Still quite bright with acidity and in need of some aeration. But this gradually gives way to nice citrus/lime, pear and apple notes along with mineral sensations and some light white florals. I wouldn’t call the texture, in this case, rich nor would I call it austere. Moderately long finish. Excellent with food… in this case pan sautéed red snapper with beurre blanc, but a bit less appealing on its own. Not as good as my previous 5 bottles, I think, but my last of this vintage. I wouldn’t rate it significantly higher than the recent bottle of 2015 Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc I had…which seems like a bit of a disappointment.
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Pale lemon. Medium+ aromas and flavours of apple, lemon, lime, grapefruit, pear, blossom, wet stones, and a touch of hazelnut. High acidity, medium+ body and medium+ finish. Very good wine but felt it lacked the finish and complexity to be outstanding.
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Pre-Super Bowl Gentlemen's Dinner (New Jersey, USA): In my cellar since release. Double decanted at 4:30 and served at cellar temperature with the first course around 6pm. This is a very stately and profound wine that showed nice acidity and minerals backbone with tart apple, creamy nectarine and lemon curd. This seemed to have had a distinct new wood undertone while being fleshy and deep with concentrated flavors. It unfortunately seemed to be missing the “next gear” it needed to really impress. If this was served by itself it would likely have impressed more but in comparison to the 2 other Chablis this didn’t really stand out, especially versus the Bessin Fourchaume which had such purity.
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👃 Ripe yellow apple, lemon, white florals, burnt gun powder, toast and talky minerals
👅 Medium-bodied (ABV 13%) with razorsharp yet soft acidity (h), unexpected tannic structure, flavors of toast, popcorn and smoky minerals (like slamming 2 rocks together) and one of the longest, most active finishes I’ve experienced.
📝 Intense! The electric finish keeps buzzing at the back of the throat, while the lips go numb. Nuclear Power comes to mind. An idiosyncratic & unique wine experience. Je suis a Chablis convert
My Wine of the night (selected blind). Tasted blind with wine club Theme: Domaine Pinson The 14 tasters voted: * 4 votes for Wine of the Night (or rather “best wine right now”) * 0 votes for worst wine right now.
As far as the tasting team went, this wine shared the Wine of the Night (best wine right now) designation with the 2012 1er Cru Mont de Milieu.
I could have rated the wine even higher but I’m embarrassingly inexperienced when it comes to Chablis. Fact remains that Team Cellartracker is way off here.
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5/10/2024 - oldwines Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still quite bright with acidity and in need of some aeration. But this gradually gives way to nice citrus/lime, pear and apple notes along with mineral sensations and some light white florals. I wouldn’t call the texture, in this case, rich nor would I call it austere. Moderately long finish. Excellent with food… in this case pan sautéed red snapper with beurre blanc, but a bit less appealing on its own. Not as good as my previous 5 bottles, I think, but my last of this vintage. I wouldn’t rate it significantly higher than the recent bottle of 2015 Leflaive Bourgogne Blanc I had…which seems like a bit of a disappointment.
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4/7/2024 - Andy2014 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Pale lemon. Medium+ aromas and flavours of apple, lemon, lime, grapefruit, pear, blossom, wet stones, and a touch of hazelnut. High acidity, medium+ body and medium+ finish. Very good wine but felt it lacked the finish and complexity to be outstanding.
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2/9/2024 - oldwines Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pre-Super Bowl Gentlemen's Dinner (New Jersey, USA): In my cellar since release. Double decanted at 4:30 and served at cellar temperature with the first course around 6pm. This is a very stately and profound wine that showed nice acidity and minerals backbone with tart apple, creamy nectarine and lemon curd. This seemed to have had a distinct new wood undertone while being fleshy and deep with concentrated flavors. It unfortunately seemed to be missing the “next gear” it needed to really impress. If this was served by itself it would likely have impressed more but in comparison to the 2 other Chablis this didn’t really stand out, especially versus the Bessin Fourchaume which had such purity.
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1/14/2024 - Kork-Dork Likes this wine: 96 Points
👃 Ripe yellow apple, lemon, white florals, burnt gun powder, toast and talky minerals
👅 Medium-bodied (ABV 13%) with razorsharp yet soft acidity (h), unexpected tannic structure, flavors of toast, popcorn and smoky minerals (like slamming 2 rocks together) and one of the longest, most active finishes I’ve experienced.
📝 Intense! The electric finish keeps buzzing at the back of the throat, while the lips go numb. Nuclear Power comes to mind. An idiosyncratic & unique wine experience.
Je suis a Chablis convert
My Wine of the night (selected blind).
Tasted blind with wine club
Theme: Domaine Pinson
The 14 tasters voted:
* 4 votes for Wine of the Night (or rather “best wine right now”)
* 0 votes for worst wine right now.
As far as the tasting team went, this wine shared the Wine of the Night (best wine right now) designation with the 2012 1er Cru Mont de Milieu.
I could have rated the wine even higher but I’m embarrassingly inexperienced when it comes to Chablis. Fact remains that Team Cellartracker is way off here.
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8/21/2022 - AB16 Likes this wine: 95 Points
1.5 L. Special vineyard that consistently delivers. Love this wine. Drinking beautifully
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