Either past its prime by a long shot or oxidized. Regardless, not drinkable. Decanted for an hour to see if it rebounded, nope. Slight improvement but still nasty. Been in my cellar about 15 years. Drag. Have a few more, lets hope this was an anomaly!
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Popped and poured. These continue to be outstanding. Pretty focused nose. Crisp, deep and complex wine with lemon, minerals and a little sea salt. Great cut and length. Grand cru stuffing. Drinking at peak.
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Bought on release. A wedding year wine. Pop and pour. Drunk over several hours.
First off I thankful this was not Premoxed. I've watched the color of this wine for years and it has remained good. My last '07 Fevre.
A lovely mature nose. It's nutty and a little honeyed with seashells, orchard fruit, and a nice vein of chalk. Mid plus weighted with a Grand Cru sense of gravitas without heaviness on the palate with more mature nutty and yellow orchard more than citrus fruit. It's chalky and rich with beautifully balanced acidity Everything is pretty seamless and very well made. It's drinking at a beautiful, mature peak. That said it lacks a little excitement, a trait I tend to feel in Fevre's wines. Technically outstanding but lacking a little mystery to make it compelling. Still delicious and I am picking nits for sure. Terrific with a simple roasted chicken. Drink now.
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Oxidized, so not as brilliant as it could have been. However, all of the elements are still there - orchard fruit, chalky minerality, and well balanced structure, albeit a bit richer and nuttier than anticipated. Still very much alive and delicious with our meal.
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La Paulee 2023: From magnum. Haven’t had an old Fevre for a while, was commenting that I bought a bunch from HK when I was first getting into wine but they are all gone unfortunately. Still brilliant, quite big and honeyed for a Chablis but not in any way oxidised. Round citrus fruit, still had good tension despite its age.
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Drank alongside the 2007 Preuses. This Clos was wide open for business and in a great zone. Showed a bit richer than the Preuses. Both of these bottles showed extremely well and gained complexity over the course of the afternoon.
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Decanted for ~3-hrs prior to serving. Took a sniff of the bouquet whilst emptying the wine into the Voss bottle; Not good - a tad "advanced" with slight notes of sherry/nuts, cooked/cooling barley/chrysanthemum. Hoped that it'll "clean/tighten up" by the time it's served during dinner... Anyhow, the "advanced" scents persisted throughout, but palate was still absolutely fine - rich, layered, minerality in spades with a tinge of oily texture. Nevertheless, I felt it was still a pity with the nose not at the level/state that I was hoping for (btls that I've opened/tried 2016 and prior)...
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Lovely expressive complex nose with lemon, pear and flower honey, which add sweetness to the wine. It's just fresh, fat and vibrant with a lot of energy. Has at the same time a lot of power, but feels weight less. A pretty long finish thats as it sits in the glass feels more citrus based with plenty of acidity. Keep it cool. This is pure and excellent.
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Decanted for ~2-hrs before pouring. Medium yellow, this also nosed a sign of some age with notes of bruised-apples and bits of chrysanthemum. Very good and rounded fruit intensity on the palate, with great (but not protruding) freshness/acidity to boot/balance. With time in the glass, the bits of chrysanthemum scents receded to the background as the wine tightened up, showcasing new scents/taste of chalk & stones & white-peaches and even becoming a bit more chiseled too. A very nice showing!
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Dégustation Open Dreamer Style chez Simon B: Très beau Chablis qui ne fait pas son âge ce soir. Un bouquet des plus aérien comme si l'on respirait l'air salin et de coquillages lorsque nous marchons près de la mer. Belle fraîcheur et tension, j'aime bien!
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A mature chablis with lots of complexity...for some reason I find that I prefer my chablis younger while cote de beaune whites on the mature side...but it was good nonetheless
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SLDS February 2021: Toast, spice and white florals on the nose. Good intensity on the palate, freshness remains in tact with nice length. Not complex but in a good spot to drunk now.
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A beauty, no premox. Seashells, creamy and light almond on the finish. V. nice and more developed than the recent '10 les Clos which was also terrific.
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I have gone back and forth between excellent bottles of this and premoxed. This one is excellent. Nice subtle nose of white flowers, saline and sea shells. The wine has reached early maturity but still has many years ahead. Lovely mid weight flavors of white peach and minerals come through. The wine is beautifully layered, elegant and complex. Probably the best bottle I have had of this wine.
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Brilliant medium golden yellow in color. Restrained aromas of sea shells, honeysuckle, green herbs, hint of yellow citrus and wet stone. A very linear and savory palate reveals good depth to the yellow citrus, shrimp reduction, briny sea water, good acidity and a long honeyed and mineral laden finish. Whew! This has aged well..., no premox issues.
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i may have gotten lucky, but this was a glorious bottle. nice minerality and cut. long finish. some aged notes creeping in, but good bottles of this have a ways to go.
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Gorgeous, concentrated, riper style of Chablis and this is in a very good place now without a hint of premox for this bottle. Paired phenomenally with some King Crab and drawn butter.
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Some aromas of apricot, honey, and beeswax. There's something almost a little tropical about the aroma. Very nice and together on the nose. Palate is nice and round, with a nearly luscious body, but then a quick attack of very acidic preserved lemons that counterpoints that body so perfectly. Really pristine counterpoint. The palate is the best part of his wine. The finish is rich and voluminous as well, with wonderful lemon covered dried apricots and voluminous acidity that travel deep down the rabbit hole on the finish. I saved a small glass for day two, when this note was taken, and it was definitely more together and complex on day two. So, this still calls for a bit of air, I suppose. Very lovely indeed, but it does require attention.
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Not premoxed, but not as good as it should be. Drinks like a decent premier cru, not a top vintage Clos. I guess on its downslope and time to drink up.
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Same btl as R&Rler. There was a difference of opinion about this wine tonight. I'm mostly in agreement with R&Rler. For me, this particular btl was fully mature but showed no signs of oxidation I was in fact surprised when a couple other buds of mine raised the specter of pre-mo? Maturing but healthy gold color! For me this wine exhibited full on Grand Cru concentration and depth. Yes, this btl may have been on the verge of a downside but tonight is was compelling and tasty. Both the palate and nose offered up tide pool salinity, citrus, regal minerality and energetic of elegant finesse to boot. Just goes to show, a bunch of Chablis lovers can still experience a particular btl differently. Even a group of avowed Fevre lovers.
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Mixed Wines at Joan's In Them Park (Joan's in the Park, St. Paul, MN): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass over 45 minutes. Seems like I've been waiting forever to drink this bottle. I didn't get the impression that anyone else liked it as much as i did, but that's fine with me. We drank this in a flight of the '07 with the '14. There was certainly a contrast with the '14 be very primary and tightly coiled - and a wine I love, but still find that when drinking side by side with a more aged wine, that I prefer the benefit age and complexity. MY '07 disappeared quickly and then I was quite happy to work on my '14. Both great ways to say the least. My first thought on the nose of the '07 was wow, holy see air Batman!! This is just bursting with a nose that feels like your on the edge of the ocean with a stiff breeze blowing oyster shells in your face. Then there's the lemon, lemon zest, seashells, earth, green aple and refined brine that makes up the palate and a lengthy finish. 94+ to 95pts.
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With Estie for dinner at the Tabb's home. PnP. Light gold in color, Citrus and apples on the nose. Fresh lime, oyster shells and a touch of tangerine on the palate. Gravelly minerals are noticeable in the background. Good finish.
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Pale gold color. Nose initially closed but eventually yielded scents of oyster shell, sea air, and grapefruit. Palate also took a while to open, but after 2 hours was offering elements of lime, grapefruit, and granny apple amidst loads of mineral and rock. No premox, thankfully. If may be advisable to decant for 2-3 hours. Good bottle.
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Unlike the 2005, which I found consistently and mildly underwhelming, this is stunningly good and very much has the wow factor. Fantastically complex nose, wonderful mineral purity on the palate and one hell of a finish that goes on for a very long time. It's an invigorating mix of being rich and powerful on the one hand and fantastically fresh and focussed on the other. Brilliant winemaking.
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Phew! After a premox on the last one this is a good bottle. Needs about 10 or 15 minutes to blow off some funny flavors after which it’s glorious. This has a somewhat tropical nose with pineapple, lime and floral touches coming through. The palate is mature and delicious with a nice mineral core. I would be drinking these in the next two to three years.
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Light gold in color, a little tight on the nose and palate but beginning to show some signs of age. Best at cellar temp and needs a good decant to unfurl. I’d hold rather than open right now if this bottle is any indication. Excellent if you prefer them young but has the structure to become great with time.
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Gave me a bit of a scare when I saw staining on the cork after cutting the capsule. Thankfully the wine was great! Started out with a hint of bitterness on the palate but that faded with more air. Bright citrus and mineral notes with good balance.
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Last bottle of three...first one in 2013 was amazingly fresh and everything you'd want in GC Chablis...next in 2015 was poxed...drinkable, but definitely advanced...this last bottle probably somewhere in between. Whiff of sherry on the nose...reminds me of an older Krug...the fruit is waxy apple and ripe pear, with nice sour and tart green apple...GC weight with vanilla butter creme, aged dried honey and nuts...yet still tingly fresh with a burst of energetic lemon citrus, and chalky limestone dust...perfect sea air funk as well. If you don't pre-jack yourself on the nose...it gains and gains...and is a very acceptable, slightly aged Clos, that pleases. If you spent Rav $, you'd be disappointed...but Fevre $...happy!
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Medium-pale yellow in color. Precise aromas of citrus oils, sea shells, chalk and white flowers. Linear and focused in the mouth showing briny citrus, nut oils, good acidity, hint of honey and a long mineral laden and saliva inducing finish.
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Das ist ein toller Chablis! Konzentrierte und sehr interessante Nase, Bananen, Kumquats, Vanille. Am Gaumen präzise Mineralik, tolle, tragende Säure, hat Spannung und Länge. Ein wirklich grosser Weisswein!
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Lighter golden color. Beautiful notes of tangerine, lemon, some sweet spices, oystershell, vanilla and beautiful minerality. Medium-full bodied with medium-high acidity and excllent length. A superb Les Clos that is incredibly fresh and shows no signs of oxidation at all.
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I had hope as my next to last bottle 3 years ago was very clean and slow progressing. Sadly, but not surprisingly, this last one was premoxed. Continue to keep fingers crossed that the implementation of the diam corks with the 2010 vintage will keep me from pouring wine (and money) down the kitchen sink.
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My notes mirror drwine’s from this past summer but perhaps showing more maturity. Comparable rating to the Preuses, but slightly more classically austere. Excellent and time to drink.
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Another incredible showing from this wine. Beautiful amber color and very layered and complex on the palate. Was the right pairing with cheese and grilled swordfish. Very crisp. Can detect a touch of oak on the palate. Delicious.
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I have succeeded in opening this not too cold and it certainly was very rewarding! And incredibly kind and inviting nose of honeyed citrus, roasted almond, mineral(yes on the nose you could smell the same scent that one encounters while hiking and upon seeing a pure water flowing on a rock) on the palate, purity grips your taste buds and makes it shiver from pleasure and the honey/saline sensation is simply marvelous. Super dry and yet the backend is somewhat oily with traces of nut oil singing in the same line as the iodine and flowers. Pure and transparent, yet rich and complex. A superb moment indeed. Cheers,
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Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium-deep lemon colour, with fading rims and legs. Nose: Clean, with pronounced intensity aromas of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of ripe pear, maturity notes of honey, floral notes of acacia, stone fruit of apricot, dairy notes of butter, mineral notes of saline. The wine is fully developed. Palate: Dry with high acidity, the wine has medium alcohol, medium (+) body and pronounced intensity flavors of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of ripe pear, mineral notes of saline, maturity notes of honey, dairy notes of butter. The wine has a long finish. Conclusion: Very good quality Chablis with a great nose of high complexity and concentration, the wine has good development in the nose, but at the same time retaining a nice refreshing note of ripe fruit. On the palate it has good acidity, with good structure and balanced, showing plenty of development too in flavors, with great intensity and a long finish. It is ready to drink now and not meant for further ageing.
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Medium yellow. Complete Chablis nose-cut flowers, a ton of lemon, and herbs. Medium weight. Right at the equipoise between having enough bite to work with simple shellfish and enough heft and breadth to accompany richer fish dishes. Strong, lemony fruit, fine tart acidity, and excellent minerality. In all honesty, this wine has been quite inconsistent over the years, but it was hard to find fault with the last bottle in my stash. Perhaps not at the level of the best examples of Les Clos, but fresh, not yet fully mature, and certainly at Grand Cru level. No Fèvre bashing for this one.
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Light yellow as if it hasn’t aged at all. Nice subtle nose of lemon peel and white flowers. The palate is terrific - lemon, citrus, and minerals in a fairly open knit, slightly hedonistic style but everything at the same time is well balanced and integrated.
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Cellar Work? (Alpharetta, GA): Golden yellow amber; ah yes- no premox, lots of butterscotch and salted caramel, rich, unctuous nose with sea spray behind; palate shows great richness intensity and nobility, intensely mineral and almost tannic, full bodied with great fruit in an undelineated mix of apple pear and citrus; a powerful and delicious wine.
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Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow" #028 Chablis (by DJ): The bouquet is somewhat locked, but shows some butter. On the palate butter, minerals, rich yellow fruits like apricots and citrus, crustacean, very focused and a lot of length. Some caramel. A bit fat and yet elegant. Beautiful wine with a great future. And personally I think it is fun that in my blind note of today I mentioned the crustacean again (like in my also blind note from 2015.
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Medium yellow/gold, quite youthful-looking for 11 yrs old - big nose of Classic Chablis - flinty, chalky, minerally citrus - talc - palate is perfect - exquisite, balanced Chardonnay perfection, so fresh, great definition- big but simultaneously subtle. Has a quiet, noble bearing, as if it knows it doesn't need to do anything but be itself to Wow people - this was a very special bottle!
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very much granny smith apple at the beginning and stays this way for an hour or more, eventually it starts to broaden and show some depth and a little honey at the end. Obviously a pristine bottle, so hard to find these days for many mid age chardonnays. I'd give this bottle if I had the chance a few more years, even five, more, but with the odd chances of getting a sound cork, who knowns for my one remaining.
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Tasted blind. Obviously an older white with its rich hazelnut and butterscotch aromas. On the palate, more grapefruit and apple with a stony core. Intense finish of grapefruit and minerals. Rating: 92.
Guess the wine. Chardonnay. Chablis. 10 years old.
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A stellar bottle providing great purity and lots and lots of complexities. Saline, Iodine, Fresh backbone, and tons of dreamy aromatics and flavos. These days, I was accustomed to be disappointed with F. Fevre but this sure proved me wrong. No doubt that this particular bottle would have kept many more years, but better to open them young than too late! Cheers,
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Although not completely premox (as was the '02 Fevre Bourgros I opened first) it is clearly on its way there. Just barely drinkable, so still a disappointment. I find it hard to convey how depressing it is to find so many of my white burgundies suffering from premature oxidation. It leads me to open one with trepidation these days, & to have another on hand in case. The Burgundian wine industry owes its customers at least a complete explanation for this wide-spread phenomenon, if not some degree of compensation.
Medium yellow. More apple than citrus and some musky saline notes. Marvelous breadth and depth for a 2007 Chablis, and it accomplishes this without the least trace of wood. Ripe fruit, excellent acidity, lots of soil/stone on the finish. Much more complete and exciting than the last bottle, a Clos that would hold its own against other great bottlings. This took on even more structure and grip as it opened, toning down some of the perceived natural sweetness of fruit.
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PnP. Perfect cork and fill. Light greenish gold. Classic nose though perhaps more Chardonnay fruit than sea air and limestone as is typical. Lovely on the palate - nice balance between the Chablis character and a more rounded fruit presentation - modest acidity on the finish to round this out. Last bottle - no premox seen in these. Very nice though possibly past its peak.
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First of nine. Perfect condition, with no off notes.
Great presence and body, but indeterminate in the nose and the tasting palate. Long, indeterminate length, which bodes well for (5 years?) in the future.
Try next in... 2021???
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Tasted alongside of 08 and 09, this was the best of the mini-vertical. Nose got better when slightly warmer with lime blossom, honey lozenges, iodine, citrus (lime/lemon) and some pear. Mineral profile is shining from start to finish with spiced baked pears, lemon/lime and lavender honey. Great tension, no sign of premox. In a great spot but a year or two extra will add some dimension. Paired really well with snow crab.
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Balances lemon and minerals with the oatmeal / cookie-dough characteristic of aging. I've come to realize that I prefer younger Chablis with just the lemon and minerals. But variety is the spice of life, and aged Chablis is good too.
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Seems a bit oxidized- never really changes in the glass- either freshening up or getting worse. Could be a dumb phase, as the oxidation impression is slight- but it does mask any complexity or interest
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Aromas offer nice minerals, lemon. Overall, very nice vibrancy and depth; you can tell there's some wood notes there, but they're pleasantly integrated. Very incredible palate texture; sexy and luscious. Not so much depth of flavor complexity, but the texture makes up for it. Finish dials up with lots of minerals and acidity that blossoms, almost in a rooster tail way. The acid is gorgeous. Love the finish, though. Really enjoyable today and thankfully, no hint of premox.
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PnP. Opened with some trepidation given the pre-mox issues noted by some. However, this bottle was excellent. Crystal clear greenish light gold color. Initially too cold but as it warmed a classic Chablis nose of seashells, limestone, and a hint of lemon emerged. On the palate this was seamless with excellent depth and richness on the mid-palate, and good, but not over the top acidity on the finish. Went beautifully with grilled scallops. This is quite rich and powerful for Chablis, a likely function of the vineyard, and vintage. I would say this is quite enjoyable to drink now, but if you don't have a pre-mox issue, this will continue to age for 3-5 years.
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Oxidized -- and undrinkable from the get-go. So, only one pristine bottle out of six. Will definitely be more wary of all mid '90s to late '00s White Burgundy. Thought that Fevre would be more careful and aware. Also, that auction house (Acker, Merrall & Condit) would have made an effort -- simply Coravin one of the bottles! Definitely Caveat Emptor!!!
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My experience with this bottle reflects my experience on 9/21. This bottle was drinkable upon opening, but was definitely muted (except for the acidity) on the nose, as well as the palate. The last half glass, that we like to linger over after the table is cleared, was oxidized. At that point, the bottle had been opened for just about an hour. This was bottle five of six.
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A big Chablis that poured on the fruit with a rich and hedonistic delivery. Tasting notes are rich, oily, fat, apple,and pear with good focus. This was ready 30 minutes after opening.
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My fourth of six and second drinkable. All the elements of the drinkable bottle from 8/18, but a bit less so. This wine seems to be fading (just a bit) and I would definitely suggest drinking sooner, rather than later.
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This was the best Fevre Les Clos I ever had. Lime and green apple nose, pure with mineral over tones. The palate was almost sweet with the fruit, yet focussed with acidity and limestone notes. Long.
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My last and by far the best of this vintage. Clearly inconsistency between bottles that I see noted elsewhere. Ripe white stoned fruit with lime zest edge. Full and slightly viscous in the mouth with a flinty minerality and dry green capsicum finish. This bottle was excellent. Drink up (with sub at ready) and hopefully enjoy.
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Finally a drinkable bottle! PnP, but improved over first 30 minutes by adding some weight. Plenty of lemon and stony minerality, along with some white flowers and just a touch of honey. A really nice wine -- when it's not oxidized. I would suggest drinking sooner than later.
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Oxidized--Second of what became three bottles to find one drinkable. Purchased six bottles at auction from Acker Merrall, and have three left. Caveat Emptor re: white Burgs pre-2009 or so.
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Final bottle and it feels a bit tired. Like the previous bottles it is light for Les Clos, but with the requisite crisp acidity, a cool mineral core, lemon zest and a hint of salted butter. However, the fruit has developed soft notes of spiced yellow apple and spiced ripe pear that take away the precision and length and seem to indicate a lack of energy and loss of grip. Jancis Robinson already noted in April 2015 that this was on its way down, and she was right, but in Les Clos I am really looking for more longevity. Drink up.
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Paired with BC oysters at Bistro Pastis in Vancouver. A perfect match. This wine is full enough to match the oysters fleshiness and its sea shell aromas and flavors are so complimentary. Grand Cru indeed! Courtesy of Seaquam.
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C'est sec et un brin tendre, l'équilibre y est, ça danse doucement et élégamment sur le palais, en tenant des propos salés...Un Clos plus léger mais de belle prestance. Pas le plus profond, il s'exprime dans la finesse, avec une belle longueur. Il me semble à point quoiqu'il était bien meilleur après une heure d'ouverture. Il prend beaucoup amplitude sur un fromage salé semblable au cheddar, l'accord est délicieux. 92 pts
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No Premox!! Initially slightly closed but after 30 minutes of air started strutting its stuff. Wine has some depth / heft as to confirm its grand cru status, sea shells mixed with a slight granite stone flavor. Very slight hints of maturity though, so I just opened this at a good time as I there is a possibility that this may go downhill in a year or so. Lemon, hazelnut skin, and traces of quine make up the other flavors. Very nice.
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This performed better than I expected - Golden-yellow, this nosed of chalk, minerality, lemons and a tinge of white-flowers & honey. Good freshness on the palate, with the lemony tones following through and ending in a long finish. Very enjoyable!
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Hasn't changed much since December 2014; the nose continues to be expressive and wonderfully classical, but the palate is thinning slightly and I feel that the delivery in the mouth and on the finish now lacks a bit of authority and dimension - especially for Les Clos. Very good Chablis, but drink sooner rather than later.
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Same btl as R&R. I'm in complete agreement with his notes. Loved this btl! Wish now I had grabbed a couple of them for the cellar. This was delicious and fascinating tonight and yet it's current wound up tension promises even more down the road. This should age beautifully.
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Wines That Really, Truly Don't Suck (in the least) (Rocknroller's (Kevin's)): Pale greenish color. Drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. This had plenty of Chablis character. It might have been a tad warm, or it probably have been even more vital. The nose was full of sea air and bracing minerality, lemon, but a bit less fruit showing on the nose. The palate was rather intense, almost a bitingly intense minerality (in a good way), intense, lemon, citrus, lime, fairly full bodied for Chablis, lots of salinity, good mineral driven length. Seems like the best days are still ahead. 92+ to 93pts.
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Still light yellow with a trace of green. Wow, so much pink grapefruit right out of the gate that it almost transports you to Sancerre. It also starts out atypically light and delicate for Les Clos. With air, though, more body appears along with some herbs and orange. What doesn't change is the beautiful underlying acidity and the long finish that is full of soil. In the end, amazingly fresh and nicely detailed, but it just doesn't have the extra oomph of the very best examples of this cru.
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Game dinner with friends and 11 special wines.: Just a few general notes; chalky minerals, crustacean, tight and focused acidity, some nutty flavors. Still locked. Needs time to show its full complexity. Hope to taste again between 2020 and 2024. 92+ for tonight.
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has time ahead in color nose and mouth full, salty, lemony
The wine looks yellow gold colored. It smells like lime, mineral and walnut. The body is medium/full. The wine has angular texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has high acidity.
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Great wine. A little pear, a little citrus, crisp minerality (I called it chalky, my wife said stony). Very long finish. Still, it feels a bit restrained. Wait on the rest of these.
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Lemons and grapefruit, grassy, citrus fragrance on the nose, but the fruit is very restrained in the mouth, almost to the point of being austere. Flinty and stony. High acidity. The fragrance was the most enjoyable aspect.
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i agree with others, this was a good wine (i love chablis) but not great (and certainly not headed for outstanding)… good acid ('07-ish), decent minerals but fruit was missing… was looking for that citrus profile and didn't get it… therefore fell slightly flat on night one, a bit better on night two… happy that i only had one bottle of this but have about two cases combined of the '08 and '10 versions!!
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Chablis-athon (Chicago, IL): Laser-like focus. Green and sharp, like a razor blade. Perhaps a bit less stuff going on than you'd expect, this is really dominated by that acidity. But then again, loads of acidity is a good thing to have in wine. There are some slight green apple notes towards the finish, but don't count on it.
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Poxed! Definitely more advanced than my last bottle…and more sherry than it should be at this age. BUT….to me, not not drinkable! Yes it has nutty sherry, baked apple, dried honey……but it started to drink like a still Krug for me! Still has crisp citrus and crunchy salty minerals….and at times some pretty tasty chalk, florals, green apple, and sea air? Nose is all sherry…but the palate is pleasing….in a Krug style way! Not a total loss…but not really what I want.
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pretty reduced initially but started to give way to fresh grass on the nose. Really ripe waxy soft fruit and the palate was silky smooth. There was this long lingering flavor on the wine but it wasn't terribly complex, something lingered but it wasn't anything that livened up the palate
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As one would expect for the age, this wine had a pale yellow center and clear rims. The medium intensity nose showed lemon, lime, white stone, and green apple.
This wine was quite acidic at first. Later is mellowed some and a few hours after that it firmed up again. While quite crisp, the wine was also quite viscous and long. The stone flavors saturate the wine.
While this is still clearly young and somewhat tight, it shows great promise. Personally, I wouldn't touch it for 10 years because it is highly likely to pick up 2-3 points.
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Compared to the Preuses 2007 tasted yesterday, this is more energetic and tightly coiled, with a lovely intensity of lemon, lime, oyster shell and oak, dry but juicy, pure and linear and with some creaminess on the palate; just a bit light on the finish, could do with more length and aromatic persistence. I love the style, but I would rate this only marginally higher than the similarly styled Montée de Tonnerre 2008 from the same producer. And in case you are interested: the Raveneau Clos 2007 and this wine are not even in the same solar system. Ready to go.
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Youthful, fresh and very classic. Loads of acidity along with tension, energy and salinity. There's a ton of potential here just needs some time. Try again in 2-3 years and go from there. 91+
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Intense yellow/green colour. Flowers, citrus and sea spray on the nose. Lime, lemon, granny smith apple, mandarin skin, white peach and a wonderful, fresh slatey acidity in the mouth. Lick of buttery vanilla. Really energetic and powerfully concentrated. Superb.
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Taught and racy with some very nice ripe Granny Smith apple, lemon curd, verbena, mandarin orange peel with a cool marine breeze. Snappy acidity and a deft touch of wood makes this a pleasure to drink. Open for business but could do another 10 years if it doesn't premox.
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Un nez assez expressif de fruit blanc, suivi d'une belle bouche qui évoquait davantage Chassagne pour moi....Un vin assez droit, avec un peu d'élevage encore présent mais discret, un bel équilibre, sans artifice, une belle finale assez saline....J'aurais du savoir! Très bien. 92 pts
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Un nez exotique à l'ouverture, avec de l'élevage. Plus classique ensuite. Jolie bouche citronnée et joyeuse, avec une belle tenue en bouche. Il a besoin d'air, mais c'est superbe, la minéralité et le fruit s'entremêlent de belle façon. Attendre idéalement trois ans. 92+ pts
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Terroir-istes International - France, Burgundy, Chablis GC Les Clos + Party wines (Rodwell House): A light lemon colour, the nose is floral and focused with lemon, curry dust and flint. A poised and delineated wine, there is an edgy, nervous acidity, steely backbone peppered in lemon peel, and a fine display of minerals underscored with an oatmeal richness. Lemon in its forms continues to the mid-palate with lemon verbena and lemon oil, and the finish is expressive and long.
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Slight golden yellow with a ton of green…shy nose of lemon/lime sea spray, limestone chalk, melon, green apple skin. Ahhh…GC weight and cream…yet sharp as a tack with citrus and crushed minerals! Smooth and creamy…think green apples with exotic white honey cream cheese…..pure balanced fruit…killer chalk and spice! LOVE it when you get the lemon/lime and salty sea chalkiness! Long creamy floral and mineral finish…plenty here to go further as long as the pox stays away. Love these 07 white burgs!
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Opened 60 minutes before consumption. Aroma of clean white stoned fruit - non aromatic. Flavour of ripe morello cherry, white asparagus with a refreshing steely mineral core. Some concentration, medium bodied but lacking the grip and complexity to promote it to the excellent 90+ level. A good effort for the vintage nonetheless with perhaps two years ahead of it in my view.
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Will not please everyone, but this is a wine with some class. Nose only just emerging, bone dry on the palate, intense style of wine, grabs your attention with lots of citrus / acidity but well balanced & great length. Will keep further.
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Medium yellow. A brief burst of orange oil and silky texture, but then its inner Chablis is revealed. Medium bodied, bitter citrus, and the same swirling mixture of acidity, soil and green herbs on the resoundingly dry finish. Showing great although honestly, looking back at my only other experience with this wine 4 years ago, it does not seem to have changed that much! I can still taste the powdered stone coating my tongue as I write this note. More intensity and palate presence than just about any 2007 Chablis I can recall.
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Dinner at l'Apicio (New York City): Very pale straw. Big, deep nose, extremely minerally and gloriously earthy; butter, even butterscotch; seashells. Palate is ripe and quite rich; butter, minerals; unevolved. Good balance and extremely long. Again, this needs time (though less than the 2004 and it is much more open than that wine).
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WS Offline (Pastis - Vancouver, BC): Some waxy hints on the nose along with tons of saline and white flowers, plus green apple peels, lime, pears, spice, and some nice floral orange blossoms. This has a crisp lemon backbone on the palate, showing red apples, pears, floral orange blossoms, crushed limestone, sea salt, a touch of caramel and some lime towards the finish. This is wound up pretty tight on both the nose and palate as it should be, but what delicious underlying components. This will be great with some more cellar time, let these sleep. Very good+
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Delicious racy avid backbone and oyster shell with vanilla and traces of white peach. Flabby when not well chilled. Incredible with oysters, seamless. Not spectacular tho... Worth trying but not worth chasing too hard.
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Pas à la hauteur de la réputation du cru. Micro trace d'oxydation. Immense longueur, expansive et juteuse. Bouche d'un grand équilibre. Une déception dans les circonstances.
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Non-blind. Decanted 2 hours, slow-ox 3 hrs at Cuscina April 13. Impression: Very near Extraordinary. Nose: Amazing mineral aromas and citrusy Chard. On the palate it is nothing short of breathtaking. Acid level is on par with Champagne. Elegance is like the movements of a prima ballerina. Minerality component is like your nose inside seashells by the sea shore. First glass felt dis-jointed because of the piercing acids, but it came together well with its delineated exactness and intrinsic fruit. Entry with citrus. Mid palate is sheer pleasure and in the end palate there is a buttery Chard component that sent us in to Wonderland. Mind-boggling! Fantastic! One of the best Chablis I ever had. Wife loved it. I'm so happy we have 2 more. Next one in maybe 2019.
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Mostly French at Tilia's: Clear yellow color with no hint of pre-mox. Stunning nose of citrus fruit and mineral. Equally great in the mouth, with expansive layers of flavor that fan out over the palate. Great texture and a perfect amount of acidity. Great, long finish. Maybe not quite the equal of the Dauvissat Le Clos, but still a thrilling Chablis.
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Jules' Birthday (Corkbuzz, East Village, NYC): Deep straw, green meniscus. Pure, young, perfumed, mineral, stony Chardonnay on the nose. Primary. Palate soft, a bit sweet, butter; seems diffuse and disjointed at the moment. A good wine, but a bit lost in the mix tonight.
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Clear, perfect gold colour, good legs. Clean, med intensity, overwhelming oxidised smell that morphs an older Gewürztraminer petrol taint - most unusual for Chablis. The smells are too strong to sense the underlying fruit. Dry, med. body, med alcohol, no tannins, light on acidity, again a creamy texture, honey, molasses, green gage, slight minerality, low intensity, slight lemon yet a short finish.
Tasted alongside the 07 Preuses, this Les Clos unfortunately showeda touch of oxidation that did not mar enjoyment of this wine but may be worth noting for those planning to hold a long time. Other than the slight signs of age, this had what you'd expect from this bottling and vintage - briny salinity, lively acid. Went terrific with oysters, perhaps slightly less inspired as a pairing with soft shell crab. I preferred the Preuses but this was delicious too. 92-93
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This is a truly beautiful wine - the nose is full of lemon custard, oyster shells, and the most beautiful, pure salinity imaginable. Rich mouthfeel, but not soft, with great acidity and very long finish.
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working with wine 2012 seminar 1 - chardonnay (Pyrmont): Nose: Medium intensity aromas, apple, floral top notes, slight cheesiness. Mouth: Medium plus acid, very slightly tart apple, very slight ginger notes, very slight phenolic grip, long finish.
Bourgogne tasting event (Wine Route TLV): light golden color developed quality aroma of tropical fruits full-body, high acidity, balanced bitterness, green tropical non-ripe fruits, harmonious, long ending.
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Nez discret, un peu d'acétone, coté lactique, de la poire. Beaucoup plus de charme en cette bouche ronde, grasse et large. Un texture élégante et suave. Pas très minéral pour ce cru, c'est exubérant, je le mettais même à Meursault! Encore bien jeune et un brin dissocié à ce stade, préférable d'attendre quelques années pour que le nez s'exprime mieux mais c'est une très belle bouteille. 92 pts
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Questo invece mi piace un sacco, giallo paglierino con rif. verdolini , naso poco espressivo su note minerali sassose, quasi sentori di foglie verdi e erba appena tagliata, il tutto abb. sussurrato, bocca invece molto molto molto SALATA, ingresso con pressione palatale e con una bella freschezza, si beve a secchi e ti lecchi le labbra.
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At first, after about two hours of air, I found this to be disappointing and I questioned why I spent 88 CHF on this wine when a $30 bottle of Fevre Fourchaume would have shown just as well. But give this wine about four hours of air and wow, it just comes alive. There is a touch of butter cream on the front on the palate, but the finish is where this wine shines, with minerals and a generous measure of salt. The midpalate is young and primary, full in the mouth, but without much detail and complexity, at least at this point. The Grand Cru qualities, at this point, are found on the finish. Drinking very well now, in a primary way. I would cellar this for a few years to see what complexities may emerge. Bought at Ritter Wine in Schaan and opened at the restaurant at the Residence Hotel in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
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Burgundy 2011 Day 2: Lunch at Bistrot Grand Cru in William Fevre (William Fevre, Chablis): Boy, this was disappointing. Nose was very tight, some cream, earth, mushrooms all a bit reserved. The palate had a nice cleanness to it, with bright acidity and lots of juiciness. There was tons of weight and power on the attack, but the wine was so fresh and juicy that you do not notice it. Unfortunately, it was very truncated, all acid and lemony fruit, some melted butter and barely anything else past the midpalate. Absolutely no sign of the early promise we tasted in say the 2007 La Chablisienne Grenouilles. Such a let down after previous vintages of Fevre's Les Clos and the sterling reviews that the 2007 bottting has been receving in particular. Served blind, nobody could place what on earth it was. In fact, the bottle of straight Fevre Chablis that we had immediately after showed about as well as this did. We thought the wine might be flawed at first, but coming straight from Fevre's cellars as this bottle probably did, that would have been a tragedy.
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Quel beau vin! Texture grasse, expression de beurre, d'agrumes et de felurs blanches. Il offre une belle complexité à mesure qu'il réchauffe. Une belle bouteille pour courronner une victoire du Canadien sur les Bruins (!!)
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pretty closed still, which confused me as an 07 Valmur tasted recently was wide open. perhaps I should have opened this further in advance. still, unquestionably of Chablis and a balanced and intriguing wine, even if not showing everything that it has to offer on this day.
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Grand Cru Chablis blind tasting (stockholm): tasted blind. classic minerality and gunpowder, but also grass and herbs - clover to be exact. As it opens up in the glass there is a clear perfumed note which I can't place, but that goes against the classic grain. The taste and finish is long and balanced but also open and expressive. I just can't guess the age of this. For vineyard I threw out valmur, but clearly without any good reason for it.
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Un bouquet qui respire l’élégance, mais qui nous rappelle rapidement qu’on a ouvert ce vin plusieurs années avant qu’il ne puisse s’exprimer librement. On perçoit sa richesse, camouflée sous une première couche aromatique primaire (citron, orange, orange sanguine), mais on est frustré de ne pouvoir en profiter dès maintenant. La bouche est dense et profonde, ample et riche, sur fond d’arômes de mer. L’équilibre est impeccable, l’ensemble est à la fois fin, à la fois intense. Mais tout ceci n’est que prélude à sa finale qui est d’une longueur incroyable, intense, minérale, me rappelant un volcan débutant son éruption, sur les épices et les fruits de mer. Je n’ose imaginer ce que donnera ce vin après un repos de 5 ans en cave. 93+
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Nose of tea, mineral, green apple, pear, nice volatile acidity, white peper... in the mouth, green and yellow apple, minerality, very very long, citrus aftertaste
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Consistent with last bottle a week ago. Almost like a NZ sauvignon blanc. Gooseberry, almost grassy? But strong minerality, acidity, clean. Also green apple, long finish. Tight though, should wait another year before trying another.
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Popped and poured. Immediately strong nose of gooseberry (almost like sauv blanc), iodine, apricot. Intense minerality. Acidic. Finish a bit weak. 92 pts.
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A pretty intense wine. Strong minerality, more like chalk or granite than sea shells. Intense palate: concentrated, long, complex. Finish is a bit austere, a bit woody. Reminds me of an excellent 1er cru Puligny, rather than a young Chablis. Of course, I don't have enough experience with young Grand Cru Chablis to know whether that is a good thing or not. FWIW, I am happy to have more.
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We had the 07 side by side with the 05. At this point, the 07 has that something extra - richer, broader flavor palate - and was the consensus favorite. Seriously good Chablis. Note to CT world - buy this wine. (Two bottles consumed, consistent.)
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Confrerie Burgundy Trip – Day 1 (Chablis/Beaune): Shiny light gold. Heavy oyster shells on the first nose, then peaches and lime. Clean precise attack. High acidity, peaches and lime on the light bodied palate. Pure finish and very persistent.
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More restrained sweetness than the Vaulorent, lots of acidic backbone here, smoothest and most harmonious of this tasting, but less of a wow wine than the Vaulorent right now. 90-92 now depending on your preferences of style.
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More 2007 Chablis, Including Fevre Les Clos (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Dizzyingly complex, penetrating nose-wow! This is by far the tightest, most backward of the wines today with a hint of citrus fruit, but what classic drive and a crescendo of minerality. No trace of wood here (maybe the acidity scared it away), but a welcome touch of youthful austerity, appropriate for an infant Grand Cru. Fabulous and much like the Dauvissat Clos from this year in possessing amazing palate presence and expansiveness with so little weight. This should be great with adequate time in the bottle.
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In a ‘piercing contest’ between recent Chablis I have devoured this would win hands down. It has a little wood spice at first but from then on in its all about the piercing nature of the wine’s major attributes being derived from geological matter and citrus trees. Aromatically this is quite captivating with faint whiffs of lemon, oyster shell and white flowers. When it hits the mouth it almost throws the tongue into spasms and there is a connected string in this Chablis marionette that tugs at the skin around the eyes, immediately forming crow’s feet. There are ripe fruits here that you don’t smell or taste but feel, they buffer all of the piercing things and protect the gums from the bristling acidity. This has so much tension and yet it is suave, I think I’ll call it Pierce Brosnan.
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2/22/2024 - essenceofreal wrote: flawed
Either past its prime by a long shot or oxidized. Regardless, not drinkable. Decanted for an hour to see if it rebounded, nope. Slight improvement but still nasty. Been in my cellar about 15 years. Drag. Have a few more, lets hope this was an anomaly!
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7/27/2023 - mclanew Likes this wine: 96 Points
Popped and poured. These continue to be outstanding. Pretty focused nose. Crisp, deep and complex wine with lemon, minerals and a little sea salt. Great cut and length. Grand cru stuffing. Drinking at peak.
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6/27/2023 - cct wrote: 93 Points
Bought on release. A wedding year wine. Pop and pour. Drunk over several hours.
First off I thankful this was not Premoxed. I've watched the color of this wine for years and it has remained good. My last '07 Fevre.
A lovely mature nose. It's nutty and a little honeyed with seashells, orchard fruit, and a nice vein of chalk. Mid plus weighted with a Grand Cru sense of gravitas without heaviness on the palate with more mature nutty and yellow orchard more than citrus fruit. It's chalky and rich with beautifully balanced acidity Everything is pretty seamless and very well made. It's drinking at a beautiful, mature peak. That said it lacks a little excitement, a trait I tend to feel in Fevre's wines. Technically outstanding but lacking a little mystery to make it compelling. Still delicious and I am picking nits for sure. Terrific with a simple roasted chicken. Drink now.
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4/2/2023 - Bozekt wrote: 90 Points
Oxidized, so not as brilliant as it could have been. However, all of the elements are still there - orchard fruit, chalky minerality, and well balanced structure, albeit a bit richer and nuttier than anticipated. Still very much alive and delicious with our meal.
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2/3/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points
La Paulee 2023: From magnum. Haven’t had an old Fevre for a while, was commenting that I bought a bunch from HK when I was first getting into wine but they are all gone unfortunately. Still brilliant, quite big and honeyed for a Chablis but not in any way oxidised. Round citrus fruit, still had good tension despite its age.
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9/23/2022 - godx wrote: 93 Points
Drank alongside the 2007 Preuses. This Clos was wide open for business and in a great zone. Showed a bit richer than the Preuses. Both of these bottles showed extremely well and gained complexity over the course of the afternoon.
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9/20/2022 - etyc wrote:
Decanted for ~3-hrs prior to serving. Took a sniff of the bouquet whilst emptying the wine into the Voss bottle; Not good - a tad "advanced" with slight notes of sherry/nuts, cooked/cooling barley/chrysanthemum. Hoped that it'll "clean/tighten up" by the time it's served during dinner... Anyhow, the "advanced" scents persisted throughout, but palate was still absolutely fine - rich, layered, minerality in spades with a tinge of oily texture. Nevertheless, I felt it was still a pity with the nose not at the level/state that I was hoping for (btls that I've opened/tried 2016 and prior)...
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7/15/2022 - Whitman Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lovely expressive complex nose with lemon, pear and flower honey, which add sweetness to the wine. It's just fresh, fat and vibrant with a lot of energy. Has at the same time a lot of power, but feels weight less. A pretty long finish thats as it sits in the glass feels more citrus based with plenty of acidity. Keep it cool. This is pure and excellent.
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1/4/2022 - Matt Egalka Likes this wine: 95 Points
Principal note on the nose and palate for me is pear. Beautifully complex nose and very long lasting finish with well-balanced acidity.
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9/9/2021 - etyc Likes this wine:
Decanted for ~2-hrs before pouring. Medium yellow, this also nosed a sign of some age with notes of bruised-apples and bits of chrysanthemum. Very good and rounded fruit intensity on the palate, with great (but not protruding) freshness/acidity to boot/balance. With time in the glass, the bits of chrysanthemum scents receded to the background as the wine tightened up, showcasing new scents/taste of chalk & stones & white-peaches and even becoming a bit more chiseled too. A very nice showing!
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6/4/2021 - jee27 wrote: 92 Points
Dégustation Open Dreamer Style chez Simon B: Très beau Chablis qui ne fait pas son âge ce soir. Un bouquet des plus aérien comme si l'on respirait l'air salin et de coquillages lorsque nous marchons près de la mer. Belle fraîcheur et tension, j'aime bien!
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3/25/2021 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 92 Points
A mature chablis with lots of complexity...for some reason I find that I prefer my chablis younger while cote de beaune whites on the mature side...but it was good nonetheless
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2/17/2021 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 Points
SLDS February 2021: Toast, spice and white florals on the nose. Good intensity on the palate, freshness remains in tact with nice length. Not complex but in a good spot to drunk now.
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1/30/2021 - mitabud Likes this wine: 93 Points
A beauty, no premox. Seashells, creamy and light almond on the finish. V. nice and more developed than the recent '10 les Clos which was also terrific.
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12/12/2020 - collin wrote: flawed
Oxidized
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12/11/2020 - mclanew Likes this wine: 95 Points
I have gone back and forth between excellent bottles of this and premoxed. This one is excellent. Nice subtle nose of white flowers, saline and sea shells. The wine has reached early maturity but still has many years ahead. Lovely mid weight flavors of white peach and minerals come through. The wine is beautifully layered, elegant and complex. Probably the best bottle I have had of this wine.
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11/27/2020 - devraj Likes this wine: 92 Points
Brilliant medium golden yellow in color. Restrained aromas of sea shells, honeysuckle, green herbs, hint of yellow citrus and wet stone. A very linear and savory palate reveals good depth to the yellow citrus, shrimp reduction, briny sea water, good acidity and a long honeyed and mineral laden finish. Whew! This has aged well..., no premox issues.
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11/18/2020 - ews3 wrote: 95 Points
i may have gotten lucky, but this was a glorious bottle. nice minerality and cut. long finish. some aged notes creeping in, but good bottles of this have a ways to go.
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11/14/2020 - mclanew wrote: flawed
Premox
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11/7/2020 - robferguson1 wrote: 93 Points
Very good but is bottle variation
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10/17/2020 - Burgundy Mitch Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gorgeous, concentrated, riper style of Chablis and this is in a very good place now without a hint of premox for this bottle. Paired phenomenally with some King Crab and drawn butter.
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5/18/2020 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 93 Points
Some aromas of apricot, honey, and beeswax. There's something almost a little tropical about the aroma. Very nice and together on the nose. Palate is nice and round, with a nearly luscious body, but then a quick attack of very acidic preserved lemons that counterpoints that body so perfectly. Really pristine counterpoint. The palate is the best part of his wine. The finish is rich and voluminous as well, with wonderful lemon covered dried apricots and voluminous acidity that travel deep down the rabbit hole on the finish. I saved a small glass for day two, when this note was taken, and it was definitely more together and complex on day two. So, this still calls for a bit of air, I suppose. Very lovely indeed, but it does require attention.
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4/26/2020 - jerhardt wrote: 89 Points
Not premoxed, but not as good as it should be. Drinks like a decent premier cru, not a top vintage Clos. I guess on its downslope and time to drink up.
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2/19/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
Same btl as R&Rler. There was a difference of opinion about this wine tonight. I'm mostly in agreement with R&Rler. For me, this particular btl was fully mature but showed no signs of oxidation I was in fact surprised when a couple other buds of mine raised the specter of pre-mo? Maturing but healthy gold color! For me this wine exhibited full on Grand Cru concentration and depth. Yes, this btl may have been on the verge of a downside but tonight is was compelling and tasty. Both the palate and nose offered up tide pool salinity, citrus, regal minerality and energetic of elegant finesse to boot. Just goes to show, a bunch of Chablis lovers can still experience a particular btl differently. Even a group of avowed Fevre lovers.
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2/19/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 95 Points
Mixed Wines at Joan's In Them Park (Joan's in the Park, St. Paul, MN): Light medium gold color. Drank a glass over 45 minutes. Seems like I've been waiting forever to drink this bottle. I didn't get the impression that anyone else liked it as much as i did, but that's fine with me. We drank this in a flight of the '07 with the '14. There was certainly a contrast with the '14 be very primary and tightly coiled - and a wine I love, but still find that when drinking side by side with a more aged wine, that I prefer the benefit age and complexity. MY '07 disappeared quickly and then I was quite happy to work on my '14. Both great ways to say the least. My first thought on the nose of the '07 was wow, holy see air Batman!! This is just bursting with a nose that feels like your on the edge of the ocean with a stiff breeze blowing oyster shells in your face. Then there's the lemon, lemon zest, seashells, earth, green aple and refined brine that makes up the palate and a lengthy finish. 94+ to 95pts.
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1/28/2020 - mclanew wrote: flawed
Clear premox. This was well stored and I have had several good bottles from the same case.
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12/6/2019 - mhudes Likes this wine: 92 Points
With Estie for dinner at the Tabb's home. PnP. Light gold in color, Citrus and apples on the nose. Fresh lime, oyster shells and a touch of tangerine on the palate. Gravelly minerals are noticeable in the background. Good finish.
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11/14/2019 - townjbc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fine Chablis. Now half way through the case, and the best bottle so far. Chablis plus pure class. Lovely.
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9/22/2019 - DougLee wrote: 92 Points
Pale gold color. Nose initially closed but eventually yielded scents of oyster shell, sea air, and grapefruit. Palate also took a while to open, but after 2 hours was offering elements of lime, grapefruit, and granny apple amidst loads of mineral and rock. No premox, thankfully. If may be advisable to decant for 2-3 hours. Good bottle.
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9/11/2019 - nskelsey wrote: 94 Points
Unlike the 2005, which I found consistently and mildly underwhelming, this is stunningly good and very much has the wow factor. Fantastically complex nose, wonderful mineral purity on the palate and one hell of a finish that goes on for a very long time. It's an invigorating mix of being rich and powerful on the one hand and fantastically fresh and focussed on the other. Brilliant winemaking.
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8/29/2019 - Dvogt wrote: 94 Points
Bright meyer lemon, lemon peal, acid, barely perceivable oak and a medium to long finish. Holding up well.
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8/24/2019 - mclanew Likes this wine: 93 Points
Phew! After a premox on the last one this is a good bottle. Needs about 10 or 15 minutes to blow off some funny flavors after which it’s glorious. This has a somewhat tropical nose with pineapple, lime and floral touches coming through. The palate is mature and delicious with a nice mineral core. I would be drinking these in the next two to three years.
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8/6/2019 - BillBell73 Likes this wine:
Light gold in color, a little tight on the nose and palate but beginning to show some signs of age. Best at cellar temp and needs a good decant to unfurl. I’d hold rather than open right now if this bottle is any indication. Excellent if you prefer them young but has the structure to become great with time.
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7/6/2019 - kwl wrote: 92 Points
Gave me a bit of a scare when I saw staining on the cork after cutting the capsule. Thankfully the wine was great! Started out with a hint of bitterness on the palate but that faded with more air. Bright citrus and mineral notes with good balance.
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6/7/2019 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Last bottle of three...first one in 2013 was amazingly fresh and everything you'd want in GC Chablis...next in 2015 was poxed...drinkable, but definitely advanced...this last bottle probably somewhere in between. Whiff of sherry on the nose...reminds me of an older Krug...the fruit is waxy apple and ripe pear, with nice sour and tart green apple...GC weight with vanilla butter creme, aged dried honey and nuts...yet still tingly fresh with a burst of energetic lemon citrus, and chalky limestone dust...perfect sea air funk as well. If you don't pre-jack yourself on the nose...it gains and gains...and is a very acceptable, slightly aged Clos, that pleases. If you spent Rav $, you'd be disappointed...but Fevre $...happy!
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5/18/2019 - mclanew wrote: flawed
Premox
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4/10/2019 - devraj Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium-pale yellow in color. Precise aromas of citrus oils, sea shells, chalk and white flowers. Linear and focused in the mouth showing briny citrus, nut oils, good acidity, hint of honey and a long mineral laden and saliva inducing finish.
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2/3/2019 - EMAZurich Likes this wine: 96 Points
Das ist ein toller Chablis! Konzentrierte und sehr interessante Nase, Bananen, Kumquats, Vanille. Am Gaumen präzise Mineralik, tolle, tragende Säure, hat Spannung und Länge. Ein wirklich grosser Weisswein!
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2/2/2019 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 95 Points
Lighter golden color. Beautiful notes of tangerine, lemon, some sweet spices, oystershell, vanilla and beautiful minerality. Medium-full bodied with medium-high acidity and excllent length. A superb Les Clos that is incredibly fresh and shows no signs of oxidation at all.
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1/4/2019 - minndavid60 wrote: flawed
I had hope as my next to last bottle 3 years ago was very clean and slow progressing. Sadly, but not surprisingly, this last one was premoxed. Continue to keep fingers crossed that the implementation of the diam corks with the 2010 vintage will keep me from pouring wine (and money) down the kitchen sink.
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1/2/2019 - pshap wrote: flawed
oxidized
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12/31/2018 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: flawed
Same bottle as PShap, premox
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12/20/2018 - jmoore431 wrote: 94 Points
My notes mirror drwine’s from this past summer but perhaps showing more maturity. Comparable rating to the Preuses, but slightly more classically austere. Excellent and time to drink.
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11/1/2018 - UFGators Likes this wine:
Another incredible showing from this wine. Beautiful amber color and very layered and complex on the palate. Was the right pairing with cheese and grilled swordfish. Very crisp. Can detect a touch of oak on the palate. Delicious.
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10/28/2018 - swyang wrote:
I have succeeded in opening this not too cold and it certainly was very rewarding! And incredibly kind and inviting nose of honeyed citrus, roasted almond, mineral(yes on the nose you could smell the same scent that one encounters while hiking and upon seeing a pure water flowing on a rock) on the palate, purity grips your taste buds and makes it shiver from pleasure and the honey/saline sensation is simply marvelous. Super dry and yet the backend is somewhat oily with traces of nut oil singing in the same line as the iodine and flowers. Pure and transparent, yet rich and complex. A superb moment indeed. Cheers,
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8/31/2018 - UFGators Likes this wine: 95 Points
An incredibly delicious and enjoyable burgundy. Complex and medium bodied with a long finish. Great on its own or with food.
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8/19/2018 - peterchoy wrote: 94 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, the wine is of medium-deep lemon colour, with fading rims and legs.
Nose: Clean, with pronounced intensity aromas of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of ripe pear, maturity notes of honey, floral notes of acacia, stone fruit of apricot, dairy notes of butter, mineral notes of saline. The wine is fully developed.
Palate: Dry with high acidity, the wine has medium alcohol, medium (+) body and pronounced intensity flavors of citrus fruit of lemon, green fruit of ripe pear, mineral notes of saline, maturity notes of honey, dairy notes of butter. The wine has a long finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality Chablis with a great nose of high complexity and concentration, the wine has good development in the nose, but at the same time retaining a nice refreshing note of ripe fruit. On the palate it has good acidity, with good structure and balanced, showing plenty of development too in flavors, with great intensity and a long finish. It is ready to drink now and not meant for further ageing.
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7/18/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Complete Chablis nose-cut flowers, a ton of lemon, and herbs. Medium weight. Right at the equipoise between having enough bite to work with simple shellfish and enough heft and breadth to accompany richer fish dishes. Strong, lemony fruit, fine tart acidity, and excellent minerality. In all honesty, this wine has been quite inconsistent over the years, but it was hard to find fault with the last bottle in my stash. Perhaps not at the level of the best examples of Les Clos, but fresh, not yet fully mature, and certainly at Grand Cru level. No Fèvre bashing for this one.
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7/8/2018 - BradE wrote:
Unlike a pre-moxed bottle the other night, this was in great shape. I liked it, others liked it even more.
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7/7/2018 - jerhardt wrote: flawed
Premoxed; 7/10 severity.
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7/3/2018 - BradE wrote:
Oxidizing, and not a good bottle.
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6/2/2018 - mclanew Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light yellow as if it hasn’t aged at all. Nice subtle nose of lemon peel and white flowers. The palate is terrific - lemon, citrus, and minerals in a fairly open knit, slightly hedonistic style but everything at the same time is well balanced and integrated.
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5/6/2018 - Rezy13 Likes this wine:
Cellar Work? (Alpharetta, GA): Golden yellow amber; ah yes- no premox, lots of butterscotch and salted caramel, rich, unctuous nose with sea spray behind; palate shows great richness intensity and nobility, intensely mineral and almost tannic, full bodied with great fruit in an undelineated mix of apple pear and citrus; a powerful and delicious wine.
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4/17/2018 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Monthly Tuesday group "The Dead Sparrow" #028 Chablis (by DJ): The bouquet is somewhat locked, but shows some butter. On the palate butter, minerals, rich yellow fruits like apricots and citrus, crustacean, very focused and a lot of length. Some caramel. A bit fat and yet elegant. Beautiful wine with a great future. And personally I think it is fun that in my blind note of today I mentioned the crustacean again (like in my also blind note from 2015.
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4/8/2018 - cgaeden wrote: flawed
Heavily oxidized. Hopefully it was just the bottle.
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2/24/2018 - randomly wrote: flawed
corked
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2/3/2018 - winot Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium yellow/gold, quite youthful-looking for 11 yrs old - big nose of Classic Chablis - flinty, chalky, minerally citrus - talc - palate is perfect - exquisite, balanced Chardonnay perfection, so fresh, great definition- big but simultaneously subtle. Has a quiet, noble bearing, as if it knows it doesn't need to do anything but be itself to Wow people - this was a very special bottle!
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12/24/2017 - Louvin Likes this wine: 92 Points
very much granny smith apple at the beginning and stays this way for an hour or more, eventually it starts to broaden and show some depth and a little honey at the end. Obviously a pristine bottle, so hard to find these days for many mid age chardonnays. I'd give this bottle if I had the chance a few more years, even five, more, but with the odd chances of getting a sound cork, who knowns for my one remaining.
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11/28/2017 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted blind. Obviously an older white with its rich hazelnut and butterscotch aromas. On the palate, more grapefruit and apple with a stony core. Intense finish of grapefruit and minerals. Rating: 92.
Guess the wine. Chardonnay. Chablis. 10 years old.
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11/10/2017 - swyang wrote:
A stellar bottle providing great purity and lots and lots of complexities. Saline, Iodine, Fresh backbone, and tons of dreamy aromatics and flavos. These days, I was accustomed to be disappointed with F. Fevre but this sure proved me wrong. No doubt that this particular bottle would have kept many more years, but better to open them young than too late! Cheers,
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10/23/2017 - ehodin Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Although not completely premox (as was the '02 Fevre Bourgros I opened first) it is clearly on its way there. Just barely drinkable, so still a disappointment.
I find it hard to convey how depressing it is to find so many of my white burgundies suffering from premature oxidation. It leads me to open one with trepidation these days, & to have another on hand in case. The Burgundian wine industry owes its customers at least a complete explanation for this wide-spread phenomenon, if not some degree of compensation.
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10/2/2017 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. More apple than citrus and some musky saline notes. Marvelous breadth and depth for a 2007 Chablis, and it accomplishes this without the least trace of wood. Ripe fruit, excellent acidity, lots of soil/stone on the finish. Much more complete and exciting than the last bottle, a Clos that would hold its own against other great bottlings. This took on even more structure and grip as it opened, toning down some of the perceived natural sweetness of fruit.
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9/10/2017 - asparagus Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pale yellow-green. Amazing minerality and when it opened up - WOW. such heft and razor sharp focus. a Chablis to remember.
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8/20/2017 - rosenst1 wrote: 92 Points
PnP. Perfect cork and fill. Light greenish gold. Classic nose though perhaps more Chardonnay fruit than sea air and limestone as is typical. Lovely on the palate - nice balance between the Chablis character and a more rounded fruit presentation - modest acidity on the finish to round this out. Last bottle - no premox seen in these. Very nice though possibly past its peak.
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5/26/2017 - jbaron wrote: 91 Points
First of nine. Perfect condition, with no off notes.
Great presence and body, but indeterminate in the nose and the tasting palate. Long, indeterminate length, which bodes well for (5 years?) in the future.
Try next in... 2021???
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5/19/2017 - Enfantterrible wrote: 90 Points
Emptying the Fevre stock as quickly as possible
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5/1/2017 - matt182 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted alongside of 08 and 09, this was the best of the mini-vertical. Nose got better when slightly warmer with lime blossom, honey lozenges, iodine, citrus (lime/lemon) and some pear. Mineral profile is shining from start to finish with spiced baked pears, lemon/lime and lavender honey. Great tension, no sign of premox. In a great spot but a year or two extra will add some dimension. Paired really well with snow crab.
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3/25/2017 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 90 Points
Balances lemon and minerals with the oatmeal / cookie-dough characteristic of aging. I've come to realize that I prefer younger Chablis with just the lemon and minerals. But variety is the spice of life, and aged Chablis is good too.
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1/6/2017 - madia wrote: 90 Points
Mineral and nuts in the nose, almost without any fruits. Still good acidity.
May be it shoukd be drunk a couple of years earlier...
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1/2/2017 - collin wrote:
Seems a bit oxidized- never really changes in the glass- either freshening up or getting worse. Could be a dumb phase, as the oxidation impression is slight- but it does mask any complexity or interest
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12/20/2016 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 93 Points
Aromas offer nice minerals, lemon. Overall, very nice vibrancy and depth; you can tell there's some wood notes there, but they're pleasantly integrated. Very incredible palate texture; sexy and luscious. Not so much depth of flavor complexity, but the texture makes up for it. Finish dials up with lots of minerals and acidity that blossoms, almost in a rooster tail way. The acid is gorgeous. Love the finish, though. Really enjoyable today and thankfully, no hint of premox.
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12/1/2016 - rosenst1 wrote: 93 Points
PnP. Opened with some trepidation given the pre-mox issues noted by some. However, this bottle was excellent. Crystal clear greenish light gold color. Initially too cold but as it warmed a classic Chablis nose of seashells, limestone, and a hint of lemon emerged. On the palate this was seamless with excellent depth and richness on the mid-palate, and good, but not over the top acidity on the finish. Went beautifully with grilled scallops. This is quite rich and powerful for Chablis, a likely function of the vineyard, and vintage. I would say this is quite enjoyable to drink now, but if you don't have a pre-mox issue, this will continue to age for 3-5 years.
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10/31/2016 - asparagus wrote: 88 Points
Still fresh, still flinty. No hint of premox. Lime/lemon, very minerally. A very good chablis, but a good les clos? not so sure..
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10/6/2016 - VlgJeff wrote: flawed
Oxidized -- and undrinkable from the get-go. So, only one pristine bottle out of six. Will definitely be more wary of all mid '90s to late '00s White Burgundy. Thought that Fevre would be more careful and aware. Also, that auction house (Acker, Merrall & Condit) would have made an effort -- simply Coravin one of the bottles! Definitely Caveat Emptor!!!
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10/3/2016 - VlgJeff wrote: flawed
My experience with this bottle reflects my experience on 9/21. This bottle was drinkable upon opening, but was definitely muted (except for the acidity) on the nose, as well as the palate. The last half glass, that we like to linger over after the table is cleared, was oxidized. At that point, the bottle had been opened for just about an hour. This was bottle five of six.
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9/26/2016 - JS199 wrote: 94 Points
A big Chablis that poured on the fruit with a rich and hedonistic delivery. Tasting notes are rich, oily, fat, apple,and pear with good focus. This was ready 30 minutes after opening.
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9/21/2016 - VlgJeff wrote: 90 Points
My fourth of six and second drinkable. All the elements of the drinkable bottle from 8/18, but a bit less so. This wine seems to be fading (just a bit) and I would definitely suggest drinking sooner, rather than later.
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9/11/2016 - Milos Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was the best Fevre Les Clos I ever had. Lime and green apple nose, pure with mineral over tones. The palate was almost sweet with the fruit, yet focussed with acidity and limestone notes. Long.
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8/25/2016 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 92 Points
My last and by far the best of this vintage. Clearly inconsistency between bottles that I see noted elsewhere.
Ripe white stoned fruit with lime zest edge. Full and slightly viscous in the mouth with a flinty minerality and dry green capsicum finish. This bottle was excellent.
Drink up (with sub at ready) and hopefully enjoy.
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8/18/2016 - VlgJeff wrote: 91 Points
Finally a drinkable bottle! PnP, but improved over first 30 minutes by adding some weight. Plenty of lemon and stony minerality, along with some white flowers and just a touch of honey. A really nice wine -- when it's not oxidized. I would suggest drinking sooner than later.
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8/18/2016 - VlgJeff wrote: flawed
Oxidized--Second of what became three bottles to find one drinkable. Purchased six bottles at auction from Acker Merrall, and have three left. Caveat Emptor re: white Burgs pre-2009 or so.
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8/18/2016 - VlgJeff wrote: flawed
Oxidized--First of what became three bottles to find one drinkable.
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8/16/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points
Final bottle and it feels a bit tired. Like the previous bottles it is light for Les Clos, but with the requisite crisp acidity, a cool mineral core, lemon zest and a hint of salted butter. However, the fruit has developed soft notes of spiced yellow apple and spiced ripe pear that take away the precision and length and seem to indicate a lack of energy and loss of grip. Jancis Robinson already noted in April 2015 that this was on its way down, and she was right, but in Les Clos I am really looking for more longevity. Drink up.
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7/22/2016 - Racer117 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Paired with BC oysters at Bistro Pastis in Vancouver. A perfect match. This wine is full enough to match the oysters fleshiness and its sea shell aromas and flavors are so complimentary. Grand Cru indeed! Courtesy of Seaquam.
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7/3/2016 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
C'est sec et un brin tendre, l'équilibre y est, ça danse doucement et élégamment sur le palais, en tenant des propos salés...Un Clos plus léger mais de belle prestance. Pas le plus profond, il s'exprime dans la finesse, avec une belle longueur. Il me semble à point quoiqu'il était bien meilleur après une heure d'ouverture. Il prend beaucoup amplitude sur un fromage salé semblable au cheddar, l'accord est délicieux. 92 pts
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6/26/2016 - angryphoton wrote: 92 Points
No Premox!! Initially slightly closed but after 30 minutes of air started strutting its stuff. Wine has some depth / heft as to confirm its grand cru status, sea shells mixed with a slight granite stone flavor. Very slight hints of maturity though, so I just opened this at a good time as I there is a possibility that this may go downhill in a year or so. Lemon, hazelnut skin, and traces of quine make up the other flavors. Very nice.
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6/25/2016 - etyc Likes this wine:
This performed better than I expected - Golden-yellow, this nosed of chalk, minerality, lemons and a tinge of white-flowers & honey. Good freshness on the palate, with the lemony tones following through and ending in a long finish. Very enjoyable!
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6/5/2016 - AudunG wrote: 94 Points
Great chalky mineral aromas. Pure and firm in the mouth. Very intense and concentrated. Great stuff.
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5/31/2016 - michael47 wrote: flawed
Maderised and clunky which is a too bad. I hope it is just bottle variation as I have a few more.
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5/12/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points
Hasn't changed much since December 2014; the nose continues to be expressive and wonderfully classical, but the palate is thinning slightly and I feel that the delivery in the mouth and on the finish now lacks a bit of authority and dimension - especially for Les Clos. Very good Chablis, but drink sooner rather than later.
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3/2/2016 - chablis28 wrote: 94 Points
Same btl as R&R. I'm in complete agreement with his notes. Loved this btl! Wish now I had grabbed a couple of them for the cellar. This was delicious and fascinating tonight and yet it's current wound up tension promises even more down the road. This should age beautifully.
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3/2/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Wines That Really, Truly Don't Suck (in the least) (Rocknroller's (Kevin's)): Pale greenish color. Drank 1 glass over 45 minutes. This had plenty of Chablis character. It might have been a tad warm, or it probably have been even more vital. The nose was full of sea air and bracing minerality, lemon, but a bit less fruit showing on the nose. The palate was rather intense, almost a bitingly intense minerality (in a good way), intense, lemon, citrus, lime, fairly full bodied for Chablis, lots of salinity, good mineral driven length. Seems like the best days are still ahead. 92+ to 93pts.
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2/4/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
Still light yellow with a trace of green. Wow, so much pink grapefruit right out of the gate that it almost transports you to Sancerre. It also starts out atypically light and delicate for Les Clos. With air, though, more body appears along with some herbs and orange. What doesn't change is the beautiful underlying acidity and the long finish that is full of soil. In the end, amazingly fresh and nicely detailed, but it just doesn't have the extra oomph of the very best examples of this cru.
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2/2/2016 - RayOB wrote: 93 Points
Drank at '67
Open and approachable. Amazing length. Lovely.
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12/21/2015 - BradE wrote:
Good, but didn't open up (primarily as it disappeared quickly).
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12/4/2015 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Game dinner with friends and 11 special wines.: Just a few general notes; chalky minerals, crustacean, tight and focused acidity, some nutty flavors. Still locked. Needs time to show its full complexity. Hope to taste again between 2020 and 2024. 92+ for tonight.
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11/15/2015 - Levantine wrote:
Just acting to get rounder with quince and ripe fruits nose searing acidity and the structure of early 20th century bank hq
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10/12/2015 - ledwards wrote: 89 Points
Premox notes beginning to show but not overbearing. Fatter and rounder than the Valmur last week.
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10/6/2015 - Levantine wrote:
has time ahead in color nose and mouth
full, salty, lemony
The wine looks yellow gold colored. It smells like lime, mineral and walnut. The body is medium/full. The wine has angular texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has high acidity.
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10/2/2015 - ggj wrote: flawed
Premox. DOA
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9/27/2015 - chitowncdpguy wrote:
Great wine. A little pear, a little citrus, crisp minerality (I called it chalky, my wife said stony). Very long finish. Still, it feels a bit restrained. Wait on the rest of these.
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8/30/2015 - ELH wrote: 89 Points
Lemons and grapefruit, grassy, citrus fragrance on the nose, but the fruit is very restrained in the mouth, almost to the point of being austere. Flinty and stony. High acidity. The fragrance was the most enjoyable aspect.
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8/14/2015 - ggj wrote: flawed
Premox. DOA
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6/7/2015 - ggj wrote: 93 Points
In perfect condition. No Premox.
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6/6/2015 - ggj wrote: flawed
DOA. Premox
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4/26/2015 - ccn Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still quite tight. Palate staining. Citrus, crushed oyster. Light but intense. I'd wait 5 years before checking back. Excellent potential
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4/12/2015 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 89 Points
i agree with others, this was a good wine (i love chablis) but not great (and certainly not headed for outstanding)… good acid ('07-ish), decent minerals but fruit was missing… was looking for that citrus profile and didn't get it… therefore fell slightly flat on night one, a bit better on night two… happy that i only had one bottle of this but have about two cases combined of the '08 and '10 versions!!
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3/26/2015 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
Chablis-athon (Chicago, IL): Laser-like focus. Green and sharp, like a razor blade. Perhaps a bit less stuff going on than you'd expect, this is really dominated by that acidity. But then again, loads of acidity is a good thing to have in wine. There are some slight green apple notes towards the finish, but don't count on it.
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3/20/2015 - Mrbuzz wrote: flawed
Poxed! Definitely more advanced than my last bottle…and more sherry than it should be at this age. BUT….to me, not not drinkable! Yes it has nutty sherry, baked apple, dried honey……but it started to drink like a still Krug for me! Still has crisp citrus and crunchy salty minerals….and at times some pretty tasty chalk, florals, green apple, and sea air? Nose is all sherry…but the palate is pleasing….in a Krug style way! Not a total loss…but not really what I want.
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2/8/2015 - clayfu wrote:
pretty reduced initially but started to give way to fresh grass on the nose. Really ripe waxy soft fruit and the palate was silky smooth. There was this long lingering flavor on the wine but it wasn't terribly complex, something lingered but it wasn't anything that livened up the palate
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1/17/2015 - fclarity wrote: 93 Points
As one would expect for the age, this wine had a pale yellow center and clear rims. The medium intensity nose showed lemon, lime, white stone, and green apple.
This wine was quite acidic at first. Later is mellowed some and a few hours after that it firmed up again. While quite crisp, the wine was also quite viscous and long. The stone flavors saturate the wine.
While this is still clearly young and somewhat tight, it shows great promise. Personally, I wouldn't touch it for 10 years because it is highly likely to pick up 2-3 points.
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12/28/2014 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points
Compared to the Preuses 2007 tasted yesterday, this is more energetic and tightly coiled, with a lovely intensity of lemon, lime, oyster shell and oak, dry but juicy, pure and linear and with some creaminess on the palate; just a bit light on the finish, could do with more length and aromatic persistence. I love the style, but I would rate this only marginally higher than the similarly styled Montée de Tonnerre 2008 from the same producer. And in case you are interested: the Raveneau Clos 2007 and this wine are not even in the same solar system. Ready to go.
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11/14/2014 - Drankard wrote: 92 Points
DCWINO calls this correct. Lots of flinty minerality.
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11/2/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 89 Points
Overwhelming saline and wet stone notes on the nose. A touch of tropical fruit, but most of what I got was oyster shells.
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9/2/2014 - dcwino wrote: 93 Points
Impromptu gathering - Cos, Velvet Glove, SQN, Alban, Larkmead and etc. (Charlie Palmer - Washington DC): Typical Fevre nose, pear, honey, flint and saline. Medium concentration, good acidity, mineral and good length. The 07 Chablis are ready to go. For my palate, the 07s are slightly lacking energy and precision as they seem soft and round.
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8/30/2014 - godx wrote: 91 Points
Youthful, fresh and very classic. Loads of acidity along with tension, energy and salinity. There's a ton of potential here just needs some time. Try again in 2-3 years and go from there. 91+
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8/1/2014 - RayOB wrote: 93 Points
Drank in Hong Kong
Nose of wet stones, peach, butter and lemon. Pure balanced mouth and a medium length.
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7/4/2014 - lepetitchateau wrote: 96 Points
This was much better than my first bottle, only a few months ago, and wow was it good. Classic Stoney, slaty notes, smooth and intense. Yum.
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6/24/2014 - azzah Likes this wine: 94 Points
Intense yellow/green colour. Flowers, citrus and sea spray on the nose. Lime, lemon, granny smith apple, mandarin skin, white peach and a wonderful, fresh slatey acidity in the mouth. Lick of buttery vanilla. Really energetic and powerfully concentrated. Superb.
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6/19/2014 - Pikkle wrote: 95 Points
Taught and racy with some very nice ripe Granny Smith apple, lemon curd, verbena, mandarin orange peel with a cool marine breeze. Snappy acidity and a deft touch of wood makes this a pleasure to drink. Open for business but could do another 10 years if it doesn't premox.
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6/14/2014 - BigJul wrote:
Très bien en soi, mais n'a pas la prétention des grosses notes qui lui ont été accordées. Une déception dans les circonstances.
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5/6/2014 - NickBurwood wrote: 89 Points
Exactly as previous note.
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3/14/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
La Paulée de San Francisco - The Verticals (The Fairmont - San Francisco CA): Tasting, brief note. My favorite of the 09/08/07 vertical. Green apple and lemon. Tightly wound energy, racy and vibrant. Good now, better in another year or three.
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3/14/2014 - AtoZ wrote: 92 Points
Another great wine.
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3/14/2014 - xwine wrote:
La Paulée de San Francisco 2014 Verticals Tasting (The Fairmont, San Francisco): Strong lemon-lime aromas, almost aggressively so; drinking very nicely, with the seemingly high acid keeping it very tight and focused.
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3/14/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Impressions from the 2014 La Paulee Verticals Tasting (Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco): Darker than the 2 younger wines. Neutral fruit, less intensity, in fact much less of everything than the '08 had. A rare occasion when I preferred an '09 to the more delicate style of 2007.
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3/5/2014 - lepetitchateau wrote: 93 Points
While this was a bit blowsy, it had nice minerality on the quite open mid-palate, lots of fruit.
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1/10/2014 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Un nez assez expressif de fruit blanc, suivi d'une belle bouche qui évoquait davantage Chassagne pour moi....Un vin assez droit, avec un peu d'élevage encore présent mais discret, un bel équilibre, sans artifice, une belle finale assez saline....J'aurais du savoir! Très bien. 92 pts
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12/24/2013 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Un nez exotique à l'ouverture, avec de l'élevage. Plus classique ensuite.
Jolie bouche citronnée et joyeuse, avec une belle tenue en bouche. Il a besoin d'air, mais c'est superbe, la minéralité et le fruit s'entremêlent de belle façon. Attendre idéalement trois ans. 92+ pts
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12/2/2013 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 92 Points
Terroir-istes International - France, Burgundy, Chablis GC Les Clos + Party wines (Rodwell House): A light lemon colour, the nose is floral and focused with lemon, curry dust and flint.
A poised and delineated wine, there is an edgy, nervous acidity, steely backbone peppered in lemon peel, and a fine display of minerals underscored with an oatmeal richness. Lemon in its forms continues to the mid-palate with lemon verbena and lemon oil, and the finish is expressive and long.
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11/26/2013 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 95 Points
Slight golden yellow with a ton of green…shy nose of lemon/lime sea spray, limestone chalk, melon, green apple skin. Ahhh…GC weight and cream…yet sharp as a tack with citrus and crushed minerals! Smooth and creamy…think green apples with exotic white honey cream cheese…..pure balanced fruit…killer chalk and spice! LOVE it when you get the lemon/lime and salty sea chalkiness! Long creamy floral and mineral finish…plenty here to go further as long as the pox stays away. Love these 07 white burgs!
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11/8/2013 - NickBurwood Likes this wine: 89 Points
Opened 60 minutes before consumption.
Aroma of clean white stoned fruit - non aromatic. Flavour of ripe morello cherry, white asparagus with a refreshing steely mineral core. Some concentration, medium bodied but lacking the grip and complexity to promote it to the excellent 90+ level.
A good effort for the vintage nonetheless with perhaps two years ahead of it in my view.
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10/26/2013 - gout wrote: 90 Points
Will not please everyone, but this is a wine with some class. Nose only just emerging, bone dry on the palate, intense style of wine, grabs your attention with lots of citrus / acidity but well balanced & great length. Will keep further.
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10/14/2013 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. A brief burst of orange oil and silky texture, but then its inner Chablis is revealed. Medium bodied, bitter citrus, and the same swirling mixture of acidity, soil and green herbs on the resoundingly dry finish. Showing great although honestly, looking back at my only other experience with this wine 4 years ago, it does not seem to have changed that much! I can still taste the powdered stone coating my tongue as I write this note. More intensity and palate presence than just about any 2007 Chablis I can recall.
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9/6/2013 - Mike V Does not like this wine:
Premox. Are you kidding me. This is my third bottle of this wine. The first 2 were young this one was SHOT.
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6/17/2013 - Matt Neel Likes this wine:
Dinner at l'Apicio (New York City): Very pale straw. Big, deep nose, extremely minerally and gloriously earthy; butter, even butterscotch; seashells. Palate is ripe and quite rich; butter, minerals; unevolved. Good balance and extremely long. Again, this needs time (though less than the 2004 and it is much more open than that wine).
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6/2/2013 - MattTM wrote:
WS Offline (Pastis - Vancouver, BC): Some waxy hints on the nose along with tons of saline and white flowers, plus green apple peels, lime, pears, spice, and some nice floral orange blossoms. This has a crisp lemon backbone on the palate, showing red apples, pears, floral orange blossoms, crushed limestone, sea salt, a touch of caramel and some lime towards the finish. This is wound up pretty tight on both the nose and palate as it should be, but what delicious underlying components. This will be great with some more cellar time, let these sleep. Very good+
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6/1/2013 - jmoon wrote: 92 Points
Delicious racy avid backbone and oyster shell with vanilla and traces of white peach. Flabby when not well chilled. Incredible with oysters, seamless. Not spectacular tho... Worth trying but not worth chasing too hard.
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4/16/2013 - BigJul wrote:
Pas à la hauteur de la réputation du cru. Micro trace d'oxydation. Immense longueur, expansive et juteuse. Bouche d'un grand équilibre. Une déception dans les circonstances.
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11/14/2012 - madia wrote: 90 Points
White Burgundy tasting. (Wine Route Savion): On the nose – clean and sharp. Tropic fruits on the front. A bit oily, excellent acidity, well balanced.
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10/17/2012 - StefanAkiko wrote: 95 Points
Non-blind. Decanted 2 hours, slow-ox 3 hrs at Cuscina April 13.
Impression: Very near Extraordinary.
Nose: Amazing mineral aromas and citrusy Chard.
On the palate it is nothing short of breathtaking. Acid level is on par with Champagne. Elegance is like the movements of a prima ballerina. Minerality component is like your nose inside seashells by the sea shore. First glass felt dis-jointed because of the piercing acids, but it came together well with its delineated exactness and intrinsic fruit. Entry with citrus. Mid palate is sheer pleasure and in the end palate there is a buttery Chard component that sent us in to Wonderland. Mind-boggling! Fantastic!
One of the best Chablis I ever had. Wife loved it. I'm so happy we have 2 more. Next one in maybe 2019.
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8/7/2012 - Dave Dalluge wrote: 93 Points
Mostly French at Tilia's: Clear yellow color with no hint of pre-mox. Stunning nose of citrus fruit and mineral. Equally great in the mouth, with expansive layers of flavor that fan out over the palate. Great texture and a perfect amount of acidity. Great, long finish. Maybe not quite the equal of the Dauvissat Le Clos, but still a thrilling Chablis.
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6/15/2012 - jeff nowak wrote: 87 Points
too tart and acidic for my tastes. no significant change thru almost 4 hours in the glass. disappointing.
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6/4/2012 - Matt Neel wrote:
Jules' Birthday (Corkbuzz, East Village, NYC): Deep straw, green meniscus. Pure, young, perfumed, mineral, stony Chardonnay on the nose. Primary. Palate soft, a bit sweet, butter; seems diffuse and disjointed at the moment. A good wine, but a bit lost in the mix tonight.
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5/27/2012 - Rowchan wrote: 78 Points
Clear, perfect gold colour, good legs. Clean, med intensity, overwhelming oxidised smell that morphs an older Gewürztraminer petrol taint - most unusual for Chablis. The smells are too strong to sense the underlying fruit. Dry, med. body, med alcohol, no tannins, light on acidity, again a creamy texture, honey, molasses, green gage, slight minerality, low intensity, slight lemon yet a short finish.
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5/12/2012 - amateurwino wrote: 92 Points
Tasted alongside the 07 Preuses, this Les Clos unfortunately showeda touch of oxidation that did not mar enjoyment of this wine but may be worth noting for those planning to hold a long time. Other than the slight signs of age, this had what you'd expect from this bottling and vintage - briny salinity, lively acid. Went terrific with oysters, perhaps slightly less inspired as a pairing with soft shell crab. I preferred the Preuses but this was delicious too. 92-93
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4/20/2012 - Todd French wrote:
This is a truly beautiful wine - the nose is full of lemon custard, oyster shells, and the most beautiful, pure salinity imaginable. Rich mouthfeel, but not soft, with great acidity and very long finish.
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4/17/2012 - chatters wrote:
working with wine 2012 seminar 1 - chardonnay (Pyrmont): Nose: Medium intensity aromas, apple, floral top notes, slight cheesiness. Mouth: Medium plus acid, very slightly tart apple, very slight ginger notes, very slight phenolic grip, long finish.
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3/8/2012 - Yagil wrote: 91 Points
Bourgogne tasting event (Wine Route TLV): light golden color
developed quality aroma of tropical fruits
full-body, high acidity, balanced bitterness, green tropical non-ripe fruits, harmonious, long ending.
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9/16/2011 - Bisty Likes this wine: 91 Points
Too young, should gain a few points.
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8/18/2011 - d'Artagnan wrote: 92 Points
Nez discret, un peu d'acétone, coté lactique, de la poire. Beaucoup plus de charme en cette bouche ronde, grasse et large. Un texture élégante et suave. Pas très minéral pour ce cru, c'est exubérant, je le mettais même à Meursault! Encore bien jeune et un brin dissocié à ce stade, préférable d'attendre quelques années pour que le nez s'exprime mieux mais c'est une très belle bouteille. 92 pts
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8/1/2011 - vespa110 wrote: 90 Points
Questo invece mi piace un sacco, giallo paglierino con rif. verdolini , naso poco espressivo su note minerali sassose, quasi sentori di foglie verdi e erba appena tagliata, il tutto abb. sussurrato, bocca invece molto molto molto SALATA, ingresso con pressione palatale e con una bella freschezza, si beve a secchi e ti lecchi le labbra.
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7/6/2011 - Alex H wrote: 85 Points
Smells of mineral water ! Like a freshly opened bottle of distiller mineral water. Hot butter mushrooms and lemony fruits.
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6/10/2011 - Pknut wrote:
At first, after about two hours of air, I found this to be disappointing and I questioned why I spent 88 CHF on this wine when a $30 bottle of Fevre Fourchaume would have shown just as well. But give this wine about four hours of air and wow, it just comes alive. There is a touch of butter cream on the front on the palate, but the finish is where this wine shines, with minerals and a generous measure of salt. The midpalate is young and primary, full in the mouth, but without much detail and complexity, at least at this point. The Grand Cru qualities, at this point, are found on the finish. Drinking very well now, in a primary way. I would cellar this for a few years to see what complexities may emerge. Bought at Ritter Wine in Schaan and opened at the restaurant at the Residence Hotel in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
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5/17/2011 - Mingmong wrote: 88 Points
Mineral and some butter on the nose, rich round fruit, peaches, apple dryness.
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5/17/2011 - Paul S wrote: 89 Points
Burgundy 2011 Day 2: Lunch at Bistrot Grand Cru in William Fevre (William Fevre, Chablis): Boy, this was disappointing. Nose was very tight, some cream, earth, mushrooms all a bit reserved. The palate had a nice cleanness to it, with bright acidity and lots of juiciness. There was tons of weight and power on the attack, but the wine was so fresh and juicy that you do not notice it. Unfortunately, it was very truncated, all acid and lemony fruit, some melted butter and barely anything else past the midpalate. Absolutely no sign of the early promise we tasted in say the 2007 La Chablisienne Grenouilles. Such a let down after previous vintages of Fevre's Les Clos and the sterling reviews that the 2007 bottting has been receving in particular. Served blind, nobody could place what on earth it was. In fact, the bottle of straight Fevre Chablis that we had immediately after showed about as well as this did. We thought the wine might be flawed at first, but coming straight from Fevre's cellars as this bottle probably did, that would have been a tragedy.
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4/18/2011 - lerod1 wrote: 94 Points
Quel beau vin! Texture grasse, expression de beurre, d'agrumes et de felurs blanches. Il offre une belle complexité à mesure qu'il réchauffe. Une belle bouteille pour courronner une victoire du Canadien sur les Bruins (!!)
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3/28/2011 - brooklynguy wrote:
pretty closed still, which confused me as an 07 Valmur tasted recently was wide open. perhaps I should have opened this further in advance. still, unquestionably of Chablis and a balanced and intriguing wine, even if not showing everything that it has to offer on this day.
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2/26/2011 - Omar Khayyam Likes this wine: 90 Points
Grand Cru Chablis blind tasting (stockholm): tasted blind.
classic minerality and gunpowder, but also grass and herbs - clover to be exact. As it opens up in the glass there is a clear perfumed note which I can't place, but that goes against the classic grain.
The taste and finish is long and balanced but also open and expressive.
I just can't guess the age of this. For vineyard I threw out valmur, but clearly without any good reason for it.
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2/21/2011 - NathanJM wrote: 95 Points
outstanding. excellent balance and finish. green apple, pear, good mineral notes. delightful.
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1/16/2011 - BigJul wrote: 93 Points
Un bouquet qui respire l’élégance, mais qui nous rappelle rapidement qu’on a ouvert ce vin plusieurs années avant qu’il ne puisse s’exprimer librement. On perçoit sa richesse, camouflée sous une première couche aromatique primaire (citron, orange, orange sanguine), mais on est frustré de ne pouvoir en profiter dès maintenant. La bouche est dense et profonde, ample et riche, sur fond d’arômes de mer. L’équilibre est impeccable, l’ensemble est à la fois fin, à la fois intense. Mais tout ceci n’est que prélude à sa finale qui est d’une longueur incroyable, intense, minérale, me rappelant un volcan débutant son éruption, sur les épices et les fruits de mer. Je n’ose imaginer ce que donnera ce vin après un repos de 5 ans en cave. 93+
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1/9/2011 - Philippe_C wrote: 93 Points
Nose of tea, mineral, green apple, pear, nice volatile acidity, white peper... in the mouth, green and yellow apple, minerality, very very long, citrus aftertaste
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10/28/2010 - Yagil wrote: 92 Points
almost transparent, mineralic aroma, herbal, lime, citrus, dry, fruity, elegant
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10/6/2010 - madia wrote: 91 Points
Domaine Bouchard Pere & Fils & Domaine William Fevre Tasting (Wine Route Tel Aviv): Light gold. Excellent nose: complex , mineral and floral. Powerful body, sharp and not totally harmonic. Very good acidity and long finish.
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9/19/2010 - VindependenceDay wrote: 92 Points
Consistent with last bottle a week ago. Almost like a NZ sauvignon blanc. Gooseberry, almost grassy? But strong minerality, acidity, clean. Also green apple, long finish. Tight though, should wait another year before trying another.
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9/10/2010 - VindependenceDay wrote:
Popped and poured. Immediately strong nose of gooseberry (almost like sauv blanc), iodine, apricot. Intense minerality. Acidic. Finish a bit weak. 92 pts.
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6/2/2010 - dridge11 wrote: 94 Points
Solid Chablis, great with abalone
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3/28/2010 - BigJul wrote:
Un grand vin en devenir. Très complexe, fin, élégant. Encore très jeune.
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3/8/2010 - collin Likes this wine:
A pretty intense wine. Strong minerality, more like chalk or granite than sea shells. Intense palate: concentrated, long, complex. Finish is a bit austere, a bit woody. Reminds me of an excellent 1er cru Puligny, rather than a young Chablis. Of course, I don't have enough experience with young Grand Cru Chablis to know whether that is a good thing or not. FWIW, I am happy to have more.
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1/26/2010 - ssouth wrote: 94 Points
rich and unctous with good minerality...several good years ahead of it
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12/30/2009 - BradE wrote:
We had the 07 side by side with the 05. At this point, the 07 has that something extra - richer, broader flavor palate - and was the consensus favorite. Seriously good Chablis. Note to CT world - buy this wine. (Two bottles consumed, consistent.)
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11/10/2009 - MFong wrote:
Confrerie Burgundy Trip – Day 1 (Chablis/Beaune): Shiny light gold. Heavy oyster shells on the first nose, then peaches and lime. Clean precise attack. High acidity, peaches and lime on the light bodied palate. Pure finish and very persistent.
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10/10/2009 - amateurwino wrote: 91 Points
More restrained sweetness than the Vaulorent, lots of acidic backbone here, smoothest and most harmonious of this tasting, but less of a wow wine than the Vaulorent right now. 90-92 now depending on your preferences of style.
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8/1/2009 - drwine2001 wrote:
More 2007 Chablis, Including Fevre Les Clos (Vin Vino, Palo Alto): Dizzyingly complex, penetrating nose-wow! This is by far the tightest, most backward of the wines today with a hint of citrus fruit, but what classic drive and a crescendo of minerality. No trace of wood here (maybe the acidity scared it away), but a welcome touch of youthful austerity, appropriate for an infant Grand Cru. Fabulous and much like the Dauvissat Clos from this year in possessing amazing palate presence and expansiveness with so little weight. This should be great with adequate time in the bottle.
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4/1/2009 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
In a ‘piercing contest’ between recent Chablis I have devoured this would win hands down. It has a little wood spice at first but from then on in its all about the piercing nature of the wine’s major attributes being derived from geological matter and citrus trees. Aromatically this is quite captivating with faint whiffs of lemon, oyster shell and white flowers. When it hits the mouth it almost throws the tongue into spasms and there is a connected string in this Chablis marionette that tugs at the skin around the eyes, immediately forming crow’s feet. There are ripe fruits here that you don’t smell or taste but feel, they buffer all of the piercing things and protect the gums from the bristling acidity. This has so much tension and yet it is suave, I think I’ll call it Pierce Brosnan.
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