2011 Nicolas Potel Pouilly-Fuissé

Community Tasting Notes (16) Median Score: 87 points

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  4/4/2019 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 89 Points

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  2/7/2019 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 89 Points

  It was late, my wife was on her Peloton, but I needed more wine. So I scanned my cellar for wines that were “past prime” and this popped up. I looked at my notes from the past three bottles that we had opened. I shuddered. Or maybe I cringed. None had been great, but my wife was not partaking so I would not hear the all-too-familiar: “See? I TOLD you so! We hold on to wines far too long.” I am not saying that was my wife saying that, it could very well be my conscious self chastising me in a voice that sounds an awful lot like my wife. But I digress. the über-golden color in the glass caused alarm as well as the desire to hide this from my wife if she were ever to emerge from her Peloton Bat Cave (I am pretty sure that image is a fat FAIL, but…). The nose follows the color: oxidative, but with some lemon curd. The palate? OK, Not a mind-blower by any stretch of my already elastic imagination, but this is pretty good: citrus, oak (in a good way), oxidized slightly (again, in a does-not-suck way). And a tart, vibrant finish. I really like it. But I did not save any for my wife. I am not an idiot (I think. Or at least I am fairly certain. OK. Maybe.) thedrunkencyclist.com

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  12/13/2018 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 88 Points

  It seems as though this wine is growing on me. The first bottle was fun and a bit flirty, the second more mundane and average. This third had a bit more fruit, surprisingly, but it remained a bit thin on the mid-palate before a slightly above average finish. I guess this is the third girl you ask to the prom: you really had no chance with the first as she was way out of your league. The Second? You went a little more hedonistic, but was glad it did not work out since you had no idea what you were doing. This one though? While you know this is not the one of your dreams, it will easily occupy you at a party where you take the time to get to know one another and wonder if there is a future, while the other potential options are out of the question. thedrunkencyclist.com

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  1/7/2015 - Deux Chevaux Likes this wine:

  Bright, a bit pale. Not much nose. Crisp acidity. Apple, and a bare touch of creaminess.

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  12/16/2014 - Marignon Likes this wine: 85 Points

  Notes of green apple and melon. Slightly acidic with mineral/stone presence.
  Longer finish than expected. Crisp and clean. Enjoy now.

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