2012 Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  7/30/2021 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  13% alcohol.
  
  Concentrated, intense lime-green color. Clean, chalky and slightly evolved nose with pure aromas of green apples and zesty citrus fruits, some sweeter notes of juicy yellow fruits, a little bit of fresh white peach, light developed notes of woolly lanolin and cow parsley flowers, a hint of steely minerality and a vague touch of old wood spice. The wine is firm, crisp and lively on the palate with a medium body and dry, clean and somewhat neutral flavors of tangy salinity, steely minerality, some tart notes of lemony citrus fruits and tangy Granny Smith apple, a little bit of chalk dust, light evolved notes of wool, a hint of wizened yellow fruits and a sweeter touch of white peach. The bright, high acidity lends great sense of structure to the wine. The finish is clean, long and steely with sharp flavors of tart green apples, some lemony notes, a little bit of chalky minerality, light woolly notes of lanolin, a hint of tangy salinity and a sweeter touch of ripe white fruits.
  
  A clean, crisp and focused 1er Cru Chablis that is starting to show the first signs of age with its light woolly notes typical of developed Chablis, but still comes across as surprisingly youthful for its age. Shows good sense of intensity, freshness and precision. Has lost the incisive leanness and slightly smoky notes of reduction that were quite evident in the wine in its youth, now emphasizing more its fresh, acid-driven fruit flavors, intermingled with the steely and chalky mineral notes. Starting to drink quite well, but shows great potential for future development - will improve for years more. Not perhaps the most characterful Chablis out there, but nevertheless is pretty much a textbook example of the classic, low-key 1er Cru Chablis style. Priced according to its quality at 26,90€.

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  2/4/2019 - Mige Does not like this wine:

  It's a decent and well made Chablis, but didn't leave me thinking "why don't I drink Chablis more often". It has nice acidity and fruit, some toast from batonnage, but the complexity and the originality isn't there. Wouldn't buy again.

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  5/25/2018 - Lars1974 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Apples, mineral bit of white pepper and and balanced acidity. When drunk to a sallad with lots of acidity in it as well it developed a very nice buttery smoothness.

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  1/7/2017 - PEKB wrote: 88 Points

  Green and yellow apple juice on a wet flintstone. Slightly oily mouthfeel. A bit thin.

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  3/5/2016 - loegaute wrote: 91 Points

  Flott vin, som har strammet seg pent opp siden oktober 2014. Aromatisk åpen, flott energi og fylde. 90-91p.

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