A hint of menthol adds nuance to the mostly highly-spiced red berry fruit nose that is quite reserved if beautifully complex while leading to sweet, delicious, generous and round medium full flavors that are classy and refined, all wrapped in a strikingly persistent and explosive finish. This offers excellent cellar potential and at this early stage the wood, which is normally fairly prominent, is already well integrated but note that this will need every bit of 15 years, perhaps even slightly longer, to arrive at its prime as it's very structured. A really beautiful LGR that showed even a bit better than it had only three weeks earlier as it was given the benefit of an hour's worth of air.
Jasper Morris (97)
A full purple colour with an attractive sheen of new oak on top of the plump fruit. Here the oak is playing second fiddle to the concentration of the fruit. The acidity is correct, the tannins are completely hidden behind the intensity of the fruit, the length is certainly there. This is a giant in the making, quiet at the moment but with great potential and a feeling of magical fruit waiting to be unleashed.
BOW (8.25)
