Is this even real life? The moment I poured this I didn't really know what to expect judging by the deep golden yellow in the glass. I thought "okay, this might be over the peak already". But you know what they say - assumptions are the mother of all fuckups. To start with the nose first - loads of oak (definitely needs decanting) with the ripe tropical fruit laying underneath. The palate is full-on creamy and broad, but with a superbly linear string of acid that carries the whole wine to another level. It makes it tastes like a 5-year-old Chardonnay, not one that's two decades old. Long finish with a note of banana that I found really appealing. Montrachet doesn't get better than this and rarely does any Chardonnay for that matter.
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9/12/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 99 Points
200 Burgundy Grand Crus from vintage 2000, 4-day blind tasting (Singapore): Fresh, structured rich, yet with appropriate dry extract. Lemon curd and pop corn finish, second favorite of group, also in the as good as it gets category.
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7/29/2022 - steinersing wrote: 96 Points
Best bottle yet - precise, fresh and beautiful intensity. Surprisingly little oxidative evolution. Long life ahead.
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11/20/2021 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
JK's 50th Birthday: Magnum. Clear, rich, very classic. 94
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3/20/2021 - steinersing wrote: 96 Points
Powerful and early in development - expressive but linear - may need more time
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8/31/2020 - grapenomad wrote: 98 Points
Is this even real life? The moment I poured this I didn't really know what to expect judging by the deep golden yellow in the glass. I thought "okay, this might be over the peak already". But you know what they say - assumptions are the mother of all fuckups. To start with the nose first - loads of oak (definitely needs decanting) with the ripe tropical fruit laying underneath. The palate is full-on creamy and broad, but with a superbly linear string of acid that carries the whole wine to another level. It makes it tastes like a 5-year-old Chardonnay, not one that's two decades old. Long finish with a note of banana that I found really appealing. Montrachet doesn't get better than this and rarely does any Chardonnay for that matter.
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