A traditionalist Savagnin, aged for 36 months under yeast voile. 13% alcohol.
Straw yellow color. Complex and classically styled Jura nose with wonderfully savory aromas of chopped nuts, tangy aldehydic saline tones, curry spice, a little bit of roasted almonds, a little bit of hay and a sharp hint of green apples. The wine is ripe, broad and quite concentrated for a Savagnin, favoring richness and roundness over lean fruit and precision. There are flavors of white peach, some apple jam, a little bit of stony minerality, a little bit of sorrel and a saline hint of aldehydic tang. There's a hint of oxidative nuttiness and the wine shows a little bit of that sherried aldehydic sharpness, but overall the wine is quite round and mellow on the palate with its moderately high acidity - that feels relatively low for a Savagnin. The finish is rich, long and complex with persistent flavors of ripe red apples, some oxidative nutty tones, a little bit of saline aldehydic tang, a hint of sorrel and a touch of green almonds.
A wonderfully rich and complex Jura white that is stylistically like a baby Vin Jaune. Shows the richness and fruit that is typical of Arbois, but it seems a bit emphasized here - perhaps due to the warmer vintage? Overall very lovely and complex with lots of depth and good intensity. Drinking beautifully now, but shows good potential for further development. Will keep for years more. Recommended.
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Heavy tropical fruit, honey, walnut, almond icing. Clearly oxidized with sherry notes, beautiful nose. Nice acidity, medium long aftertaste. Very sweet but still balanced, love this stuff!
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Light to mid gold. Fino-style oxidative nose. Positive attack, quite full and minerally. Bone dry with good acidity through the finish. ***1/2. I underestimated this. After a couple of days of air this has deepened and rounded out, losing some of the more aggressive fino notes whilst retaining the complexity and overall character. Slightly nuttier. A complex and interesting food wine that probably has years of evolution ahead of it. Lovely. ****
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Medium to light golden yellow. Intensive nose with the typical primary note resembling fino sherry (the only way I can describe it, is a mixture between tire rubber and freshly baked bread), coupled with apple and caramel notes. In the mouth, medium bodied, medium to high acidity, that is however very balanced. Principally flavours of fino sherry, hazelnut, apple and some floral notes. The most impressive however is, how these flavours seem to expand on the superbly long finish. All in all excellent. Seems to have improved over the last year.
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10/6/2023 - flussier Likes this wine: 91 Points
Robe dorée orangé foncé. Vin oxyder, sec et complexe. Sur le caramel, noix et la pomme. Amertume présente et court en bouche.
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1/27/2017 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points
A traditionalist Savagnin, aged for 36 months under yeast voile. 13% alcohol.
Straw yellow color. Complex and classically styled Jura nose with wonderfully savory aromas of chopped nuts, tangy aldehydic saline tones, curry spice, a little bit of roasted almonds, a little bit of hay and a sharp hint of green apples. The wine is ripe, broad and quite concentrated for a Savagnin, favoring richness and roundness over lean fruit and precision. There are flavors of white peach, some apple jam, a little bit of stony minerality, a little bit of sorrel and a saline hint of aldehydic tang. There's a hint of oxidative nuttiness and the wine shows a little bit of that sherried aldehydic sharpness, but overall the wine is quite round and mellow on the palate with its moderately high acidity - that feels relatively low for a Savagnin. The finish is rich, long and complex with persistent flavors of ripe red apples, some oxidative nutty tones, a little bit of saline aldehydic tang, a hint of sorrel and a touch of green almonds.
A wonderfully rich and complex Jura white that is stylistically like a baby Vin Jaune. Shows the richness and fruit that is typical of Arbois, but it seems a bit emphasized here - perhaps due to the warmer vintage? Overall very lovely and complex with lots of depth and good intensity. Drinking beautifully now, but shows good potential for further development. Will keep for years more. Recommended.
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1/21/2015 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Mid gold. Fino nose. Nicely savoury and mineral. Tangy with a nice bite and a creamy nuttiness. Long and characterful. ****
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10/20/2014 - Marcyrillo Likes this wine:
Great!
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9/6/2014 - rcrisa wrote: 89 Points
Quite oxidative and very fino on the nose
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7/29/2014 - JohanPe wrote: 92 Points
Heavy tropical fruit, honey, walnut, almond icing. Clearly oxidized with sherry notes, beautiful nose. Nice acidity, medium long aftertaste. Very sweet but still balanced, love this stuff!
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7/28/2014 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
Light to mid gold. Fino-style oxidative nose. Positive attack, quite full and minerally. Bone dry with good acidity through the finish. ***1/2. I underestimated this. After a couple of days of air this has deepened and rounded out, losing some of the more aggressive fino notes whilst retaining the complexity and overall character. Slightly nuttier. A complex and interesting food wine that probably has years of evolution ahead of it. Lovely. ****
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11/21/2013 - L-C. wrote: 91 Points
Medium to light golden yellow. Intensive nose with the typical primary note resembling fino sherry (the only way I can describe it, is a mixture between tire rubber and freshly baked bread), coupled with apple and caramel notes. In the mouth, medium bodied, medium to high acidity, that is however very balanced. Principally flavours of fino sherry, hazelnut, apple and some floral notes. The most impressive however is, how these flavours seem to expand on the superbly long finish. All in all excellent. Seems to have improved over the last year.
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5/17/2013 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
aged for 2.5 years under flor
lovely fino nose, t. VA
rich, round, long
very long
beautiful balance, elegant
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