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Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2005
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By Daniel Min · Tasted 2021-01-02 · Published 2026-09-30 · Updated 2026-09-30
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4.0/5 — lower than Vivino's 4.3 average · world avg price US$197 · Gevrey-Chambertin aged in an eleventh-century abbey cellar.
Wine-Searcher aggregate of 6 critic reviews: 90. Vivino lists a 91 (2007) without naming the publication.
Market note: World average US$197 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026). The 2005 has a single overseas seller: a UK in-bond 6-bottle case at US$165.68 per 750ml (ex-duty and sales tax). From the same house, Cuvée Coeur de Roy Très Vieilles Vignes is US$187 (91), Mazis-Chambertin Grand Cru US$881 (96) and Chambertin Grand Cru US$2,956 (97).
Father's note — Daniel Min
Original author of the notes“뒤가피 05 라서 너무 기대했었는지 그 이상의 포텐셜과 퍼포먼스가 있길 바랐다. 하지만 쉽게 열려 있었고 마을단위급에서는 좋은 와인이겠지만. 아쉬움이 남는다.”
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“earthy oak mushroom leather red fruit 뒤가피 05 라서 넘 기대했었는지 그이상의 포텐셜과 퍼포먼스가 있길 바랬다. 하지만 쉽게 열려 있었고 마을단위급에서는 좋은 와인이겠지만.. 아쉬움이 남는다.”
What I learned today: expectation gets written into the day's record too.
Friday, the busiest night. When I came in, a red glass sat at the end of the counter, covered with a small saucer. Master Seo said he'd poured it an hour ago. Lift the saucer, he said.
When I lifted it the scent poured out all at once. Wet earth, mushrooms frying, leather, and between them cherry and strawberry. No waiting needed; everything was already at the door. I swirled the glass for a long while, but nothing came after. A scent that was all out front, with nothing more behind. That lack opened the hour on the night of the second day of the new year when the red bottles began.
Twenty-two, the second day of the new year, after the two whites were finished. This bottle alone Dad had stood in a corner of the veranda since morning. He'd wiped the glasses twice. When he opened the cloth-wrapped bottle and poured, the smell of frying mushrooms rose over the table at once. I said it was all out already. Dad swirled his glass for a long time. Smelled once, swirled again, smelled again. Then he gave a small smile and set the glass down. 'No more coming, however long I wait,' he said. I don't know the name of the bottle.
Of the eight lines for that date, three were reds. The first red opened got three and a half stars: the standard taste of that village. This one got four. Maybe he'd expected too much, he wrote; he'd hoped for more potential, more performance. But it was already wide open, and though a good wine for a village-level bottle, it left something to be desired. The bottle was Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes 2005. I stuck on the wine-name Post-it. Probably 'already wide open' in the notebook was written after he saw my glass empty while he was still swirling his.
Minjae read the words on the bottle's neck aloud and startled himself. Master Seo summed it up in a line, as usual.
After closing, with my coat on, I wrote the bottle's name on page forty-five of the new notebook. In the scent column: 'mushroom, earth, everything at the door.' With that, I've read all eight lines for the second day of the new year. What I learned today: expectation gets written into the day's record too.
What this wine is
Dugat-Py's wines age in the heart of Gevrey-Chambertin, beneath the old Aumônerie, the almonry once attached to the Abbey of Saint-Bénigne in Dijon; Burgundy Report describes the cellars as eleventh-century work, partly Byzantine and partly Gothic.
Loïc Dugat-Py, who runs the house today, is the thirteenth generation tied to vines in the village. The first 'Domaine Dugat' came from the marriage of Fernand Dugat and Jeanne Bolnot in 1923. Bernard Dugat made his first vintage in 1975, and only in the 1970s did the family begin bottling under its own name; before that, Maison Leroy bought the wine. In 1979 Bernard married Jocelyn Py, and in 1994 the domaine added his wife's surname. Son Loïc joined in 1996; organic trials began in 1999, and by 2003 the whole domaine was farmed organically.
Fermentation is whole-cluster, and the barrels all come from a single cooper, François Frères. 'Vieilles Vignes' means old vines; the notes on the 2016 vintage give their age as 30–50 years (Burgundy Report). I couldn't confirm the vine age for the 2005.
What the world says
The six critic reviews on Wine-Searcher aggregate to 90. Vivino lists a 91 (2007) without naming the publication.
On Vivino the 2005 averages 4.3 from 132 ratings: 26 fives, 94 fours, 11 threes and one one. The label as a whole averages 4.2 from over 3,000, and the 2009–2020 vintages range from 4.1 to 4.4. The suggested drinking window is 2010–2025, so when I drank it in 2021 it was in the back half.
"Drinking so well, smooth, earthy, mushroom, vanilla with elegance and panier of cherry, raspberry, strawberry and majestic finish." — Vivino review, May 2024, 4.5 stars
Structure shows acidity 4.1, intensity 3.3, tannin 2.8 and sweetness 1.8. Earth (44 mentions), minerals, mushroom (26) and leather lead the keywords, with cherry (46), strawberry and raspberry close behind. Oak, tobacco, blueberry, black cherry and licorice also appear.
The world average is US$197 / 750ml (Wine-Searcher, ex-tax, Sep 2026).
How I drank it
January 2, 2021, 4 stars. Of the eight bottles that day, three were red: Bouchard's Vosne-Romanée 2017 at 3.5, this one at 4, and last, Michel Noëllat's Les Suchots 2014 at 4.
Did I expect too much from the words 'Dugat-Py 05'? I wrote that I'd hoped for more potential and performance. But the bottle was already wide open. A good wine for village level, I ended, but it left something to be desired. The scents I noted — earth, oak, mushroom, leather, red fruit — almost match the community's top keywords.
The community averages 4.3; I gave 4. A small gap, but it has a direction. Opened in the back half of its window, the bottle had already given everything, and I was waiting for what came next. The 4 was less the bottle's score than the distance between my expectation and the bottle.
Vivino community data
2005 vintage rating distribution (132 ratings, average 4.3)
| 5★ | 26 (20%) | |
| 4★ | 94 (71%) | |
| 3★ | 11 (8%) | |
| 2★ | 0 (0%) | |
| 1★ | 1 (1%) |
Most-mentioned aromas
| Family | Mentions | Top keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Earth & leather | 177 | earthy 44 · minerals 27 · mushroom 26 · leather 22 · smoke 14 |
| Red fruit | 164 | cherry 46 · strawberry 35 · raspberry 23 · red fruit 20 · red cherry 13 |
| Oak | 83 | oak 41 · tobacco 9 · vanilla 9 · cedar 6 · clove 5 |
| Black fruit | 72 | blueberry 14 · black cherry 13 · plum 11 · black fruit 8 · blackcurrant 8 |
| Spice | 26 | licorice 7 · pepper 5 · savory 3 · bay leaf 2 · dried herbs 2 |
Structure: Acidity 4.1/5 · Intensity 3.3/5 · Tannin 2.8/5 · Sweetness 1.8/5
Average by vintage (all vintages: 3074 ratings, average 4.2)
| Vintage | Average | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4.4 | 39 |
| 2002 | 4.4 | 37 |
| 2004 | 4.3 | 34 |
| 2005 | 4.3 | 132 |
| 2006 | 4.3 | 160 |
| 2007 | 4.4 | 130 |
| 2008 | 4.2 | 136 |
| 2009 | 4.3 | 324 |
| 2010 | 4.4 | 196 |
| 2011 | 4.1 | 227 |
| 2012 | 4.1 | 125 |
| 2013 | 4.2 | 184 |
| 2014 | 4.1 | 218 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | 262 |
| 2016 | 4.3 | 103 |
| 2017 | 4.3 | 210 |
| 2018 | 4.2 | 153 |
| 2019 | 4.3 | 57 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 42 |
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What kind of wine is Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes?
A village-level red from old Pinot Noir vines, made by Domaine Dugat-Py in Gevrey-Chambertin with whole-cluster fermentation. The 2005 averages 4.3 on Vivino (132 ratings) with a Wine-Searcher critic aggregate of 90.
How much does it cost?
Wine-Searcher's world average is US$197 per 750ml (ex-tax, Sep 2026). The only overseas seller of the 2005 offers a UK in-bond 6-bottle case at US$165.68 per 750ml.
What food goes with it?
The Vivino community suggests beef, veal, poultry and game such as venison.
What does the 'Py' in Dugat-Py mean?
It is the surname of Jocelyn Py, whom Bernard Dugat married in 1979. The domaine became Dugat-Py in 1994 (Burgundy Report).
Links & sources
View on Vivino · Prices on Wine-Searcher
- Vivino — wine page and community data
- Burgundy Report — Profile: Dugat-Py, 2017
- Wine-Searcher — 2005 Domaine Dugat-Py Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes
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