Huge nose of citrus, mixed with almonds, took an hour to open up… Huge concentration of citrus pie, mineral, length of more than 30 sec, I love these aged HB!!
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I deeply appreciate the wines of Henri Boillot and I liked this all the same. Toast, white flowers, limestone and lemon curd clearly defined on the bouquet with peaches, red apples, vanilla and orange cittus on the palate. For the vintage I would expect more ripeness and perhaps even flabbiness at this stage but pleasantly surprised that this was still fresh with good tension, no doubt aided by a good amount of minerality and acidity.
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Pearl of Burgundy gala dinner: Surprisingly fresh and youthful, no signs of premox here. Love such old-school burgundies - a great wine in its own right but overshadowed by the blockbusters that came before.
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Thanks Edward brought this for Paul's hot pot dinner. A ripe white of golden yellow colour, pleasent aroma of honey, white flowers, toast, silky palate, good acidity and long palate. A wonderful wine.
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Radiant, golden color expresses sweet scents of honeysuckle, peach, crème brûlée, roasted golden apple. Spirited but well-proportioned acidity precisely defines flavors of light lemon, apple, mango, and vanilla custard. This is fresh, elegant, and subtle. A perfect accompaniment to triple-cream and similar soft cheeses. Sipping in style.
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This was a bit over the place at first, and I was worried about some premox, even though the colour did not indicate this. However, after a few minutes of air it all came together, and was a spectacular Corton-Charlemagne. Still possessing clean cut notes, flavours of honeysuckle burst on the palate with sharp citrus on the finish with an excellent salinity lingering in the mouth.
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Pop and pour, overripe and honeyed nose to start, but plenty of acid. I'd be weird if you pulled me out from under a cork after 17 years. With 90 mins of air, things smoothed out. Then it was beautifully balanced between light apple, subtle honey and still plenty of acid. Not an amazing wine, and likely at it's peak, but there was a window where this was lovely and we loved it.
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Fantastic … there is concern for premox but this bottle was spot on. Very dry and wonderful even a little petrol on the nose. Super minerality and complexity. It drank much better than the 2010 side by side. Worth the gamble …
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Wow Really thought the wine would be oxidized. Pleasantly surprised when I saw light yellow color. Glad I have a second bottle. This one is drinking wonderful.
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From magnum. This wine drank beautifully. Surprisingly youthful this wine has room for upside. I drank my only magnum but for those who have other bottles no rush.
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TO Zoom Tasting (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind next to the 2006 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne. Loved the nose on this. Big but balanced, with tons of lemon zest, dusty crushed slate, along with a flinty blast I always enjoy. Generous on the palate and definitely richer than the BdM tasted along side with lemon, a touch of pineapple, and mouth numbing spice on the finish. Again some heat on the finish which was my biggest knock on this. Showing the 05 ripeness of the vintage for sure, and to be honest I was a bit surprised when this was revealed. Delicious for the style, but not what I would usually expect from an Henri Boillot CC
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Corton-Charlemagne and Morey-St-Denis Grand Cru Dinner (Formento's - Chicago IL): Mature apple and pear with good richness, enough freshness, and plenty of earth. No further upside, this has the right combination of bright and mature elements that makes white Burgundy so enticing. Not a powerhouse Grand Cru, but very engaging right now.
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Deep straw colors starting to show some age. Beautiful nose with ripe fruit, vanilla, toast and caramel. Full mouth feel, not over done, great fruit with honeysuckle notes. This is a beautiful balanced wine that is in the last year‘s of its prime. Drink now
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nose - light caramel, per DC nougat mouth - nicely potent, rich orchard fruits with lively acidity. burnt sugar and a lemon drop battle it out of the finish. excellent.
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Complex nose of apples, white flowers, some popcorn, and a hint of lemon. Good acidity with green apples and minerals and some oak / vanilla notes on the palate, which are quite integrated and not obtrusive. Long, very good finish. Very complex wine which got better and better with time in the glass.
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A bit less reduction and more oak than I remember from the last bottle. Apples, white flowers, butter, and citrus on the rich yet beautiful nose. Quite full on the palate, but with fantastic balance and good acidity. Green apples, lemon, ripe orchard fruit follow. Long finish. Excellent!
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Maybe a little overripe and flabby. Clean white and yellow fruit but doesn't have mineral, acid, or citrus to cut it or provide staying power on the palate. No flaws, just incomplete and short.
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My last bottle of 4 drunk over a dozen years and hasn't lost a step. Broad mineral, citrus and melon driven wine that washes over the mid-palate like a wave. Just beautiful wine, time after time.
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I feared I'd waited too long on these. Happy to report this bottle survived 15 years of the pre-mox hunger games to have evolved beautifully. Tasted young, with only a slight darkening. An absolute palate road grader of citrus and minerals. If you value refreshment value in wine, this has that quality in spades. We had this with dungeness, brown butter and buttered potatoes. Such rich food was a great complement to such an incisive wine.
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This was a phenomenal wine and possibly the best Chardonnay I've had thus far. The nose shows some reduction and flavors of flint, white flowers, and a hint of orchard fruit. Lemon, citrus, green apples, and minerals on the fresh palate. I loved the acidity of this wine. Very long finish. This seems to be in a perfect spot, although still feels quite young. 97-98
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From half-bottle. This bottle seemed a hair bit more advanced than my last two with just a nascent hint of cooked apple on the palate. The nose is still very classic, with that generous amount of very fancy oak. There isn't as much of that classic reduction as I'd like either. On the palate, this obviously has the fatness you would expect from the vineyard and the vintage; the acidity is there, but I think it takes a backseat to everything else.
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My fourth time with this vintage. One btl was spoiled, the rest terrific. Maybe my favorite CC, if you don't count Coche Dury at 10 times the price. I wrote about this earlier this year so won't include tasting notes but this was just about a perfect version of this wine. Wasn't a dry eye in the house. One left for a year or two from now.
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Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Again a premox-free bottle -- in fact this was a little backwards and showed some mineral reduction and not much else. On the pop and pour, this didn't seem to have the roundness and breadth I'd expect from the vineyard, though the fruit seemed to pick up with some additional air.
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Casual dinner at S.K.Y.: From half bottle. I wanted to like this a lot more, but it just seemed to be flat and lacking the richness/density that I appreciate in Corton-Charlemagne. Nice complexity of flavor but lacking Grand Cru sizzle.
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From quarter-magnum. For my palate, at peak. The nose has a slight bit of buttered popcorn, and a really generous amount of oak. This is a clearly a very ripe wine, and coupled with the appellation you get a serious bruiser. No signs of premox, even in this high-risk format. The palate comes off unctuous and thick, with a very slight caramel element on the palate. The oak shows, but it's really well done. No more of the usual reduction.
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Drank from Soltz' magnum at Montauk last nite. A lovely wine. On the full bodied side. Lots of ripe fruit, with good complexity, excellent acidity level and overall great balance. A delicious wine that was enjoyed by all.
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I've always loved this wine. Even have a couple still left and have no worry that they won't be great fro a few more years. Citrus, a hint of strawberry, a touch of butterscotch, great volume in the mouth, long laser-like finish. What's not to like here. For me, a great Corton Charlie is a thing of beauty and this one seldom disappoints.
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With an intense aromatic profile of orange zest, green apples, butterscotch and wet stones, this medium golden Chardonnay is just hitting its stride. Freshly acidic, medium-bodied, seamlessly alcoholic (14%) and with nicely integrated oak, it delivers flavors mirroring the nose, adding notes of ginger and coriander. Dense on the mid-palate, it goes on to a lengthy finish with good lift. This should continue to show nicely for several more years. Drink now-2023.
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Gorgeous bottle, full bodied, ripe, complex, delicious, crowd pleasing style but just plain great White Burg with acidity and minerality to provide balance. Had it in early September at LPDH2 and this just nudged out the 05 BDM CC by a hair. 05 whites get a bad rap but when their not pox’d, I’m a fan. Ripeness is not a flaw. Over-ripeness is.
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Eu Ming's Birthday (Bee Heong Palace, Singapore): Poorest showing out of 3 bottles I had so far. It was still pretty good, but just felt a touch heavy and old school next to a lovely bottle of 2013 Ponsot Corton-Charlemagne that was served alongside. The nose was certainly more mature, with hints of honey amidst ripe yellow fruited notes, and then a nice line of chalky minerality that mirrored the Ponsot's. The palate was clearly marked by the hot vintage though. It had certainly had the poise and balance one would expect of a Henri Boillot, but suffered against the effortless cut and definition of the Ponsot, coming across both richer and less precise, maybe even a bit clumsier, with big flavours of yellow fruit and ripe lemons leading into full finish replete with more ripe yellow fruits. Thankfully, this was underlined with a nice minerality which I really liked. For a 2005, there had a good amount of fresh acidity, which I think bodes well for the future, so all in all a pretty good wine, but unfortunately put into the shadows by the Ponsot when both where served blind together.
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Served blind. Very flinty, big mouthfeel with oak well integrated, lemony mineral finish. This is from a serious producer. Reveal was a pleasant surprise, haven't had this wine in some years and good as it was before, it's clearly more complex now. At peak, drink up.
Day 2: lifeless by comparison to day before, very flat. Not bad but nowhere near the soaring heights of yesterday.
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Dinner with Henri Boillot (Chicago, IL): Of the Corton Charlies tonight, this had the most reticent nose. There was still a minute hint of reduction here, as well as a little bit of oak, and the fruit characteristics here were a little muted. The palate was also surprisingly closed. I thought there would be much more exuberance and fleshiness from a 2005 chardonnay, but it turns out this is about as taciturn as a 2005 Corton rouge. The true form of this wine seems to be ripe and fat, but right now it's still tightly bound in a straitjacket of some sort. However, despite the riper fruit here, there's still a good vein of acidity.
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Wonderful wine, we drank it with chicken thighs with apple and wild rice and it couldn't have been better. Lite straw color with a generous nose of fruit and mineral. The flavors backed this up with citrus, apple, stone fruits and a backbone of minerals. The flavor lasted a minute or two. I don't think you need to be in a hurry, but I also don't think it will get much better. Enjoy
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Relaxing Saturday Lunch @ Mizuki (Mizuki, Ngee Ann City): A bit advanced, but very nice. The nose had still quite a bit of oak on it, with toasty, spicy woody accents and a waft of almond nuts drifting about a core of white fruit and white chocolate. It was big and powerful on palate, all creamily textured, with a sunny ripeness and stone fruited sweetness on the forefront matched with a nutty brioche midpalate and a spicy, nutty finish that lingered nicely in the mouth. Big and muscular, yet decently balanced and surprisingly ready to drink, this was a pleasure. Not one to keep for the long term though.
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Very light yellow with a clear rim. This is my fourth and final bottle, and by far the best. Even with minimal aeration, powerful notes of white flowers, citrus fruits and a whiff of matchstick are readily apparent. On the palate, this medium-bodied wine is stacked with pears, lime, and tons of minerals. It finishes very long, and in the process it coats every nook and cranny with what feels like a liquified rock cocktail. This bottle is incredibly impressive, and very young to boot. Unfortunately, my previous three experiences with this wine ranged from undrinkable (oxidized) to good, but not great. This one is flat-out great! 96.
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No signs of prem-ox, very mineral, rich flavour. Rather young in its flavour and taste profile, quite structured, a bit hot (alcohol 14%). I would guess this will improve over a couple of years, I don't see this as waning in contrast to some other tasting notes here.
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My last 375 mL, too - in a great place and certainly a delightful something to pour out of half bottle while the meal prep is on. This producer/format/vintage-quality combination is something that is worth doing in other years for that very reason.
During a Christmas lunch. Medium yellow Boom, rich and in your face Chard nose with vanilla, oak, flowers and white fruit. Medium-full bodied palate, great mid mouth presence, aromatic and good finish. Good wine, unfortunately I am not a Chard person. Score 2-3 points higher if you are.
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First dinner of the L.A. wine trip (The Bazaar at SLS, Beverly Hills, California): From a magnum. Started out a bid reductive, with a flinty, match-stick streak. Lots of citrus, lemon peel, oyster shell, wet stone, and minerality. Medium weight on the palate, but with a bit of a thin streak on the finish. I would drink this now if you have it.
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From 375 ml bottle. Consistent with previous bottles in terms of quality and density of fruit, but my fault for keeping a half-bottle this long, it was certainly showing more maturity than I'd want. But still very tasty and drinkable.
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US Wine Dinner with Friends (Paris Club - Chicago IL): Ripe apple start-to-finish with lots of spice. Well textured with some nice edge and finesse. Good length, drinking nicely now with little age coming through.
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Pale golden, creamy and nutty smoky nose. Wow, superb concentration, and yet finely balanced, pin point acidity with sweetness just balanced each other off, then comes the fresh white floral aroma with some wood spice. Very bold but has finesse. Lovely!
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Bright and forward nose of citrus and wet stone. Touch of popcorn. Very clean and precise on the palate. Somehow the palate depth does not match the nose, but love the flavor profile.
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Consumed at home with Thai takeout. I was expecting to be blown away by this, but it was a very underwhelming white wine. Maybe I had a flawed bottle or something, but I don't think so. No evidence of seepage or heat damage. Tasted and smelled just like an ordinary $20 grocery store wine.
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Northern Rhones (Strip Club Meat and Fish, St. Paul, MN): Light-medium gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. This was rather oaky on the nose and palate, with the latter being rather angular and sharp. Patience paid off as the nose opened and showed some nice white flowers eventually along with lemon, light toast and mineral. The palate improves and softens but still retains the dominating oak with lemon and citrus luring in the background. This wasn't quite as good as a bottle a few months back. Needs more time to resolve, assuming everything else holds together.
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HDH Auction (Restaurant Tru, Chicago, IL): Didn't spend much time with this either. I can say I liked the nose a lot. Adrian remarked that it was very Coche-like, and I agreed. Big nose with lemon, salty popcorn and spices - cayenne and other red-brown. powerful. The palate was leaner and less Coche-like but also excellent. Lemon, lime, some cool herbs. Very flinty and minerally.
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Wines Tasted at HDH Auction (Tru - Chicago IL): Opened this today because of our oxidized bottle of Boillot 2005 Montrachet from the other night. From 375 ml bottle. Very ripe apple with lemon and lime peel aromas complemented with savory spice. Slightly less intense flavors, but still great fruit that is well bolstered by minerality and acidity.
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HDH auction tasting at Tru (Chicago, IL): From half bottle. Smells like Coche's popcorn. Thought it was Coche based on that nose. But then when you taste it you see where the difference lies. This is big and brash, but doesn't have the same concentration that a Coche might. This has lots of potential, and given the good hit of sulphur you get on the nose, I imagine I wouldn't be too worried about the pox striking this wine.
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HDH Auction (Tru - Chicago, IL): Dazzling nose that combines some whispy sulphur notes with pristine and precise lemons, flint, and limes. The palate is razor sharp. Acidity is off the charts here and feels almost like a crisp Chablis. Lots of love here and if premox wasn't an issue, I would say leave this alone for 10+ years.
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La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (Vancouver) - Summer Luncheon 2014 (Vancouver, BC): This was drinking very well today. Not a big fan of the 05 whites in general, but this one was performing well. Lusher in profile but good acidity and bits of citrus and minerals. Not going to be a long term ager but there's no need to wait as this is in the zone right now. Very nice.
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My last btl and another stellar experience. Unfortunately, we came up against a hard clock time to leave for McCartney and I ended up dumping almost a full glass. That was a bummer as this was evolving nicely over the 45 minutes or so we had it open. Grand Cru vibrance and power all the way along with a laser beam of minerality. Great depth of fruit flavors ranging between citrus and stone. It was a special night going to see McCartney again with it being the 1st show for my wife and son. Wish I had got started sooner on this wine though. All of sudden, the lots of time, we thought we had evaporated. Guess we were just having too good a time trading stories and talking about music etc. Happy to have shared it will fellow local wine geek Kevin and his wife though. Kevin and I could have bored our wives to tears with wine geekdom but we managed to stay focused on a just having a fun pre-concert evening.
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Light - medium gold color. Drank 2 glasses over an hour. I didnt take detailed notes, but this was quite nice. Toasty oak on the nose ,distinct minerality, citrus , white peach, spice. The palate is sophisticated and elegant with citrus, lemon, citrus zest and some stone fruit, toasted oak and spice. Long fresh finish. 92÷ to 93pts.
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From 375. Lots of powerful orchard fruit aromas with lots of spice, still showing a bit of new oak on nose. Same lush and powerful flavors, with a hint of lemon peel on finish. Great length and balance.
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Montose Dinner (89, 90, 95, 96, 99, 00, 01, 05) Plus Others: Pale yellow color. Awesome nose featuring citrus fruit, honey, smoke and mineral. In the mouth this has great intensity from the attack through the finish. Expansive flavors, surprisingly elegant and perfectly balanced. Beautiful finish with long, ringing flavors.
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Opened ahead but did not decant. Left cork out for about an hour prior to drinking. Decant might have been a good call in hindsight. Medium gold color. Nice clean floral nose. Very fresh and in great youthful condition. Perhaps even a little tight at this point. Nice minerality, herb and citrus flavors on a lively bead of acidity. I enjoyed an earlier btl in 2010 much more and suspect this is semi closed. One left that I'll wait till at least 2016 or later to open. Very elegant and promising.
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Todd Waldmann comes to town and we eat and drink well at Suzanne's. (Suzanne & Kenny's): Wow. Mr. Ed after consuming a bucketful of Beefy-Ohs, for those that know the Seinfeld reference. Completely obliterated by sulfur. After forty minutes in the glass one finally gets some nice minerality, a bit of pear and a touch of spicy oak, but the sulfur never stopped playing anything other than a leading role. B-.
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Rich vanilla beans with white oak. Cream of butter and milk lifted by ripe lemons with structure and nobility. Grand cru quality. White pepper cream crab sauce
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My Birthday Celebration (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): This was terrific, starting with a captivating nose of white fruit and cream laced with touches of honey, white pepper and a lovely streak of gunflint. The palate was clearly Grand Cru quality. Really lovely, with a rich, wonderfully creamy texture, yet underscored by solid acidity and lovely shape and grip for a 2005 white, with a lemony brightness running through deep, persistent, mouthfilling flavours of bread fruit and apple flesh. Really powerful, compelling stuff. Not quite as chiselled as from the very best vintages maybe, yet this was still nicely balanced and beautifully focused, from attack all the way into a superbly long finish, with dollops of cream over a bedrock of flinty mineral and spice that stretched far and away into the distance. Wow. This was way, way too young. If I had any criticism, it was still a bit narrow in expression and lacking complexity at the moment. 5 years' time though, and this may well be world-beating.
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These CCs never cease to enthrall. Deepening yellow in color. Nose leads with mineral followed by citrus, white fruit, flowers, spice/smoke. Palate is precise, yet expansive in its expression and length. Very elegant and inspiring. Other CTers say there's more oomph to come. I have no reason to doubt this.
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Beginning to show a little bottle age but still not as open as the '06. Firm and crisp but now showing a bit more mature notes of lemon oil, caramel, clove and hazelnuts all wrapped by good tension and concentration. Finishes complex and tingly with classic notes of chalky minerals and wet stone. Needs another year or two to fully uncoil. 92+
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Leflaive vertikal: (Blind) Klar, strågul med grønnskjær. Mild, nydelig nese med sitrus, tangerin og vaniljesukker. Slank og stram frukt med et transparent uttrykk.Frisk syre.Tynner litt ut i avslutningen, med lett, bitre toner. 92/93 P
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Lieu-dit Cru "Blind White" Dinner Featured the Wine of Henri Boillot (L2O - Chicago IL): Tasted blind in a (mostly) Boillot Corton-Charlemagne flight. An exceptional Corton-Charlemagne with lots of classic and intense character. Apple and lemon aromas with plenty of oak spice. Great density and intensity on palate, but also sensational acidity, energy and minerality. Long and powerful finish. Still has some upside from here, but close to its peak drinking window.
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Very youthful. Light yellow color. Wound up tightly on the nose in a cloak of minerals is a really attractive nose of green apple fruit and light spice. It's muted on the nose right now. On the palate, though, this is a wine of tremendous power and refinement. This has tremendous purity and strong concentration, but it's the laser-like mouth feel, pure fruit, and bright structure that makes this wine so appealing. It needs a bit more time, but it is a winner for sure. A-/A
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Overshadowed by the Leflaive which made this come over a bit confected, lighter, lemony, powdery, and as it emerged from the Leflaive shadow really very fine
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awesome bottle. great perfumed nose, lemony in the mouth with fine finishing acidity. elegant and yet had weight, with an extra long finish. really a fine bottle.
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30th Birthday Dinner #1 (Charlie Trotter's, Chicago IL): Popped and poured. Lighter straw color. Aromatics of ripe, juicy lemon, crushed stone, white flowers, oyster shell. Rich, medium bodied palate with lemon custard flavors and a bit of vanilla. Moderate finish. Quite youthful. Very nice wine.
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Inizialmente al naso note erbacee e carnose, quasi arrosto di vitello al timo e rosmarino, poi note piriche, latta di pomodoro e arancia candita. Ancora un bel po' indietro, bocca un po' pesantina in cui si percepisce molto legno
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Lightly golden color, with aromas of bright lemon, some light honey, and chalk at first. OK, same on the palate, maybe we're OK... I poured this into a bottle-shaped decanter and let it sit about 2 hours while dinner was made (dover sole with butter, lemon and parsley along with boiled potatoes). When I poured it, the texture seemed to have become thicker, more oily, with more notes of honey but also some bright honeysuckle, golden apple, soft wood and bright lemon, all of these wrapped around a core of chalky mineral and a medium-length finish. The honeyed aspect had me worried at first, until it seemed to come together with the other notes and become a crescendo of beautiful tastes. My one caveat is that it did seem slightly less complex that I'd expected, having had excellent versions of this previously. I'm just happy it wasn't premoxed, and as expected it went perfectly with the fish.
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Winter's Weakening Death Grip: Wow, has this improved since I last had it about four years ago. Pale yellow color. Awesome nose giving a unique expression of aromas featuring citrus fruit, honey, toasty oak/smoke, mineral and cut grass(?). Most intense and while hard to describe, easy to love. In the mouth this has great intensity from the attack through the finish. Expansive flavors surprise given this seems barely mid-weight and amazingly elegant. Perfectly balanced. Beautiful finish with long, ringing flavors. This is a first class white Burgundy, and probably the best Corton-Charlemagne I've ever had.
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Popped and poured. Like my first btl this wine is amazing. Still a pale straw gold color. This btl was very fresh and youthfull but also showing great complexity, class and purity. Beautiful, energetic and powerful. Faultless! I think I should wait a few yrs before trying another btl but it is impressive right now too.
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Not the last dinner at Rothmann's (NYC): Lots of new wood still on the surface. Good raw materials, but needs some time to integrate. I'm drinking some on the second night, and it's still showing new wood, along with cool lemon sorbet and butter cream. There is some acidic tension in here, particularly on the finish, that does an admirable job standing up to the softened, more contoured palate. Try again in a couple of years, hopefully the oak will have integrated.
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I am no white burg expert but I really liked this wine, still light gold in color with a really nice nose. On the palate it had a nice hint of mineral and maybe just the slightest bit of oak, the fruit was all there... the only downside was maybe just a bit too much acid that gave the wine a slightly tart finish... as I said I'm no expert but this was one I like alot. I'll wait another year at least before i go back to try another.
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likely the most disparate opinion from my great friend kstoddard ever. i felt this was a fabulous burg, clearly developing from my last tasting over a year ago. crushed shale and shells, a fine minerality bolstered with tension filled acid. cellar, if you can.
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i wanted to try this since i was so smitten by the 05 leflaives. unfortunately, this bottle was showing very little. overtly mineral in it's profile with very reticent fruit. a big burg guy in our group liked it a lot, but felt the fruit was muted, and needed time. duh. NR
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Dinner with Paul Jaouen (Guiseppe's on 28th, Phoenix): Boat loads of new French oak on the nose. Apple and lemon fruit on the palate with some cat pee. Possessing a deep minerality. Nice freshness and acidity. Seems a bit out of whack. Needs time for all the components to come together. Could eventually be an outstanding wine but wasn't showing very well today. 14% alcohol.
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Wow, this wine eeks of Grand Cru with its incredibly broad palate and depth of material. Quite young and powerful with a great lift of fresh acidity balanced by palate-staining fruit. After a lot of air, the wine finishes with haunting charcoal and sulphur-infused minerals. Holding a ton back in reserve and destined to be a classic. 95+
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2005 Burgundy Test Drive #1 (Cookshop): Just an explosive nose, a big chunk of which was sulphur but it stayed loudly expressive even after the stink blew off. Unmistakeably grand cru in its broad, palate-slathering richness bejeweled with acute, angular crunchy fruit and finishing long with a touch of oak spice.
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LAW Burgs: Airplane glue out of the bag--not unpleasant--intriguing; aromatic, floral notes, acacia, white frt under, Int. mth, LONG fin, Brite and crisp now; “green apple,wet stone”; Plenty of power in reserve, a bit closed, but still rockin’ w/that glue char! Give it 4-5 yrs or 10 yrs.
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Tasting Group Dinner (112 Eatery, Minneapolis): Initially very tight aromatically. Opened up to reveal intense stone, mineral and citrus/lemon curd flavors. Zesty, racy, and deliciously layered on the palate. Showing a lot of toasty new oak. Long finish. This is obviously still an infant, and I wouldn't be surprised if it closed down over the next year or two. For now, it is drinking really well.
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Dinner at 112 Eatery (Boillot, Arnoux, Jadot, Ducru, Lynch, Mondavi, Girardin): Pale yellow color. The nose is not particularly intense, but gives a lovely expression of honey and mineral with a subtle floral note. Very elegant. In the mouth the flavors expand and coat palate with concentrated fruit, honey, butterscoth, and minerality. Great mouth feel. Great balance. Great lingering finish. A first class white burgundy.
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3/10/2024 - Philippe_C wrote: 96 Points
Huge nose of citrus, mixed with almonds, took an hour to open up… Huge concentration of citrus pie, mineral, length of more than 30 sec, I love these aged HB!!
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1/20/2024 - RobinTeo wrote: 93 Points
I deeply appreciate the wines of Henri Boillot and I liked this all the same. Toast, white flowers, limestone and lemon curd clearly defined on the bouquet with peaches, red apples, vanilla and orange cittus on the palate. For the vintage I would expect more ripeness and perhaps even flabbiness at this stage but pleasantly surprised that this was still fresh with good tension, no doubt aided by a good amount of minerality and acidity.
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1/20/2024 - melvinyeowq wrote: 93 Points
Pearl of Burgundy gala dinner: Surprisingly fresh and youthful, no signs of premox here. Love such old-school burgundies - a great wine in its own right but overshadowed by the blockbusters that came before.
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12/10/2023 - BLam wrote: 93 Points
Edward broght this btl in my BD dinner. The wine was still very young and could last for a decade.
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10/20/2023 - BLam Likes this wine: 93 Points
Thanks Edward brought this for Paul's hot pot dinner. A ripe white of golden yellow colour, pleasent aroma of honey, white flowers, toast, silky palate, good acidity and long palate. A wonderful wine.
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9/22/2023 - SARED wrote: 94 Points
Fine boned and complex. Lacks concentration and power.
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8/2/2023 - Musinus wrote: 94 Points
Radiant, golden color expresses sweet scents of honeysuckle, peach, crème brûlée, roasted golden apple. Spirited but well-proportioned acidity precisely defines flavors of light lemon, apple, mango, and vanilla custard. This is fresh, elegant, and subtle. A perfect accompaniment to triple-cream and similar soft cheeses. Sipping in style.
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5/27/2023 - djhammond Likes this wine: 96 Points
This was a bit over the place at first, and I was worried about some premox, even though the colour did not indicate this. However, after a few minutes of air it all came together, and was a spectacular Corton-Charlemagne. Still possessing clean cut notes, flavours of honeysuckle burst on the palate with sharp citrus on the finish with an excellent salinity lingering in the mouth.
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3/6/2023 - The Andrews wrote: 95 Points
Pop and pour, overripe and honeyed nose to start, but plenty of acid. I'd be weird if you pulled me out from under a cork after 17 years. With 90 mins of air, things smoothed out. Then it was beautifully balanced between light apple, subtle honey and still plenty of acid. Not an amazing wine, and likely at it's peak, but there was a window where this was lovely and we loved it.
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9/13/2022 - Ltrain1282 Likes this wine: 97 Points
Fantastic … there is concern for premox but this bottle was spot on. Very dry and wonderful even a little petrol on the nose. Super minerality and complexity. It drank much better than the 2010 side by side. Worth the gamble …
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8/13/2022 - kenthecpa Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow
Really thought the wine would be oxidized.
Pleasantly surprised when I saw light yellow color.
Glad I have a second bottle. This one is drinking wonderful.
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5/25/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine:
No formal notes, but this was in a great spot! Consistent with previous notes, outstanding wine!
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10/2/2021 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Ripe ripe ripe. Hot fruit, sweet, white florals, minerality, decent acidity. Somewhat different from the older vintages. 92-93
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8/8/2021 - UFGators Likes this wine: 96 Points
From magnum. This wine drank beautifully. Surprisingly youthful this wine has room for upside. I drank my only magnum but for those who have other bottles no rush.
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6/25/2021 - BradE wrote:
Always good to have a Boillot that's not premox'd. Drank well but not particularly memorable.
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6/21/2021 - MattTM wrote:
TO Zoom Tasting (Vancouver, BC): Tasted blind next to the 2006 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne. Loved the nose on this. Big but balanced, with tons of lemon zest, dusty crushed slate, along with a flinty blast I always enjoy. Generous on the palate and definitely richer than the BdM tasted along side with lemon, a touch of pineapple, and mouth numbing spice on the finish. Again some heat on the finish which was my biggest knock on this. Showing the 05 ripeness of the vintage for sure, and to be honest I was a bit surprised when this was revealed. Delicious for the style, but not what I would usually expect from an Henri Boillot CC
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5/26/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Corton-Charlemagne and Morey-St-Denis Grand Cru Dinner (Formento's - Chicago IL): Mature apple and pear with good richness, enough freshness, and plenty of earth. No further upside, this has the right combination of bright and mature elements that makes white Burgundy so enticing. Not a powerhouse Grand Cru, but very engaging right now.
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2/24/2021 - AB16 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep straw colors starting to show some age. Beautiful nose with ripe fruit, vanilla, toast and caramel. Full mouth feel, not over done, great fruit with honeysuckle notes. This is a beautiful balanced wine that is in the last year‘s of its prime. Drink now
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1/23/2021 - soyhead wrote:
nose - light caramel, per DC nougat
mouth - nicely potent, rich orchard fruits with lively acidity. burnt sugar and a lemon drop battle it out of the finish. excellent.
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12/27/2020 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
Complex nose of apples, white flowers, some popcorn, and a hint of lemon. Good acidity with green apples and minerals and some oak / vanilla notes on the palate, which are quite integrated and not obtrusive. Long, very good finish. Very complex wine which got better and better with time in the glass.
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11/13/2020 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 95 Points
A bit less reduction and more oak than I remember from the last bottle. Apples, white flowers, butter, and citrus on the rich yet beautiful nose. Quite full on the palate, but with fantastic balance and good acidity. Green apples, lemon, ripe orchard fruit follow. Long finish. Excellent!
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11/4/2020 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 91 Points
Maybe a little overripe and flabby. Clean white and yellow fruit but doesn't have mineral, acid, or citrus to cut it or provide staying power on the palate. No flaws, just incomplete and short.
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8/9/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 93 Points
As with most of Boillot wines this was a bit to as a advanced but if was high quality and I wish I had opened a few years earlier
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6/28/2020 - Topper wrote: 96 Points
My last bottle of 4 drunk over a dozen years and hasn't lost a step. Broad mineral, citrus and melon driven wine that washes over the mid-palate like a wave. Just beautiful wine, time after time.
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3/27/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 88 Points
Over the top , drinkable but no length
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2/9/2020 - ducster72 Likes this wine: 97 Points
I feared I'd waited too long on these. Happy to report this bottle survived 15 years of the pre-mox hunger games to have evolved beautifully. Tasted young, with only a slight darkening. An absolute palate road grader of citrus and minerals. If you value refreshment value in wine, this has that quality in spades. We had this with dungeness, brown butter and buttered potatoes. Such rich food was a great complement to such an incisive wine.
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10/26/2019 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 97 Points
This was a phenomenal wine and possibly the best Chardonnay I've had thus far. The nose shows some reduction and flavors of flint, white flowers, and a hint of orchard fruit. Lemon, citrus, green apples, and minerals on the fresh palate. I loved the acidity of this wine. Very long finish. This seems to be in a perfect spot, although still feels quite young. 97-98
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9/28/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
From half-bottle. This bottle seemed a hair bit more advanced than my last two with just a nascent hint of cooked apple on the palate. The nose is still very classic, with that generous amount of very fancy oak. There isn't as much of that classic reduction as I'd like either. On the palate, this obviously has the fatness you would expect from the vineyard and the vintage; the acidity is there, but I think it takes a backseat to everything else.
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9/12/2019 - robertek wrote: 88 Points
Not a good bottle as it had gone too far. Still drinkable but not on point.
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8/11/2019 - Topper wrote: 96 Points
My fourth time with this vintage. One btl was spoiled, the rest terrific. Maybe my favorite CC, if you don't count Coche Dury at 10 times the price. I wrote about this earlier this year so won't include tasting notes but this was just about a perfect version of this wine. Wasn't a dry eye in the house. One left for a year or two from now.
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8/9/2019 - Tavastgatan wrote: flawed
Slightly oxidised unfortunately .
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7/10/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner at S.K.Y. (Chicago, IL): From half-bottle. Again a premox-free bottle -- in fact this was a little backwards and showed some mineral reduction and not much else. On the pop and pour, this didn't seem to have the roundness and breadth I'd expect from the vineyard, though the fruit seemed to pick up with some additional air.
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7/9/2019 - Nanda wrote: 88 Points
Casual dinner at S.K.Y.: From half bottle. I wanted to like this a lot more, but it just seemed to be flat and lacking the richness/density that I appreciate in Corton-Charlemagne. Nice complexity of flavor but lacking Grand Cru sizzle.
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6/11/2019 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
From quarter-magnum. For my palate, at peak. The nose has a slight bit of buttered popcorn, and a really generous amount of oak. This is a clearly a very ripe wine, and coupled with the appellation you get a serious bruiser. No signs of premox, even in this high-risk format. The palate comes off unctuous and thick, with a very slight caramel element on the palate. The oak shows, but it's really well done. No more of the usual reduction.
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6/9/2019 - cephomer Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank from Soltz' magnum at Montauk last nite. A lovely wine. On the full bodied side. Lots of ripe fruit, with good complexity, excellent acidity level and overall great balance. A delicious wine that was enjoyed by all.
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4/15/2019 - Topper wrote: 95 Points
I've always loved this wine. Even have a couple still left and have no worry that they won't be great fro a few more years. Citrus, a hint of strawberry, a touch of butterscotch, great volume in the mouth, long laser-like finish. What's not to like here. For me, a great Corton Charlie is a thing of beauty and this one seldom disappoints.
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2/15/2019 - dav_slu Likes this wine: 95 Points
bright & fresh, delicious acidity, perfectly balanced
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12/23/2018 - King Julien wrote: 95 Points
Decanted 1 hour. Outstanding nose and palate to match over the following two hours.
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12/15/2018 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 93 Points
With an intense aromatic profile of orange zest, green apples, butterscotch and wet stones, this medium golden Chardonnay is just hitting its stride. Freshly acidic, medium-bodied, seamlessly alcoholic (14%) and with nicely integrated oak, it delivers flavors mirroring the nose, adding notes of ginger and coriander. Dense on the mid-palate, it goes on to a lengthy finish with good lift. This should continue to show nicely for several more years. Drink now-2023.
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11/18/2018 - jsebiri wrote:
Another very nice bottle of wine. Keep drinking until they are gone.
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10/16/2018 - jsebiri wrote:
Cut above , non Cali , premium wine. A lot of acid , small fruit , multi-dimensional flavors and taste. Really in a good place , drink.
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9/3/2018 - Parrish02 wrote: 94 Points
Labor Day Burgundy Insanity at Paulee du Hersh 9/1-2/18 (Denver, CO): Lovely example of Corton Charlie. Incredibly well balanced with a silky mouth feel.
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9/2/2018 - Burgundy Mitch wrote: 95 Points
Gorgeous bottle, full bodied, ripe, complex, delicious, crowd pleasing style but just plain great White Burg with acidity and minerality to provide balance. Had it in early September at LPDH2 and this just nudged out the 05 BDM CC by a hair. 05 whites get a bad rap but when their not pox’d, I’m a fan. Ripeness is not a flaw. Over-ripeness is.
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9/2/2018 - BradE wrote:
My bottles of this have been sub-par, so it was great to drink a bottle that showed perfect. Very nice.
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8/25/2018 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
Eu Ming's Birthday (Bee Heong Palace, Singapore): Poorest showing out of 3 bottles I had so far. It was still pretty good, but just felt a touch heavy and old school next to a lovely bottle of 2013 Ponsot Corton-Charlemagne that was served alongside. The nose was certainly more mature, with hints of honey amidst ripe yellow fruited notes, and then a nice line of chalky minerality that mirrored the Ponsot's. The palate was clearly marked by the hot vintage though. It had certainly had the poise and balance one would expect of a Henri Boillot, but suffered against the effortless cut and definition of the Ponsot, coming across both richer and less precise, maybe even a bit clumsier, with big flavours of yellow fruit and ripe lemons leading into full finish replete with more ripe yellow fruits. Thankfully, this was underlined with a nice minerality which I really liked. For a 2005, there had a good amount of fresh acidity, which I think bodes well for the future, so all in all a pretty good wine, but unfortunately put into the shadows by the Ponsot when both where served blind together.
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4/27/2018 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Served blind. Very flinty, big mouthfeel with oak well integrated, lemony mineral finish. This is from a serious producer. Reveal was a pleasant surprise, haven't had this wine in some years and good as it was before, it's clearly more complex now. At peak, drink up.
Day 2: lifeless by comparison to day before, very flat. Not bad but nowhere near the soaring heights of yesterday.
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4/4/2018 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Dinner with Henri Boillot (Chicago, IL): Of the Corton Charlies tonight, this had the most reticent nose. There was still a minute hint of reduction here, as well as a little bit of oak, and the fruit characteristics here were a little muted. The palate was also surprisingly closed. I thought there would be much more exuberance and fleshiness from a 2005 chardonnay, but it turns out this is about as taciturn as a 2005 Corton rouge. The true form of this wine seems to be ripe and fat, but right now it's still tightly bound in a straitjacket of some sort. However, despite the riper fruit here, there's still a good vein of acidity.
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2/18/2018 - SteveVermeer Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wonderful wine, we drank it with chicken thighs with apple and wild rice and it couldn't have been better. Lite straw color with a generous nose of fruit and mineral. The flavors backed this up with citrus, apple, stone fruits and a backbone of minerals. The flavor lasted a minute or two. I don't think you need to be in a hurry, but I also don't think it will get much better. Enjoy
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1/19/2018 - King Julien wrote: 94 Points
From 375ml, popped and poured into decanter. Very nice for a couple hours until it was gone, both nose and palate.
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12/25/2017 - BradE wrote:
A decent bottle, but didn't rise to the level I've experienced with this wine.
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11/3/2017 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Relaxing Saturday Lunch @ Mizuki (Mizuki, Ngee Ann City): A bit advanced, but very nice. The nose had still quite a bit of oak on it, with toasty, spicy woody accents and a waft of almond nuts drifting about a core of white fruit and white chocolate. It was big and powerful on palate, all creamily textured, with a sunny ripeness and stone fruited sweetness on the forefront matched with a nutty brioche midpalate and a spicy, nutty finish that lingered nicely in the mouth. Big and muscular, yet decently balanced and surprisingly ready to drink, this was a pleasure. Not one to keep for the long term though.
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10/16/2017 - J o e wrote: 96 Points
Very light yellow with a clear rim. This is my fourth and final bottle, and by far the best. Even with minimal aeration, powerful notes of white flowers, citrus fruits and a whiff of matchstick are readily apparent. On the palate, this medium-bodied wine is stacked with pears, lime, and tons of minerals. It finishes very long, and in the process it coats every nook and cranny with what feels like a liquified rock cocktail. This bottle is incredibly impressive, and very young to boot. Unfortunately, my previous three experiences with this wine ranged from undrinkable (oxidized) to good, but not great. This one is flat-out great! 96.
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8/9/2017 - BrianNH Likes this wine: 92 Points
No signs of prem-ox, very mineral, rich flavour. Rather young in its flavour and taste profile, quite structured, a bit hot (alcohol 14%). I would guess this will improve over a couple of years, I don't see this as waning in contrast to some other tasting notes here.
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8/1/2017 - BradE wrote:
This was brilliant. Rich, nutty, and very Corton Charlemagne. Simply delicious, and we all loved it.
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2/1/2017 - Phitz wrote:
My last 375 mL, too - in a great place and certainly a delightful something to pour out of half bottle while the meal prep is on. This producer/format/vintage-quality combination is something that is worth doing in other years for that very reason.
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12/21/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
My last 375ml bottle. Better than the last, this was fresh, powerful and concentrated. Long and vibrant. Great after dinner with cheese.
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12/8/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
During a Christmas lunch. Medium yellow Boom, rich and in your face Chard nose with vanilla, oak, flowers and white fruit. Medium-full bodied palate, great mid mouth presence, aromatic and good finish. Good wine, unfortunately I am not a Chard person. Score 2-3 points higher if you are.
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11/5/2016 - DrinkBordeaux wrote: 92 Points
First dinner of the L.A. wine trip (The Bazaar at SLS, Beverly Hills, California): From a magnum. Started out a bid reductive, with a flinty, match-stick streak. Lots of citrus, lemon peel, oyster shell, wet stone, and minerality. Medium weight on the palate, but with a bit of a thin streak on the finish. I would drink this now if you have it.
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7/28/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Corton-Charlemagne at the Lieu-dit Cru Annual(ish) Blind White Dinner (The Bristol - Chicago IL): Served blind in flight. Great spice and ripe fruit aromas with floral charm. Good flavors, but clearly less exciting overall. More fat, less nuance. Moderate weight. Less exciting than previous bottles from the same case.
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7/20/2016 - plitton wrote:
Now showing some age but still enjoyable. Minerals, light oak (getting stale), pairs well with raw oysters.
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3/18/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote:
From 375 ml bottle. Consistent with previous bottles in terms of quality and density of fruit, but my fault for keeping a half-bottle this long, it was certainly showing more maturity than I'd want. But still very tasty and drinkable.
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12/12/2015 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
US Wine Dinner with Friends (Paris Club - Chicago IL): Ripe apple start-to-finish with lots of spice. Well textured with some nice edge and finesse. Good length, drinking nicely now with little age coming through.
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4/16/2015 - conviction buy Likes this wine: 93 Points
Pale golden, creamy and nutty smoky nose. Wow, superb concentration, and yet finely balanced, pin point acidity with sweetness just balanced each other off, then comes the fresh white floral aroma with some wood spice. Very bold but has finesse. Lovely!
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4/11/2015 - johnh1001 wrote: 93 Points
Bright and forward nose of citrus and wet stone. Touch of popcorn. Very clean and precise on the palate. Somehow the palate depth does not match the nose, but love the flavor profile.
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4/8/2015 - premiercruclasse wrote: 89 Points
Consumed at home with Thai takeout. I was expecting to be blown away by this, but it was a very underwhelming white wine. Maybe I had a flawed bottle or something, but I don't think so. No evidence of seepage or heat damage. Tasted and smelled just like an ordinary $20 grocery store wine.
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3/14/2015 - ttriant Likes this wine: 95 Points
floral and subtle citrus flavors. drink now to 2020
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2/18/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
Northern Rhones (Strip Club Meat and Fish, St. Paul, MN): Light-medium gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. This was rather oaky on the nose and palate, with the latter being rather angular and sharp. Patience paid off as the nose opened and showed some nice white flowers eventually along with lemon, light toast and mineral. The palate improves and softens but still retains the dominating oak with lemon and citrus luring in the background. This wasn't quite as good as a bottle a few months back. Needs more time to resolve, assuming everything else holds together.
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9/20/2014 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine:
HDH Auction (Restaurant Tru, Chicago, IL): Didn't spend much time with this either. I can say I liked the nose a lot. Adrian remarked that it was very Coche-like, and I agreed. Big nose with lemon, salty popcorn and spices - cayenne and other red-brown. powerful. The palate was leaner and less Coche-like but also excellent. Lemon, lime, some cool herbs. Very flinty and minerally.
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9/20/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Wines Tasted at HDH Auction (Tru - Chicago IL): Opened this today because of our oxidized bottle of Boillot 2005 Montrachet from the other night. From 375 ml bottle. Very ripe apple with lemon and lime peel aromas complemented with savory spice. Slightly less intense flavors, but still great fruit that is well bolstered by minerality and acidity.
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9/20/2014 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
HDH auction tasting at Tru (Chicago, IL): From half bottle. Smells like Coche's popcorn. Thought it was Coche based on that nose. But then when you taste it you see where the difference lies. This is big and brash, but doesn't have the same concentration that a Coche might. This has lots of potential, and given the good hit of sulphur you get on the nose, I imagine I wouldn't be too worried about the pox striking this wine.
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9/20/2014 - tooch wrote: 94 Points
HDH Auction (Tru - Chicago, IL): Dazzling nose that combines some whispy sulphur notes with pristine and precise lemons, flint, and limes. The palate is razor sharp. Acidity is off the charts here and feels almost like a crisp Chablis. Lots of love here and if premox wasn't an issue, I would say leave this alone for 10+ years.
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8/24/2014 - godx wrote:
La Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin (Vancouver) - Summer Luncheon 2014 (Vancouver, BC): This was drinking very well today. Not a big fan of the 05 whites in general, but this one was performing well. Lusher in profile but good acidity and bits of citrus and minerals. Not going to be a long term ager but there's no need to wait as this is in the zone right now. Very nice.
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8/2/2014 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points
My last btl and another stellar experience. Unfortunately, we came up against a hard clock time to leave for McCartney and I ended up dumping almost a full glass. That was a bummer as this was evolving nicely over the 45 minutes or so we had it open. Grand Cru vibrance and power all the way along with a laser beam of minerality. Great depth of fruit flavors ranging between citrus and stone. It was a special night going to see McCartney again with it being the 1st show for my wife and son. Wish I had got started sooner on this wine though. All of sudden, the lots of time, we thought we had evaporated. Guess we were just having too good a time trading stories and talking about music etc. Happy to have shared it will fellow local wine geek Kevin and his wife though. Kevin and I could have bored our wives to tears with wine geekdom but we managed to stay focused on a just having a fun pre-concert evening.
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8/2/2014 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Light - medium gold color. Drank 2 glasses over an hour. I didnt take detailed notes, but this was quite nice. Toasty oak on the nose ,distinct minerality, citrus , white peach, spice. The palate is sophisticated and elegant with citrus, lemon, citrus zest and some stone fruit, toasted oak and spice. Long fresh finish. 92÷ to 93pts.
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6/30/2014 - plitton wrote: 94 Points
Soft and mineral driven. Great balance in a light to medium body. Long gentle finish.
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2/25/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
From 375. Lots of powerful orchard fruit aromas with lots of spice, still showing a bit of new oak on nose. Same lush and powerful flavors, with a hint of lemon peel on finish. Great length and balance.
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7/24/2013 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 94 Points
Montose Dinner (89, 90, 95, 96, 99, 00, 01, 05) Plus Others: Pale yellow color. Awesome nose featuring citrus fruit, honey, smoke and mineral. In the mouth this has great intensity from the attack through the finish. Expansive flavors, surprisingly elegant and perfectly balanced. Beautiful finish with long, ringing flavors.
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7/24/2013 - chablis28 wrote: 92 Points
Opened ahead but did not decant. Left cork out for about an hour prior to drinking. Decant might have been a good call in hindsight. Medium gold color. Nice clean floral nose. Very fresh and in great youthful condition. Perhaps even a little tight at this point. Nice minerality, herb and citrus flavors on a lively bead of acidity. I enjoyed an earlier btl in 2010 much more and suspect this is semi closed. One left that I'll wait till at least 2016 or later to open. Very elegant and promising.
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7/22/2013 - BradE wrote:
A crowd favorite, and drank really well.
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7/3/2013 - BradKNYC wrote:
Todd Waldmann comes to town and we eat and drink well at Suzanne's. (Suzanne & Kenny's): Wow. Mr. Ed after consuming a bucketful of Beefy-Ohs, for those that know the Seinfeld reference. Completely obliterated by sulfur. After forty minutes in the glass one finally gets some nice minerality, a bit of pear and a touch of spicy oak, but the sulfur never stopped playing anything other than a leading role. B-.
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5/20/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: flawed
Not terrible, but clearly somewhat oxidized. Perhaps tasting as around 86 points tonight.
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5/4/2013 - Alex H wrote: 89 Points
Rich vanilla beans with white oak. Cream of butter and milk lifted by ripe lemons with structure and nobility. Grand cru quality. White pepper cream crab sauce
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4/26/2013 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
My Birthday Celebration (Park Palace, Grand Park Hotel): This was terrific, starting with a captivating nose of white fruit and cream laced with touches of honey, white pepper and a lovely streak of gunflint. The palate was clearly Grand Cru quality. Really lovely, with a rich, wonderfully creamy texture, yet underscored by solid acidity and lovely shape and grip for a 2005 white, with a lemony brightness running through deep, persistent, mouthfilling flavours of bread fruit and apple flesh. Really powerful, compelling stuff. Not quite as chiselled as from the very best vintages maybe, yet this was still nicely balanced and beautifully focused, from attack all the way into a superbly long finish, with dollops of cream over a bedrock of flinty mineral and spice that stretched far and away into the distance. Wow. This was way, way too young. If I had any criticism, it was still a bit narrow in expression and lacking complexity at the moment. 5 years' time though, and this may well be world-beating.
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3/17/2013 - thomaskeil wrote: 93 Points
These CCs never cease to enthrall. Deepening yellow in color. Nose leads with mineral followed by citrus, white fruit, flowers, spice/smoke. Palate is precise, yet expansive in its expression and length. Very elegant and inspiring. Other CTers say there's more oomph to come. I have no reason to doubt this.
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3/16/2013 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beginning to show a little bottle age but still not as open as the '06. Firm and crisp but now showing a bit more mature notes of lemon oil, caramel, clove and hazelnuts all wrapped by good tension and concentration. Finishes complex and tingly with classic notes of chalky minerals and wet stone. Needs another year or two to fully uncoil. 92+
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3/1/2013 - -E- wrote: 92 Points
Leflaive vertikal: (Blind) Klar, strågul med grønnskjær. Mild, nydelig nese med sitrus, tangerin og vaniljesukker. Slank og stram frukt med et transparent uttrykk.Frisk syre.Tynner litt ut i avslutningen, med lett, bitre toner.
92/93 P
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9/10/2012 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Lieu-dit Cru "Blind White" Dinner Featured the Wine of Henri Boillot (L2O - Chicago IL): Tasted blind in a (mostly) Boillot Corton-Charlemagne flight. An exceptional Corton-Charlemagne with lots of classic and intense character. Apple and lemon aromas with plenty of oak spice. Great density and intensity on palate, but also sensational acidity, energy and minerality. Long and powerful finish. Still has some upside from here, but close to its peak drinking window.
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4/4/2012 - sdchevs Likes this wine: 92 Points
Older Chardonnay nose; oaky; round, ripe; rich finish; mid-high viscosity. w/seared sea scallops, lobster risotto
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2/22/2012 - gutt22 wrote:
Very youthful. Light yellow color. Wound up tightly on the nose in a cloak of minerals is a really attractive nose of green apple fruit and light spice. It's muted on the nose right now. On the palate, though, this is a wine of tremendous power and refinement. This has tremendous purity and strong concentration, but it's the laser-like mouth feel, pure fruit, and bright structure that makes this wine so appealing. It needs a bit more time, but it is a winner for sure. A-/A
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12/1/2011 - Rupert wrote:
Overshadowed by the Leflaive which made this come over a bit confected, lighter, lemony, powdery, and as it emerged from the Leflaive shadow really very fine
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10/6/2011 - Alex G. wrote:
Awesome length and precision, not at all a fat '05. Structured and elegant, pretty white flower nose, lots of minerality.
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8/10/2011 - carlwhat wrote:
awesome bottle. great perfumed nose, lemony in the mouth with fine finishing acidity. elegant and yet had weight, with an extra long finish. really a fine bottle.
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7/29/2011 - MatthewF wrote:
30th Birthday Dinner #1 (Charlie Trotter's, Chicago IL): Popped and poured. Lighter straw color. Aromatics of ripe, juicy lemon, crushed stone, white flowers, oyster shell. Rich, medium bodied palate with lemon custard flavors and a bit of vanilla. Moderate finish. Quite youthful. Very nice wine.
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5/8/2011 - Jossik wrote: 89 Points
Inizialmente al naso note erbacee e carnose, quasi arrosto di vitello al timo e rosmarino, poi note piriche, latta di pomodoro e arancia candita. Ancora un bel po' indietro, bocca un po' pesantina in cui si percepisce molto legno
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4/16/2011 - Operations wrote: 93 Points
Wonderful strength and length. Extreme minerality and definition. Impeccable balance. Will warrant a higher score in 3-4 years.
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3/13/2011 - Vinotas wrote:
Lightly golden color, with aromas of bright lemon, some light honey, and chalk at first. OK, same on the palate, maybe we're OK... I poured this into a bottle-shaped decanter and let it sit about 2 hours while dinner was made (dover sole with butter, lemon and parsley along with boiled potatoes). When I poured it, the texture seemed to have become thicker, more oily, with more notes of honey but also some bright honeysuckle, golden apple, soft wood and bright lemon, all of these wrapped around a core of chalky mineral and a medium-length finish. The honeyed aspect had me worried at first, until it seemed to come together with the other notes and become a crescendo of beautiful tastes. My one caveat is that it did seem slightly less complex that I'd expected, having had excellent versions of this previously. I'm just happy it wasn't premoxed, and as expected it went perfectly with the fish.
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3/10/2011 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 96 Points
Winter's Weakening Death Grip: Wow, has this improved since I last had it about four years ago. Pale yellow color. Awesome nose giving a unique expression of aromas featuring citrus fruit, honey, toasty oak/smoke, mineral and cut grass(?). Most intense and while hard to describe, easy to love. In the mouth this has great intensity from the attack through the finish. Expansive flavors surprise given this seems barely mid-weight and amazingly elegant. Perfectly balanced. Beautiful finish with long, ringing flavors. This is a first class white Burgundy, and probably the best Corton-Charlemagne I've ever had.
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3/10/2011 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points
Popped and poured. Like my first btl this wine is amazing. Still a pale straw gold color. This btl was very fresh and youthfull but also showing great complexity, class and purity. Beautiful, energetic and powerful. Faultless! I think I should wait a few yrs before trying another btl but it is impressive right now too.
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7/26/2010 - Pknut wrote:
Not the last dinner at Rothmann's (NYC): Lots of new wood still on the surface. Good raw materials, but needs some time to integrate. I'm drinking some on the second night, and it's still showing new wood, along with cool lemon sorbet and butter cream. There is some acidic tension in here, particularly on the finish, that does an admirable job standing up to the softened, more contoured palate. Try again in a couple of years, hopefully the oak will have integrated.
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6/1/2010 - Operations wrote: 92 Points
Perfect balance, long finish, grand cru quality.
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2/7/2010 - JPF16 wrote: 95 Points
I am no white burg expert but I really liked this wine, still light gold in color with a really nice nose. On the palate it had a nice hint of mineral and maybe just the slightest bit of oak, the fruit was all there... the only downside was maybe just a bit too much acid that gave the wine a slightly tart finish... as I said I'm no expert but this was one I like alot. I'll wait another year at least before i go back to try another.
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2/3/2010 - jeff nowak wrote: 94 Points
likely the most disparate opinion from my great friend kstoddard ever. i felt this was a fabulous burg, clearly developing from my last tasting over a year ago. crushed shale and shells, a fine minerality bolstered with tension filled acid. cellar, if you can.
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11/15/2008 - jeff nowak wrote:
i wanted to try this since i was so smitten by the 05 leflaives. unfortunately, this bottle was showing very little. overtly mineral in it's profile with very reticent fruit. a big burg guy in our group liked it a lot, but felt the fruit was muted, and needed time. duh. NR
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11/14/2008 - kstoddard wrote: 89 Points
Dinner with Paul Jaouen (Guiseppe's on 28th, Phoenix): Boat loads of new French oak on the nose. Apple and lemon fruit on the palate with some cat pee. Possessing a deep minerality. Nice freshness and acidity. Seems a bit out of whack. Needs time for all the components to come together. Could eventually be an outstanding wine but wasn't showing very well today. 14% alcohol.
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11/14/2008 - jivey wrote: 92 Points
Picking up petrol already with vanilla, lechee nut, mineral and lemon really coming thru on the finish. It did seem a bit disjointed on the pallet.
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8/11/2008 - sosgoodjhu wrote: 91 Points
austere, not giving up much on the nose. not much oak, lots of minerality. tasted more like Chablis.
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2/13/2008 - dream wrote: 95 Points
Wow, this wine eeks of Grand Cru with its incredibly broad palate and depth of material. Quite young and powerful with a great lift of fresh acidity balanced by palate-staining fruit. After a lot of air, the wine finishes with haunting charcoal and sulphur-infused minerals. Holding a ton back in reserve and destined to be a classic. 95+
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10/17/2007 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 94 Points
2005 Burgundy Test Drive #1 (Cookshop): Just an explosive nose, a big chunk of which was sulphur but it stayed loudly expressive even after the stink blew off. Unmistakeably grand cru in its broad, palate-slathering richness bejeweled with acute, angular crunchy fruit and finishing long with a touch of oak spice.
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9/23/2007 - peternelson wrote: 92 Points
LAW Burgs: Airplane glue out of the bag--not unpleasant--intriguing; aromatic, floral notes, acacia, white frt under, Int. mth, LONG fin, Brite and crisp now; “green apple,wet stone”; Plenty of power in reserve, a bit closed, but still rockin’ w/that glue char! Give it 4-5 yrs or 10 yrs.
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8/30/2007 - Rupert wrote: 93 Points
A lot of new oak on the nose, but on the palate, this was austere, strongly mineral, tight, but one could sense the power - very very impressive
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6/20/2007 - Siggy wrote: 94 Points
Tasting Group Dinner (112 Eatery, Minneapolis): Initially very tight aromatically. Opened up to reveal intense stone, mineral and citrus/lemon curd flavors. Zesty, racy, and deliciously layered on the palate. Showing a lot of toasty new oak. Long finish. This is obviously still an infant, and I wouldn't be surprised if it closed down over the next year or two. For now, it is drinking really well.
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6/20/2007 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 94 Points
Dinner at 112 Eatery (Boillot, Arnoux, Jadot, Ducru, Lynch, Mondavi, Girardin): Pale yellow color. The nose is not particularly intense, but gives a lovely expression of honey and mineral with a subtle floral note. Very elegant. In the mouth the flavors expand and coat palate with concentrated fruit, honey, butterscoth, and minerality. Great mouth feel. Great balance. Great lingering finish. A first class white burgundy.
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