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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.3 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by mjf@ulkner on 9/14/2021 flawed bottle: badly oxidized (525 views) | | | Tasted by PGIF on 1/18/2020 & rated 90 points: I agree with the excellent descriptions given by the recent reviewers, with one caveat. I think the wine has reached its plateau of maturity and has little or nothing to gain by continued cellaring. The color (pale gold) is appropriate for a 10-year-old chardonnay, i.e. it is getting on in its evolution. It is nothing like a wine from the Côte d’Or, nor do I think it will ever be. Rather, it strikes me as a steely Chablis with a minerality more akin to a top flight Sancerre than a Burgundy. There was a small deposit of tartrate crystals on the cork, although the bottle was not subjected to particularly cold temperatures. I like the wine but I’m partial to acid and minerals. This may not be everyone’s cup of tea. (817 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 11/2/2018: Light yellow. Prototypical salty/sea breeze aromas. Brisk citrus (more grapefruit than lemon), medium bodied, not especially big for Valmur but penetrating, dry, and powerful with an excellent mineral/quinine finale. Youthful but already outstanding and promising more. In my recollection, this left much more of a positive impression than just about anything else I've had from Piuze. (1233 views) | | | Tasted by PJRONeill on 1/28/2018 & rated 91 points: Still extremely young. Crisp and nicely structured with plenty of weight but in need of a decade on this evidence to become really expressive. (1068 views) | | | Tasted by PJRONeill on 4/19/2017 & rated 93 points: Tight as a drum on day 1 but after 48 hours in the fridge this was really hitting its stride. Round yellow fruits and a little candied pineapple which to me is always the hallmark of maturing white burgundy, but with plenty of acidity to give it drive through the palate and keep the drinker coming back for more. No premox issues with this whatsoever - if you feel brave, hold bottles for another 5 to 10 years. If drinking now, extended aeration is a must (meaning at least 24 hours open in a fridge before serving). (1277 views) | | | Tasted by BurgAndy on 9/14/2015: Yellow and white ripe stone fruit, sea water, sea shell, hints of sherry and petrol, mineral. Good density and concentration. Drinks like Valmur. And drinking quite well right now. Excellent juice. (1375 views) | | | Tasted by Chuck Miller on 8/12/2013: Tart, with the acidity out of balance, almost sour. I am DONE with this producer, after I drink or dump my remaining 5 btls of various grand crus. (2199 views) | | | Tasted by Chuck Miller on 11/27/2012: Far and away the best bottle of the 3 I have had from this producer. Good acid, clean, crisp, and actualy resembles Chablis! What a concept! (2171 views) |
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Importer: might be the best source of vintage specific info
Importer with addt'l infoChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeValmur at weinlagen.infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
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