Lemonyellow, medium. Developed(+), medium intensity aromas. Integrated oak, lemon, honey melon, butter. And after a while, sweet spices. Dry, medium(+) nicely wrapped acidity. Medium(+) body, thick and agile. 13%. Flavours of pineapple, lemon, neutral oak, mango, butter. Mouthcoating fruity. Long somewhat drying aftertaste, almost a bit coarse, with butter. Determined character. Overall impression towards elegance. (In its youth, too much oak for our taste. Now, integrated and pleasant.)
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Excellent. Pale yellow in color. Buttery in flavor without any sense of manipulation. Rich in body and bursting with flowers and honeysuckle on the palate. Very best showing to date. Sadly it is my last bottle of the vintage.
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Didn't get the mineral character I was hoping to find in this, but I did enjoy it for its well-focused apple and pear fruit. Has good breadth and power, so I can somewhat understand the Corton-Charlemagne comparisons.
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Drank over three days. I thought it was excellent and showing a lot of positive development from earlier bottles. It drank best at 56 degrees. Nose of honeysuckle and bramble; taste of citrus, light peat and stone. Really nice value for a complex white.
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Popped and poured, light yellow-gold. Pretty aromas, with citrus-tinged florals of lemon zest and jasmine complimented by stone fruits, oak, a subtle peat quality and an impression of saline minerals. Medium body, moderate acidity. Rich and almost sumptuous, with flavors very much mirroring the nose along with notes of ripe apple and minerals which seem even brinier on the lingering close. This is in a really nice place and should hold well for at least few more years.
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I won this in a mixed auction lot, and this was the wine I cared about the least in the lot. At least the wine's in good shape, and I suppose that when an oaky white Burg is called for, one could do quite worse. Certainly wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it, given my palate, but it had a good acidity and a mineral component. Not bad. Gets a bit saline/seashell, but the tiny bite on the finish (oak and alcohol) is off-putting. After tasting and gauging it, I paired it with a quiche lorraine to let the oak do its thing, and it was just fine. Eh, whatever. When you taste thousands of wines every year, tactile new oak is a big turn off in Chardonnay, but to be fair this could've been far, far worse.
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Almost a year since last bottle and already improving. Recommend waiting 45 mins after opening before serving. The once hydrogen peroxide vibe is gone and is now a vibrant minerality balanced on a point of bright fruits, with citrus at the apex of the subnotes. For us a food, not a sipping wine, at least in this drinking phase.
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Popped and poured. Light straw-gold. Intriguing nose of lemon zest, lime juice, honeysuckle, soapstone, minerals and a touch of buttery oak. Moderate-light body. Zippy palate is filled with flavors of lemon, minerals...maybe even a very subtle herbaceous note (cilantro??). Again, a touch of oak but one which is unobtrusive and even complimentary in that it helps keep all of the other elements rounded out. Plus acidity keeps this sharp and focused on a surprisingly persistent finish. Still young, this could use another 1-2 years. Overall, very nice and an awesome QPR in the pricey world of Burgundy.
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This started out a little fizzy, but then resolved quite a bit as it warmed into a mouthful of lemon, butter with hints of charcoal. Very nice with homemade clam chowder and then just to sip the evening away.
11 days later - Kept this vacuum sealed in the fridge and finished it up tonight. The taste was much more complex and buttery suggesting that further cellaring might be a benefit. Very enjoyable!!
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A nose of citrus and some spice, medium straw in color. A medium bodied white, with apple, pear, silky acidity, a good effort and good QPR for a French white. www.winelx.com
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Quite good. Green citrus, grilled nuts, toasted oak, leafy, herbs. With air, it gradually puts on some weight while maintaining its crispness. Excellent length and minerality.
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This white has a beautiful, abundant bouquet of stone, hints of apple and citrus. On the palate I did not pick up as much fruit as on the nose. I picked up nuances of limestone and steel. Well balanced.
Additional comment: we tried this after drinking three cabs (just the way it turned out) ... so not a fair tasting. I am looking forward to trying it again.
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This is a medium wine all around. Medium body, medium acid, medium finish, medium flavor, medium drinking experience, but has a beautiful nose. It only lacks a true voice on the palate. But we're not quite into the drinking window which is 2014-2018, so we're withholding scoring for a couple years as that seems only fair. This wine is pleasant to drink, and simply requires more time for all its components to sequester to see which flavor will emerge as the speaker of the house. Will say, however, if you smack your tongue a bit you may pick up a note of something on the back middle I can only relate to hydrogen peroxide on a cotton ball, which I believe would translate as mineral and dryness.
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7/4/2022 - Anna@WineCellar Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lemonyellow, medium. Developed(+), medium intensity aromas. Integrated oak, lemon, honey melon, butter. And after a while, sweet spices.
Dry, medium(+) nicely wrapped acidity. Medium(+) body, thick and agile. 13%. Flavours of pineapple, lemon, neutral oak, mango, butter. Mouthcoating fruity. Long somewhat drying aftertaste, almost a bit coarse, with butter. Determined character. Overall impression towards elegance.
(In its youth, too much oak for our taste. Now, integrated and pleasant.)
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12/28/2019 - BURGHen Boy wrote: 91 Points
Lively, balanced. Stone and citrus. Long finish
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6/30/2018 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent. Pale yellow in color. Buttery in flavor without any sense of manipulation. Rich in body and bursting with flowers and honeysuckle on the palate. Very best showing to date. Sadly it is my last bottle of the vintage.
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8/20/2017 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Best bottle so far over the years. It has matured and mellowed and the zestiness of its youth has been overcome by sturdy maturity. Well-made.
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4/7/2017 - cweiner Likes this wine: 92 Points
Clean and delightful.
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10/11/2016 - nectar14 Likes this wine:
Didn't get the mineral character I was hoping to find in this, but I did enjoy it for its well-focused apple and pear fruit. Has good breadth and power, so I can somewhat understand the Corton-Charlemagne comparisons.
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8/8/2016 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank over three days. I thought it was excellent and showing a lot of positive development from earlier bottles. It drank best at 56 degrees. Nose of honeysuckle and bramble; taste of citrus, light peat and stone. Really nice value for a complex white.
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4/15/2016 - cweiner Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely. Prime drinking as things warm up.
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2/23/2016 - cweiner Likes this wine: 90 Points
Lovely aromas, with citrus and florals of lemon zest and jasmine complimented by a faint peat like back. Medium body, moderate acidity.
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2/20/2016 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 91 Points
None of the fizziness of the previous bottle. This tasted great from the first sip and was polished off in a hurry by the party.
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1/16/2016 - *Vine* wrote:
Popped and poured, light yellow-gold. Pretty aromas, with citrus-tinged florals of lemon zest and jasmine complimented by stone fruits, oak, a subtle peat quality and an impression of saline minerals. Medium body, moderate acidity. Rich and almost sumptuous, with flavors very much mirroring the nose along with notes of ripe apple and minerals which seem even brinier on the lingering close.
This is in a really nice place and should hold well for at least few more years.
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8/19/2015 - Gargantua wrote:
I won this in a mixed auction lot, and this was the wine I cared about the least in the lot. At least the wine's in good shape, and I suppose that when an oaky white Burg is called for, one could do quite worse. Certainly wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it, given my palate, but it had a good acidity and a mineral component. Not bad. Gets a bit saline/seashell, but the tiny bite on the finish (oak and alcohol) is off-putting. After tasting and gauging it, I paired it with a quiche lorraine to let the oak do its thing, and it was just fine. Eh, whatever. When you taste thousands of wines every year, tactile new oak is a big turn off in Chardonnay, but to be fair this could've been far, far worse.
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5/1/2015 - WinePT wrote: 90 Points
Great weight and complexity at this price point. Decanted for 1 hour prior to tasting.
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3/7/2015 - wirelesswine wrote: 91 Points
Excellent. Great balance and superb minerality!
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11/30/2014 - Tim and Bonnie wrote: 88 Points
Almost a year since last bottle and already improving. Recommend waiting 45 mins after opening before serving. The once hydrogen peroxide vibe is gone and is now a vibrant minerality balanced on a point of bright fruits, with citrus at the apex of the subnotes. For us a food, not a sipping wine, at least in this drinking phase.
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10/12/2014 - *Vine* wrote:
Popped and poured. Light straw-gold. Intriguing nose of lemon zest, lime juice, honeysuckle, soapstone, minerals and a touch of buttery oak. Moderate-light body. Zippy palate is filled with flavors of lemon, minerals...maybe even a very subtle herbaceous note (cilantro??). Again, a touch of oak but one which is unobtrusive and even complimentary in that it helps keep all of the other elements rounded out. Plus acidity keeps this sharp and focused on a surprisingly persistent finish.
Still young, this could use another 1-2 years. Overall, very nice and an awesome QPR in the pricey world of Burgundy.
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10/12/2014 - SMagowan Likes this wine: 91 Points
This started out a little fizzy, but then resolved quite a bit as it warmed into a mouthful of lemon, butter with hints of charcoal. Very nice with homemade clam chowder and then just to sip the evening away.
11 days later - Kept this vacuum sealed in the fridge and finished it up tonight. The taste was much more complex and buttery suggesting that further cellaring might be a benefit. Very enjoyable!!
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9/20/2014 - stevegpg Likes this wine: 90 Points
Nice apple and pear flavors, mineral/flinty notes, a bit of woody texture
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5/26/2014 - corkscrews Likes this wine: 90 Points
A nose of citrus and some spice, medium straw in color. A medium bodied white, with apple, pear, silky acidity, a good effort and good QPR for a French white. www.winelx.com
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5/13/2014 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 91 Points
Quite good. Green citrus, grilled nuts, toasted oak, leafy, herbs. With air, it gradually puts on some weight while maintaining its crispness. Excellent length and minerality.
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3/31/2014 - Javatrader wrote: 90 Points
Beautiful airy, perfumed nose, quite elegant, parm cheese
Apples, light creaminess but great acidity, really very well balanced
A great wine
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3/28/2014 - John O' Likes this wine:
quite elegant
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2/25/2014 - Javatrader wrote: 90 Points
Nose- Parmesan cheese, oyster shell, honey, apple, bread, lilies
Granny smith apple, slight butter and honey, acidity at the tip as well as the sides, but not overpowering at all, fresh, ripe
Nice glass
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2/23/2014 - ipp wrote: 89 Points
This white has a beautiful, abundant bouquet of stone, hints of apple and citrus. On the palate I did not pick up as much fruit as on the nose. I picked up nuances of limestone and steel. Well balanced.
Additional comment: we tried this after drinking three cabs (just the way it turned out) ... so not a fair tasting. I am looking forward to trying it again.
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1/12/2014 - BrunelloBob wrote: 91 Points
Mineral, white fruit, good acidity. A bit of sauvignon blanc herbal-ness going on. I only had a sip, but Beautiful Wife REALLY likes it.
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12/22/2013 - Tim and Bonnie wrote:
This is a medium wine all around. Medium body, medium acid, medium finish, medium flavor, medium drinking experience, but has a beautiful nose. It only lacks a true voice on the palate. But we're not quite into the drinking window which is 2014-2018, so we're withholding scoring for a couple years as that seems only fair. This wine is pleasant to drink, and simply requires more time for all its components to sequester to see which flavor will emerge as the speaker of the house. Will say, however, if you smack your tongue a bit you may pick up a note of something on the back middle I can only relate to hydrogen peroxide on a cotton ball, which I believe would translate as mineral and dryness.
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