Red Burgundy Vintage Chart
by Loren Sonkin
| Red Burgundy | ||
| 2010 | 90 | D/H |
| 2009 | 94 | H |
| 2008 | 88 | D/H |
| 2007 | 85 | D |
| 2006 | 89 | D/H |
| 2005 | 97 | H |
| 2004 | 85 | D |
| 2003 | 87 | D |
| 2002 | 96 | D/H |
| 2001 | 90 | D/H |
| 2000 | 88 | D |
| 1999 | 96 | D/H |
| 1998 | 88 | D |
| 1997 | 84 | D |
| 1996 | 93 | D/H |
| 1995 | 90 | D/H |
| 1994 | 78 | D |
| 1993 | 82 | D |
| 1992 | 88 | D |
| 1991 | 86 | D |
| 1990 | 91 | D/H |
| 1989 | 87 | D |
Vintage Charts should be used for a generalized guide in lieu of specific knowledge about a bottle or producer. The better wines from a vintage will generally have longer lives and cellar better. The ratings are as follows:
RATING:
95-100 Spectacular. Most producers made very good wines at all levels
90-94 Excellent. The best wines should be great. Consistency throughout the vintage.
85-89 Very Good. The best producers made top wines. Inconsistent thru the lower levels.
80-86 Good. Many producers made good wines with some inconsistency at the bottom.
75-79 Middling. Choose your producers carefully. Only the best may have made a top wine.
70-74 Below Average. Tough vintage to make good wines.
Under 70 A Poor vintage. Spend your money very carefully.
STATUS:
D=Drink
D/H=Drink or Hold
H=Hold
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hi ive just acquired a bottle of 1960 gevrey chambertin and would like to know if anyone knows anything about this vintage or its worth?
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Only 82 points for the 1993 vintage?! Can I ask roughly what the sample set was? I agree that on release these wines were a rough batch, but I think they've really developed strongly in recent years, and are giving great pleasure at the moment.
My local grocery/liquor store has 2004 Bouchard Santenay for $20 on closeout. Do you think that's a deal? Many thanks
I have a bottle of Dominique Laurent Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru 2001 which I was given as a birthday present in 2003.
Should I continue to keep it (and if so for how much longer please) or should I find an imminent special occasion to open it?
I'd be very grateful for any informed advice. Many thanks.
Chris Santry
There is clearly a mistake with this rating of 82.
Not a huge sample size or 93's. Maybe 20 to 30 wines, about 1/2 Grand Crus. They never lived up to their rep and for my tastes never achieved anything special. Perhaps I had higher hopes and took my frustrations out on the rating. Still, i would not go higher than 85. Lots of the wines seem sterile to me. Depends on your tastes. Friends who love sticks and twigs and barnyard seem to like these more than I. Quite surprisingly, I have had far more success in 92 a vintage which got no respect and which is drinking very well right now, both reds and whites (which did get some respect).
The 01 Laurent is a very nice wine that is drinking well now and will be good for a while yet (at least 5 to 10 years) depending on how you like your wines. Still, I would find a good occasion and open it. No reason to wait.
I would not be interested in the 04 Bouchard Santenay. If $20 is not a lot for you, then try one. I would not have high hopes for it, but you never know for sure until you try it and I have not had it that I can recall.