Loved this! No pre-mox here. Color beautiful, and classic village Meursault. Wonderful fruit with great acidity, and in perfect balance. Glad I waited for this. Drinking great now!
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Extremely fresh, with a touch of smoky mineral reduction and pristine peach, citrus and rockmelon fruits. It has outstanding focus and depth and length over-perform for its level. There's terrific grapefruit cut.
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Nose of white flowers, grapefruit, white peach, lemon and honeycomb. Palate is fine and precise, but with ample weight and drive. It's a delicious drink. There's a hint of bittersweet citrus and pebbles. The long finish has a reflected component that when it returns, induces a pleasant salivation. Terrific for it's level.
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From magnum, the 08 Ente Meursault is still a very crisp, youthful white Burgundy, which is great to see in this era of premature oxidation. Notes of ripe citrus, guava (is this a touch of '08 botrytis?), noble reduction and iodine are followed on the palate by a wine with real '08 cut and energy, a glossy medium-full texture and good persistence. In bottles this may well be singing, as some commentators here contend, but from magnum this wine could even use a few more years to unwind.
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Right in the zone with mildly exotic fruits and a dollop of almond butter. Great shape and volume for its level. There's still a healthy dose of matchstick sulphur to the wine and it has great drive.
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Rockmelon, guava and paw paw fruits abound on the nose. The palate is like sucking on a concentrated lemon butter lolly. It is a bit pulpy and seriously chalky with plenty of chewy dry extract to the finish. It is so fresh and has outstanding depth for its level.
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A bit of caramel, just a bit on the nose. But the palate is pure and long. Just opened, and we shall see how it evolves, but I am thinking drink it up before the caramel overwhelms it.
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Incredible example of villages-level Meursault. Maybe the best I've had, ever. Rich, complex, palate coating, but not overdone, light on its feet and just delicious with great acidity that refreshes the palate with every sip. Classic Meursault nuttiness, rich, honeyed flavors, and a really long finish. I had modest expectations and was really overly impressed at $65. Will buy again if I can find it.
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Nose is clean of medium intensity (or even medium +), and youthful. Primary aromas are of fruit with very little oak showing through.
The wine is dry with medium + acidity (especially for Chardonnay, and Meursault this is very bright). Alcohol is medium, or even medium -. Certainly the acidity over rides it. The body of the wine is light, but again this could be the acidity altering my perception. To me the flavors and thier intensity of very pronouced with striking minerality all across the palate. It doesn't show like a Chablis because the fruit is a bit too rich, but the beautiful combination of acidity and minerality is too difficult to ignore. The finish is exceptionally long and lingering.
Quality over is outstanding -- the length, concentration and complexity are all quite high without achieving a high alcoholl load. For many drinkers I believe the acidity would seem out of balance, but that is not the case for me. It can be drunk know but knowing Ente (and I think his wines have only become better), it will take three years at least to develop secondary characteristics, and last five more if not seven more beyond.
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3/22/2023 - Sheila62 Likes this wine:
Loved this! No pre-mox here. Color beautiful, and classic village Meursault. Wonderful fruit with great acidity, and in perfect balance. Glad I waited for this. Drinking great now!
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2/16/2020 - rlove wrote: 90 Points
Rich peach, iodine, honeyed kiss of Botrytis. Shows a phenolic quality on the finish.
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6/6/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Extremely fresh, with a touch of smoky mineral reduction and pristine peach, citrus and rockmelon fruits. It has outstanding focus and depth and length over-perform for its level. There's terrific grapefruit cut.
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12/27/2016 - fizz wrote: 92 Points
Nose of white flowers, grapefruit, white peach, lemon and honeycomb. Palate is fine and precise, but with ample weight and drive. It's a delicious drink. There's a hint of bittersweet citrus and pebbles. The long finish has a reflected component that when it returns, induces a pleasant salivation. Terrific for it's level.
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8/13/2016 - William Kelley Likes this wine: 92 Points
From magnum, the 08 Ente Meursault is still a very crisp, youthful white Burgundy, which is great to see in this era of premature oxidation. Notes of ripe citrus, guava (is this a touch of '08 botrytis?), noble reduction and iodine are followed on the palate by a wine with real '08 cut and energy, a glossy medium-full texture and good persistence. In bottles this may well be singing, as some commentators here contend, but from magnum this wine could even use a few more years to unwind.
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7/15/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Right in the zone with mildly exotic fruits and a dollop of almond butter. Great shape and volume for its level. There's still a healthy dose of matchstick sulphur to the wine and it has great drive.
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3/28/2016 - Rani Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted blind. Flint, notes of cantaloupe and flowers. Kiwi, huuuge acidity and concentration. Tremendously good.
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1/22/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Rockmelon, guava and paw paw fruits abound on the nose. The palate is like sucking on a concentrated lemon butter lolly. It is a bit pulpy and seriously chalky with plenty of chewy dry extract to the finish. It is so fresh and has outstanding depth for its level.
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2/9/2015 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
A bit of caramel, just a bit on the nose. But the palate is pure and long. Just opened, and we shall see how it evolves, but I am thinking drink it up before the caramel overwhelms it.
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6/8/2014 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Served warm it tastes like fish and salt, in the best way EVER.
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8/17/2012 - RyanJames wrote: 93 Points
Incredible example of villages-level Meursault. Maybe the best I've had, ever. Rich, complex, palate coating, but not overdone, light on its feet and just delicious with great acidity that refreshes the palate with every sip. Classic Meursault nuttiness, rich, honeyed flavors, and a really long finish. I had modest expectations and was really overly impressed at $65. Will buy again if I can find it.
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9/8/2011 - SanFranSoxFan04 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Arnaud Ente (Vin Vino Wine, Palo Alto CA): Mineral and petrol nose, big tart green Apple flavors. Lots of acid.
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8/19/2011 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
This was out-of-this-world crazy good. So rich in flavors yet so light and lilthe. Just incredible.
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1/15/2011 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Color is a clear, intense (medium +) lemon color.
Nose is clean of medium intensity (or even medium +), and youthful. Primary aromas are of fruit with very little oak showing through.
The wine is dry with medium + acidity (especially for Chardonnay, and Meursault this is very bright). Alcohol is medium, or even medium -. Certainly the acidity over rides it. The body of the wine is light, but again this could be the acidity altering my perception. To me the flavors and thier intensity of very pronouced with striking minerality all across the palate. It doesn't show like a Chablis because the fruit is a bit too rich, but the beautiful combination of acidity and minerality is too difficult to ignore. The finish is exceptionally long and lingering.
Quality over is outstanding -- the length, concentration and complexity are all quite high without achieving a high alcoholl load. For many drinkers I believe the acidity would seem out of balance, but that is not the case for me. It can be drunk know but knowing Ente (and I think his wines have only become better), it will take three years at least to develop secondary characteristics, and last five more if not seven more beyond.
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