(Restaurant in Bordeaux) I've experienced a lot of bottle variation with the Clos de la Coulee de Serrant, but this was a very good bottle. Very complex aromatically, fresh with bright acidity, less oxidative in character than many other vintages and bottles. Long, complex, rich while being light, saline. A beautiful wine.
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We decanted the wine about 2 hours before dinner. The wine needed considerable air before it blossomed. Honeysuckle, mountain meadow flowers, hay and hints of flint and stone. it was very crisp and balanced. Very long on the palate. Just an excellent wine but it does require time in a decanter
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Telling tales of oxidation were sherry like aroma traces on the nose and finish. For the rest it still seemed sharply focussed and mineral with fine acidity and backbone. After extracting one glass, I recorked the bottle and placed it back in the fridge to see if a miracle happens after a day's exposure to air. In spite of having once been advised to decant Coulée de S 24 hours in advance, I'm not optimistic.
PS on 3/26/16 - No miracle but a very slight diminution of the sherry odour. Without that it could have been very like what Brad described. A big shame but at 31 years hardly a one-off flawed bottle, so rated.
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Coulée de Serrant-a-thon: 1967 - 1990. (Racines, NYC): A touch of spritz on the palate when first opened had us worried that it may have undergone secondary fermentation, but the wine settled down and showed beautifully with air. Bone dry, crisp and quite similar in profile to the '88 with its green and yellow citrus and mineral character, but the mineral is more flinty and there's an intriguing tarragon note to it. Additionally, there's a little more flesh and roundness to the wine, making it a bit friendlier. A-.
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An enlightening vertical of Clos de la Coulée de Serrant (Racines, NYC): This showed quite a bit of spritz when first poured, which did not detract at all from enjoying it. The spritz dissipated quickly and revealed a fresh, youthful, flinty wine. A bit of pleasing bitterness (I was reminded of citrus pith). Like the 1988, this showed an herbal streak, which added complexity to the grapefruit and lanolin notes. Astoundingly fresh for a 30 year old wine.
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Trenger luft! Utviklet seg veldig i løpet av tre timer på karaffel. Flott honningtone og rene aromaer. Honningtonen gir en illusjon av sødmefull frukt. Litt høy alkohol på finish? Dog en virkelig flott vin.
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Wonderful yellow color turning deep now. Light floral and aromatic nose, that first led me to Rhone. However the acidity of this wine is still vibrant and lifting. It is lacking a bit of width on the palate, and is very focused in the middle of the mouth, but none the less it is concentrated and long here. It shows a very light floral character - like blossom but down toned. It is flying under the radar. It is an elegant and very pleasant wine, which I will taste within too long again.
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A truly amazing wine. Golden colour. Strange nose with seafood (shrimp skins and oyster shells), algae and ocean. Very intense taste with grapefruit and a lively acidity. Very complex and interresting. Despite its age it still has a long life ahead of it.
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Very intense and versatile nose. Sulfur, apple, cheese, lots of minerals, rubber, grease, you name it this got it. Palate had still lots of acidity with fruitiness in the background. Has slightly oxidated character with lot's of terroir. Interesting and delightful, but demanding wine.
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Mature nose of seashells, varnish and leesiness. Also hints of cucumber, ginger, meadow flowers and some elegant toasted aromas of chestnuts and almonds. Chalky foundation. Rather fullbodied with an almost omnipresent acidity. The fruit stars out rather thin, but picks up the pace bringing lovely refreshing notes of ripe citrusses, green apples and even apricots. The joyous liveliness pushes through the aged and slightly oxidated character beautifully. Varnish, spices, chestnuts and almonds. Huge chalky presence and a seriously terroir-driven style. Just a superb wine: beautiful and challenging at the same time. Tasted blind - and I actually did write down Savennières. But I honestly didn't think this to be this old. Decanted one hour beforehand and the wine only kept getting better. Plenty of life ahead.
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Intensely mineral aroma of crushed gravel, flint, gunpowder, and chalk, with a chalk-spackled palate contributing to a sense of freshness, which complements a more advanced butterscotch accent to the fruit. It feels dry but that honeyed aspect gives it the sumptuousness of something sweeter.
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12/9/2019 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Waxy and round.
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8/16/2019 - ccn Likes this wine: 93 Points
(Restaurant in Bordeaux) I've experienced a lot of bottle variation with the Clos de la Coulee de Serrant, but this was a very good bottle. Very complex aromatically, fresh with bright acidity, less oxidative in character than many other vintages and bottles. Long, complex, rich while being light, saline. A beautiful wine.
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8/11/2019 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 93 Points
We decanted the wine about 2 hours before dinner. The wine needed considerable air before it blossomed. Honeysuckle, mountain meadow flowers, hay and hints of flint and stone. it was very crisp and balanced. Very long on the palate. Just an excellent wine but it does require time in a decanter
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4/21/2017 - LWI wrote: 89 Points
Camphor, honey, exotic spices at first; concentrated, high extract, decent length
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3/25/2016 - eboracum wrote: 80 Points
Telling tales of oxidation were sherry like aroma traces on the nose and finish. For the rest it still seemed sharply focussed and mineral with fine acidity and backbone. After extracting one glass, I recorked the bottle and placed it back in the fridge to see if a miracle happens after a day's exposure to air. In spite of having once been advised to decant Coulée de S 24 hours in advance, I'm not optimistic.
PS on 3/26/16 - No miracle but a very slight diminution of the sherry odour. Without that it could have been very like what Brad described. A big shame but at 31 years hardly a one-off flawed bottle, so rated.
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9/18/2015 - BradKNYC wrote:
Coulée de Serrant-a-thon: 1967 - 1990. (Racines, NYC): A touch of spritz on the palate when first opened had us worried that it may have undergone secondary fermentation, but the wine settled down and showed beautifully with air. Bone dry, crisp and quite similar in profile to the '88 with its green and yellow citrus and mineral character, but the mineral is more flinty and there's an intriguing tarragon note to it. Additionally, there's a little more flesh and roundness to the wine, making it a bit friendlier. A-.
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9/18/2015 - mdefreitas wrote: 94 Points
An enlightening vertical of Clos de la Coulée de Serrant (Racines, NYC): This showed quite a bit of spritz when first poured, which did not detract at all from enjoying it. The spritz dissipated quickly and revealed a fresh, youthful, flinty wine. A bit of pleasing bitterness (I was reminded of citrus pith). Like the 1988, this showed an herbal streak, which added complexity to the grapefruit and lanolin notes. Astoundingly fresh for a 30 year old wine.
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10/22/2014 - stiang Likes this wine: 92 Points
Trenger luft! Utviklet seg veldig i løpet av tre timer på karaffel. Flott honningtone og rene aromaer. Honningtonen gir en illusjon av sødmefull frukt. Litt høy alkohol på finish? Dog en virkelig flott vin.
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7/31/2013 - Vintjener Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wonderful yellow color turning deep now.
Light floral and aromatic nose, that first led me to Rhone. However the acidity of this wine is still vibrant and lifting. It is lacking a bit of width on the palate, and is very focused in the middle of the mouth, but none the less it is concentrated and long here.
It shows a very light floral character - like blossom but down toned. It is flying under the radar.
It is an elegant and very pleasant wine, which I will taste within too long again.
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12/5/2010 - mmh wrote: 91 Points
A truly amazing wine. Golden colour. Strange nose with seafood (shrimp skins and oyster shells), algae and ocean. Very intense taste with grapefruit and a lively acidity. Very complex and interresting. Despite its age it still has a long life ahead of it.
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12/3/2010 - Solde wrote:
Very intense and versatile nose. Sulfur, apple, cheese, lots of minerals, rubber, grease, you name it this got it. Palate had still lots of acidity with fruitiness in the background. Has slightly oxidated character with lot's of terroir. Interesting and delightful, but demanding wine.
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12/3/2010 - avp wrote:
Mature nose of seashells, varnish and leesiness. Also hints of cucumber, ginger, meadow flowers and some elegant toasted aromas of chestnuts and almonds. Chalky foundation.
Rather fullbodied with an almost omnipresent acidity. The fruit stars out rather thin, but picks up the pace bringing lovely refreshing notes of ripe citrusses, green apples and even apricots. The joyous liveliness pushes through the aged and slightly oxidated character beautifully. Varnish, spices, chestnuts and almonds. Huge chalky presence and a seriously terroir-driven style.
Just a superb wine: beautiful and challenging at the same time. Tasted blind - and I actually did write down Savennières. But I honestly didn't think this to be this old. Decanted one hour beforehand and the wine only kept getting better. Plenty of life ahead.
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1/9/2008 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 93 Points
Intensely mineral aroma of crushed gravel, flint, gunpowder, and chalk, with a chalk-spackled palate contributing to a sense of freshness, which complements a more advanced butterscotch accent to the fruit. It feels dry but that honeyed aspect gives it the sumptuousness of something sweeter.
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