3rd bottle out of 6 purchased from Zachys Wine Auctions in December 2018. My experience with this bottle was consistent with the prior two.
Deep yellow color that would normally appear to scream premox. On the nose, tropical fruit aromas, caramel with some floral notes, but no whiffs of premox. Rich flavors of mango, apricot with a surprising amount of acidity in the background that kept everything in balance. While the color was much too advanced for a white Grand Cru at 13 years of age, this wine is drinking well today, though I would look to consume it sooner rather than later.
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nose - butter, butterscotch, and as it warms, peach mouth - heavy. the fruit gets more expressive as it warms. had some elements that reminded me of mead. this would be an appropriate pairing with lobster.
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I loved a bottle of this a couple years ago but this one has crested and heading down the hill of maturity; light to medium golden color; deep and ripe underlying fruit, marzipan, nut skin, hints of melon. Brilliant acidity keeps it alive and long on the finish. 91+
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3 hours decanted in the cellar. Stunning wine, classic burgundy with masses of floral fruit, white peach and a hint of lychee. Strong backbone of acidity keeping crystal clear. Glorious future ahead of it. Wow
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stunner of a wine! Brilliant aromas of ripe peaches mixed with citrus notes, honeysuckle floral tones mixed with honey, spearmint, fern and butterscotch that unfold and transition so dynamically with both intensity and ease. There is a great underlining mineral component in the form of flint that is lifted with classic acidity and just as you feel the midpalate changing the finish, the flavors "pop" again, showing a peacock tail finish, Supple and rich yet lifted and fresh. 96-97 points.
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Pale gold colored; effusive nose of ripe pitted fruits with a gentle underlying hint of spearmint; rich palate with baked apple and classic white burg elements, real depth and intensity here; seamless and serious. Gives a real pop on the “peacock’s tail” finish. Acid is there but admirably subtle and inconspicuous. Best WB I’ve had in quite some time! 95+
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(Blind tasting) Very advanced. Honey and vanilla and flat. Full, harmonius, fat and flat palate. Advanced and on the verge of Premox. Dried apricots, chocolate and cream. Spicy finish. Very sad that Fontaine-Gagnard seems so hit by Premox. We have tasted this wine and vintage before and then it was so extremely great.
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Brilliant light gold colour. Ripe rich fruit, tropical, with honey and a little vanilla. Medium weight, fleshy, depths of flavour. Silky smooth throughout but finishes with a coiled power, hinting at many years ahead. Has the intensity and tightness you’d hope for in such a year and vineyard. Seamless from start to finish, acidity creeps up slowly, resonates. Tropical fruits, hint of pineapple, vanilla, spice, but each component well integrated not dominating. Delicious classy juice.
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Drank it blind, guessed region and vintage, in the beginning too much oak, ripe finger bananas like a toasted rum barrel, nuts in the finish, a fine acidity that will age this wine over the next 20 years, 95+
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Thank god this was not premox. Shows some signs of maturity but feels way more flat than the first time I drank this. Feels just like the last bottle. What happend? Bottle variation? Bad phase? Do not shine at all or live up the Batard-Montrachet rumours.
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Advanced, a little nutty and flat. Previous bottle a couple of years ago was advanced for its age but at least enjoyable - should have gone through the rest then.
Very open for a 2010 at this stage. Light golden colour, spicy oak which is dominant. Beautiful texture and length, oak became a little more balanced as it got some air.
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United Cellars Grand Burgundy Tasting 2013 (Royal Automobile Club, Macquarie Street, Sydney): medium plus intensity aromas of marzipan, concentrated but not compote peachy fruit, very pure and fruit focussed and driven. Ridiculously so in fact. In the mouth there is ripe fruit, apricot, marzipan almost botrytised concentration, rich, unctuous, massive length...oak is present but well integrated, medium plus acid. lovely, glorious in fact. But huge and an absolute puppy.
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Ok, so criticize me for opening and drinking this wine now. I know there are those who say this wine should be cellared for 10+ years, and I can only hope to try some of this 10 years from now, Please, Please :-)). The nose is very subtle, "closed", as some may say. Stone fruit, floral, refined. The fun starts at the first sip. OMG, amazing complexity, the finest Chardonnay I have ever tasted :-). Apricot, melon, a lush bouquet of flowers, acidity that is integrated, but will go on forever. The finish is unreal, you just want to close your eyes and cry.
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Opened this to celibrate my 25 th birthday and had this along with grilled lobster. By the colour I assumed that the wine has been oaked a lot (I'm used to Chablis wines) and was affraid that the fruit would not match up to the oak. I was wrong...
The nose is enormous, top notch, and is so well-balanced with fruit and oak that I feel ashamed that I would even think about this being over-oaked. Resin, chili, salt liquorice, bees wax, yellow apples are mixed in the fantastic nose. It's really like putting your face in a bag of candy. Taste is correct, fruit-driven with oak and has coughing medicine, pear sorbet, yellow plums and fine minerals in the end. The ending is almost enternal. This makes life worth living. Excellent!
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And extraodinary wine in the making. The nose is quite closed right now but the complexety in the aftertaste sez it all! The acidity is down right evil right now - as it should be. Let this rest for a long time! Wow!
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This is absolutely lovely. It gives citrus, pineapple and minerals. I am a bit hangovered and this is the medicine for it. I could have been drinking this wine for an entire day. Full stop. Top class!!!
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There's a little struck match to the aroma along with pure white peach, preserved lemons and mineral. It is rich and powerful yet fine with floral nuance. The dense, sappy flavors are carried by a line of rigid minerality.
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A bit closed on the nose still but in the palate it delivers. This is a wine of pure class. Lovely stony minerals and the structure is great with lovely citrus fruit.
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3/4/2023 - FreddieMoose Likes this wine: 93 Points
3rd bottle out of 6 purchased from Zachys Wine Auctions in December 2018. My experience with this bottle was consistent with the prior two.
Deep yellow color that would normally appear to scream premox. On the nose, tropical fruit aromas, caramel with some floral notes, but no whiffs of premox. Rich flavors of mango, apricot with a surprising amount of acidity in the background that kept everything in balance. While the color was much too advanced for a white Grand Cru at 13 years of age, this wine is drinking well today, though I would look to consume it sooner rather than later.
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2/4/2023 - larsth wrote:
Wine meet – Chambertin @ Lars: Dark yellow and advanced colour. No clear taste of oxidation but it was probably a bit advanced. Not rated.
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6/5/2022 - soyhead wrote:
2nd time having this in as many months. This time paired with lobster! A heavy wine which lacks cut. Not the biggest fan.
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5/14/2022 - soyhead wrote:
nose - butter, butterscotch, and as it warms, peach
mouth - heavy. the fruit gets more expressive as it warms. had some elements that reminded me of mead. this would be an appropriate pairing with lobster.
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5/7/2022 - jmoore431 wrote: 91 Points
I loved a bottle of this a couple years ago but this one has crested and heading down the hill of maturity; light to medium golden color; deep and ripe underlying fruit, marzipan, nut skin, hints of melon. Brilliant acidity keeps it alive and long on the finish. 91+
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6/27/2021 - Topper wrote:
Sadly showing signs of premix
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12/25/2020 - cakie Likes this wine: 97 Points
3 hours decanted in the cellar. Stunning wine, classic burgundy with masses of floral fruit, white peach and a hint of lychee. Strong backbone of acidity keeping crystal clear. Glorious future ahead of it. Wow
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11/30/2020 - Vini Ciclismo wrote: flawed
Prem-Ox, dark colour and flavour to match
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6/8/2020 - Xavier94 Likes this wine: 96 Points
stunner of a wine! Brilliant aromas of ripe peaches mixed with citrus notes, honeysuckle floral tones mixed with honey, spearmint, fern and butterscotch that unfold and transition so dynamically with both intensity and ease. There is a great underlining mineral component in the form of flint that is lifted with classic acidity and just as you feel the midpalate changing the finish, the flavors "pop" again, showing a peacock tail finish, Supple and rich yet lifted and fresh. 96-97 points.
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6/8/2020 - jmoore431 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Pale gold colored; effusive nose of ripe pitted fruits with a gentle underlying hint of spearmint; rich palate with baked apple and classic white burg elements, real depth and intensity here; seamless and serious. Gives a real pop on the “peacock’s tail” finish. Acid is there but admirably subtle and inconspicuous. Best WB I’ve had in quite some time! 95+
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10/12/2018 - Argrath wrote: flawed
(Blind tasting)
Very advanced. Honey and vanilla and flat.
Full, harmonius, fat and flat palate. Advanced and on the verge of Premox. Dried apricots, chocolate and cream. Spicy finish.
Very sad that Fontaine-Gagnard seems so hit by Premox. We have tasted this wine and vintage before and then it was so extremely great.
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6/29/2018 - Vini Ciclismo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Brilliant light gold colour.
Ripe rich fruit, tropical, with honey and a little vanilla.
Medium weight, fleshy, depths of flavour. Silky smooth throughout but finishes with a coiled power, hinting at many years ahead. Has the intensity and tightness you’d hope for in such a year and vineyard. Seamless from start to finish, acidity creeps up slowly, resonates. Tropical fruits, hint of pineapple, vanilla, spice, but each component well integrated not dominating. Delicious classy juice.
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5/7/2017 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank it blind, guessed region and vintage, in the beginning too much oak, ripe finger bananas like a toasted rum barrel, nuts in the finish, a fine acidity that will age this wine over the next 20 years, 95+
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12/24/2016 - Dovberg wrote:
Thank god this was not premox. Shows some signs of maturity but feels way more flat than the first time I drank this. Feels just like the last bottle. What happend? Bottle variation? Bad phase? Do not shine at all or live up the Batard-Montrachet rumours.
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11/3/2016 - Loekkeboe Likes this wine: 96 Points
Great white bourgogne. Creamy and fragrant. Quite dark color, but no signs oxidation.
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9/4/2016 - Mivvy wrote: flawed
Premoxed - 2 out of 3 bottles were completely shot and the other was advanced at 5 years.
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1/14/2016 - Mivvy wrote:
Advanced, a little nutty and flat. Previous bottle a couple of years ago was advanced for its age but at least enjoyable - should have gone through the rest then.
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10/24/2015 - Eros Coniglio wrote: flawed
Premox. Problems with this producer for me.
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1/10/2014 - Mivvy wrote: 90 Points
Very open for a 2010 at this stage. Light golden colour, spicy oak which is dominant. Beautiful texture and length, oak became a little more balanced as it got some air.
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9/12/2013 - chatters wrote:
United Cellars Grand Burgundy Tasting 2013 (Royal Automobile Club, Macquarie Street, Sydney): medium plus intensity aromas of marzipan, concentrated but not compote peachy fruit, very pure and fruit focussed and driven. Ridiculously so in fact. In the mouth there is ripe fruit, apricot, marzipan almost botrytised concentration, rich, unctuous, massive length...oak is present but well integrated, medium plus acid. lovely, glorious in fact. But huge and an absolute puppy.
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6/24/2013 - Texas Batard Likes this wine: 97 Points
Ok, so criticize me for opening and drinking this wine now. I know there are those who say this wine should be cellared for 10+ years, and I can only hope to try some of this 10 years from now, Please, Please :-)). The nose is very subtle, "closed", as some may say. Stone fruit, floral, refined. The fun starts at the first sip. OMG, amazing complexity, the finest Chardonnay I have ever tasted :-). Apricot, melon, a lush bouquet of flowers, acidity that is integrated, but will go on forever. The finish is unreal, you just want to close your eyes and cry.
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5/7/2013 - Dovberg wrote: 94 Points
Opened this to celibrate my 25 th birthday and had this along with grilled lobster. By the colour I assumed that the wine has been oaked a lot (I'm used to Chablis wines) and was affraid that the fruit would not match up to the oak. I was wrong...
The nose is enormous, top notch, and is so well-balanced with fruit and oak that I feel ashamed that I would even think about this being over-oaked. Resin, chili, salt liquorice, bees wax, yellow apples are mixed in the fantastic nose. It's really like putting your face in a bag of candy. Taste is correct, fruit-driven with oak and has coughing medicine, pear sorbet, yellow plums and fine minerals in the end. The ending is almost enternal. This makes life worth living. Excellent!
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11/16/2012 - Lord Rodney wrote: 96 Points
And extraodinary wine in the making. The nose is quite closed right now but the complexety in the aftertaste sez it all! The acidity is down right evil right now - as it should be. Let this rest for a long time! Wow!
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10/7/2012 - Tavastgatan wrote: 96 Points
Extraordinary Batard. This is 2010 in its essence, with energy, verve, deepness and purity. To quote Meadows: breathtaking,
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10/3/2012 - St Paul wrote: 96 Points
This is absolutely lovely. It gives citrus, pineapple and minerals. I am a bit hangovered and this is the medicine for it. I could have been drinking this wine for an entire day. Full stop. Top class!!!
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4/19/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
There's a little struck match to the aroma along with pure white peach, preserved lemons and mineral. It is rich and powerful yet fine with floral nuance. The dense, sappy flavors are carried by a line of rigid minerality.
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3/22/2012 - St Paul wrote: 95 Points
A bit closed on the nose still but in the palate it delivers. This is a wine of pure class. Lovely stony minerals and the structure is great with lovely citrus fruit.
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