Grand Cru Chablis blind tasting

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Tasted Saturday, February 26, 2011 by Omar Khayyam with 495 views

Introduction

I was the guest of a very noble group of wine enthusiasts. The theme was clear, but otherwise the wines were tasted blind.

Flight 1 (9 Notes)

  • 1999 Sylvain Mosnier Chablis 87 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis

    tasted blind.
    Almost the color of polished brass.
    The nose is animalistic, musky, waxed floors, wild boar fat.
    This is over the hill. but the nose is so interesting this is still exciting.
    I guessed that this was a 15 yr old bougros. clearly off on that, but perhaps not shamefully so.

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  • 2004 Château de Viviers Chablis Grand Cru Blanchot 87 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

    Tasted blind.
    Light yellow hue with a greenish streak.
    Nose is clearly developed classic chablis, flinty, strict, but also some herbs or grass.
    It is lean, verging on thin. Classic, but without the longeur and acidity I would expect.
    My guess was a 2007 les preuses. Not that far off, I guess.

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  • 2004 Verget Chablis Grand Cru Bougros 91 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

    tasted blind.
    lovely - fully developed and expressive. Perfect use of oak, with a fine long finish and lots of freshness and balance, while at the same time has some buttery walnut character.
    Tied for WOTN.
    I thought this was a 2004 les clos, which is a pretty good call, if I may so myself! Especially given how little I know of chablis.

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  • 2007 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 90 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

    tasted blind.
    classic minerality and gunpowder, but also grass and herbs - clover to be exact. As it opens up in the glass there is a clear perfumed note which I can't place, but that goes against the classic grain.
    The taste and finish is long and balanced but also open and expressive.
    I just can't guess the age of this. For vineyard I threw out valmur, but clearly without any good reason for it.

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  • 2008 Domaine François Mikulski Chardonnay Bourgogne Blanc 80 Points

    France, Burgundy, Bourgogne Blanc

    tasted blind.
    not bad, but there is something artificial about this: sodastream with pear and apple. Also has something vaguely medicinal about it. Sounds awful, but it was an entirely correct wine, maybe a bit short on the finish.
    I just can't place this and refrain from guessing.

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  • 2007 Mountford Chardonnay Estate 91 Points

    New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury, Waipara

    tasted blind.
    Wow, this has the most charming nose of the wines tried this evening. Round, oaked, soft and expressive nose.
    It has body, but it is also a very well balanced wine with medium-long finish.
    My guess was a 2004 les clos. Clearly off. The real chard freaks in the gathering picked this one to be kiwi chard.
    Tied for WOTN for me in the vote. But with the seafood paté served afterward it didn't do as well as my other WOTN, the bougros from verget.

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  • 2007 L'Esprit de Chevalier Blanc 79 Points

    France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

    Tasted blind.
    This had a very peculiar taste. An odd and bitter flavor I can't place and which I don't care for.
    At least I am correct in guessing that it is not a chablis grand cru! As for the rest, I fail at even picking out the sauvignon blanc/semillon cepage.

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  • 2006 Domaine Laroche Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 85 Points

    France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

    tasted blind.
    Fine bouquet. Classic chablis with gunpowder and steel, but toned down.
    Short finish, hollowed out in the middle.
    My guess was a 2002 from less illustrious terroir. Maybe this is just shut down. Or maybe it is just typical of what I have come to expect from this large scale industrial producer. I mean, for a petit chablis it would have been a steal, but at 599 SEK it is merely theft.

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  • 2001 Albert Pic Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses Flawed

    France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis Grand Cru

    Tasted blind.
    It was obviously flawed.
    Everyone agreed, although there was some discussion as to what the flaw consisted in.

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Closing

Fun tasting. A couple of really nice wines, but also some that just weren't what you'd expect from a grand cru. The tasting was a good showcase of the varying degree which these growers apply oak to their high end chablis.

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