My last of these. Medium to dark yellow. Ripe citrus orchard fruit and a whiff of minerality. Palate follows nose, with minerality coming through strongly on final. These have finally lost a step on bottles I've had about 2 years ago, but this was wonderful value wine that shows the producer makes wines that can age 8 or so years in a good vintage. Would not hesitate to buy this in future years for a good drop of Old World Chardonnay peaking in the 4-8 year window.
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Medium yellow. Lemon curd bouquet. Slow attack, builds to a mid-palate which is clearly less complex and developed than my prior bottles. No outright oxidation yet, but I wonder if this bottle was going there.
No rating tonight but would have given 88+. Wonder if I should be finishing these sooner rather than later - had hoped they would have made 2020 but that might have been optimistic.
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Opened half an hour prior. Medium dark yellow. Lemon curd, mineral inflected bouquet. Brisk attack, blossoms quickly into a medium bodied butterscotch, ripe lemon and toasted oak mid-palate. Minerality comes to the fore on the medium length final.
Perhaps missing a bit of fullness, but this is really nitpicking. A very enjoyable white burgundy that is excellent value and still has many years in front of it. Superb value.
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Only had a brief sip of this during a Christmas party but was very impressed. Medium dark yellow, marine bouquet. Lively acidity, medium bodied and lemon curd. Good balance and length.
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9/3/2021 - unrelenting wrote: 94 Points
Peak drinking. Great complexity and finish
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4/21/2020 - David Meddings wrote: 90 Points
My last of these. Medium to dark yellow. Ripe citrus orchard fruit and a whiff of minerality. Palate follows nose, with minerality coming through strongly on final. These have finally lost a step on bottles I've had about 2 years ago, but this was wonderful value wine that shows the producer makes wines that can age 8 or so years in a good vintage. Would not hesitate to buy this in future years for a good drop of Old World Chardonnay peaking in the 4-8 year window.
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8/25/2018 - David Meddings wrote:
Medium yellow. Lemon curd bouquet. Slow attack, builds to a mid-palate which is clearly less complex and developed than my prior bottles. No outright oxidation yet, but I wonder if this bottle was going there.
No rating tonight but would have given 88+. Wonder if I should be finishing these sooner rather than later - had hoped they would have made 2020 but that might have been optimistic.
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5/19/2018 - David Meddings Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened half an hour prior. Medium dark yellow. Lemon curd, mineral inflected bouquet. Brisk attack, blossoms quickly into a medium bodied butterscotch, ripe lemon and toasted oak mid-palate. Minerality comes to the fore on the medium length final.
Perhaps missing a bit of fullness, but this is really nitpicking. A very enjoyable white burgundy that is excellent value and still has many years in front of it. Superb value.
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12/26/2017 - David Meddings wrote: 90 Points
Only had a brief sip of this during a Christmas party but was very impressed. Medium dark yellow, marine bouquet. Lively acidity, medium bodied and lemon curd. Good balance and length.
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