2005 Domaine Georges Roumier Morey-St-Denis 1er Cru "Clos de la Bussière" (1.5L)

The 2005 Clos de la Bussière is notably higher in acidity than the 2006 (3.3 pH versus 3.53 for the 2006), and this wine will take quite a bit longer to come around than the lovely ’06. The bouquet is deep, beautiful and bottomless, as it offers up a sappy mélange of black cherries, plums, slightly roasted fruit elements as well, dark chocolate, fresh herbs, spice tones and a superb base of soil. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, sappy and closing down considerably for hibernation, with a rock solid core of pure fruit, ripe, but firm and substantial tannins, lovely acids, impeccable focus and superb length and grip on the still very primary, palate-staining finish. This will probably be one of the greatest vintages of Clos de la Bussière ever made under the Roumiers’ ownership, but it will need a fair bit of cellaring.