Jim and Michelene for their 40th wedding anniversary w/ chef Don Saunders. Nita's & my btl. I opened this 2hrs before dinner just to check it and found it amazing. Light gold, stunning orange zest & mineral. I put the cork back in after 10 minutes and felt great about this '07 Clos as always. 5hrs later at Jim & Michelene's I removed the cork once again, took a pour & passed. Sadly, this was still very nice but it had picked up some butterscotch and lost a bit of its vibrant freshness. Completely drinkable but not the 98-100pt test sip earlier in the day. This had slipped to a 92/93 wiine and I couldn't adjust to the loss of its best self just 5hrs earlier. The previous btl on Aug 2021 was a near perfect 99pt wine. No more 07s left and none to worry about going fwd. Purchased on release and stored in my temp-controlled cellar since.
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In such an amazing place. A perfect bottle. There is youthful power and verve and an incredible depth and seamlessness of vibrant fruit layered with minerality, pastry cream, roasted hazelnuts and an ocean spray-like salinity. It’s texturally captivating, wrapping around the palate with killer density without weight. Racy acids balance its richness and secondary nuttiness and it finishes forever. White burg at its finest.
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3/24/2024 - jhw425 wrote: 96 Points
Almost a perfect bottle. From Ajax tavern in aspen
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12/18/2023 - HoostineFL wrote: flawed
Flawed. Deep yellow - nearly amber - color, cloying texture and no acid. Bummer…
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12/11/2023 - cortoncharlie wrote: flawed
Debatable if this was premoxed but more advanced than it should be. Not the kind of Chablis I enjoy.
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10/19/2023 - chablis28 wrote:
Jim and Michelene for their 40th wedding anniversary w/ chef Don Saunders. Nita's & my btl. I opened this 2hrs before dinner just to check it and found it amazing. Light gold, stunning orange zest & mineral. I put the cork back in after 10 minutes and felt great about this '07 Clos as always. 5hrs later at Jim & Michelene's I removed the cork once again, took a pour & passed. Sadly, this was still very nice but it had picked up some butterscotch and lost a bit of its vibrant freshness. Completely drinkable but not the 98-100pt test sip earlier in the day. This had slipped to a 92/93 wiine and I couldn't adjust to the loss of its best self just 5hrs earlier. The previous btl on Aug 2021 was a near perfect 99pt wine. No more 07s left and none to worry about going fwd. Purchased on release and stored in my temp-controlled cellar since.
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9/8/2023 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 97 Points
In such an amazing place. A perfect bottle. There is youthful power and verve and an incredible depth and seamlessness of vibrant fruit layered with minerality, pastry cream, roasted hazelnuts and an ocean spray-like salinity. It’s texturally captivating, wrapping around the palate with killer density without weight. Racy acids balance its richness and secondary nuttiness and it finishes forever. White burg at its finest.
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