November 23, 2023 - Oxidized
November 23, 2023 - Beautiful gold color. Powerful nose that bursts out of the glass. Notes of vanilla, lemon pie, flint at first. Then tropical fruit notes of starfruit, passion fruit, banana. Mouth is medium body, buttery with a sharp acidity still. Tastes young. Noble bitters, lemon, minerals melt in a medium+ to long finish. Very nice
August 19, 2023 - Quaffable.
March 15, 2023 - Flickinger dinner at avec River North (Chicago, IL): When they're on, they're on. A fantastic bottle that was almost indistinguishable from the 2017 alongside. Such freshness and electricity here, with oak providing the weight and breadth. Very high acidity, this tastes like it hasn't aged at all since it was bottled. There's a less than average amount of fruit here for this wine, and instead you get more mineral stuffing. A far more convincing bottle than my previous one a few years back.
December 26, 2022 - Second time of tasting, and once again it delivered. It drinks like a Grand Cru and is great value for money. Tasting profile is as per previous note. 94+
September 18, 2022 - 醒酒一个小时，淡金黄色，闻香有烤芝麻和小白花的香气，上场的酒温很低，还有些封闭，但一闻味道就知道，这酒稳了，非常的精致。入口酸度很高，酒液很咸，矿物感强烈，奶油，饼干一类的香气，用桶不轻，低温下状态有点紧，小白花和柠檬香气为主，后段植物的微苦绷紧了酒体，展现出很好的结构感，余味满口奶油和细腻白花香气，酒在口中感觉很年轻，你完全想不到这是一支2008年的酒，还有非常长的陈年潜力。教科书般经典的风味，虽然用桶不轻，但酸度高挑，结构感非常漂亮，没有任何油腻肥硕之感，也没有果实生涩的感觉，度的把握刚刚好，做得很精准。酒体扎实，结构紧凑，酒在口中胶质感十足，给人感觉平衡而又高雅，醒酒三个半小时以后状态更加松弛，还有点焦糖和冰糖的香气。
June 19, 2022 - Deep golden color!!!! The dreaded "Pox' strikes again.
May 16, 2022 - This is great value for money in the crazily priced market of white Burgundy, and more than holds its own against some of its more illustrious companions. The nose is complex with citrus and hazlenut, (thanks to a fellow reviewer for allowing me to identify that elusive note.) The minerality is superb and exquisitely balanced. Likewise the finish is outstanding and keeps building and building past 30 seconds with lemon and lemon peel notes in complete harmony. 94+
December 21, 2021 - Deep golden color and nose was initially muted. Needed an hour to open up aromatically but was ready for business on the palate with firm acidity and good balance structurally. Smooth finish and decent length. Shame only managed to get the one bottle. Very good price.
November 3, 2021 - Similar to earlier notes but this half-bottle did seem to have lost a bit of energy that earlier bottles exhibited. While this is a half-bottle, my experience and that of enfantterrible suggests these ’08s might be at or just beyond peak.