2012 Patrick Piuze Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  2/10/2024 - gth865a Likes this wine: 94 Points

  One of the best Chardonnays we have had. Still lots of life yet

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  12/30/2022 - Burgundy Bill Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Absolutely stunning. Sweet honeycomb and crushed oysters on the nose. Grapefruit and lemon on the attack followed by hazelnuts, honey, beeswax, salted caramel and satsuma all carried by searing acid and a strong thread of salinity that continues to deliver. This wine is infinitely nuanced and complex revealing something new with every sip. White WOTY.

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  9/23/2021 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  The fruit is sourced from two parcels within Les Clos. Fermented spontaneously, aged in old, neutral oak barrels. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Luminous golden yellow color with faint green highlights. Fragrant and pleasantly evolved bouquet with juicy, harmonious and slightly sweet-toned aromas of ripe lemons and cantaloupe, some creamy richness, light evolved notes of nuttiness, a little bit of succulent nectarine and a finest hint of beeswax. Wonderfully complex overall impression, which is carried over to the taste. The wine is broad, somewhat concentrated and quite full-bodied yet very firm and precise on the palate with layered flavors of ripe citrus fruits, some spicy red apple tones, a little bit of mature nuttiness, light mineral notes of tangy salinity, a hint of creamy oak and a touch of honeyed sweetness. The high acidity feels very much in balance with the body, still lending great sense of structure and precision to the wine. The finish is long, firm and concentrated with complex flavors of juicy citrus fruits, some tangy saline tones, a little bit of sharp Granny Smith apple, light nutty nuances, a hint of honey or beeswax and a sweet touch of ripe cantaloupe.
  
  An excellent Grand Cru Chablis and probably the best Piuze wine I've tasted so far. Starting to show some wonderful tertiary complexity along with the concentrated yet very precise fruit flavors, but at the same time retaining a good deal of youthful freshness and verve. A wonderfully vivacious Chardonnay with tremendous intensity and depth of flavor. Impressive now, but most likely will continue to improve for many years more. Very highly recommended.

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  3/10/2019 - JOsgood wrote:

  In a great place right now. Big fruit with cut and finish.

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  11/6/2013 - kevinacohn wrote:

  Dinner with Patrick Piuze (Seäsonal Restaurant & Weinbar, New York, NY): This is dominated by a dense core of acid and minerals. I'd describe it as having "plus plus" acid and minerality--a tad overwhelming at this point in time and needing age to achieve balance. On the bouquet there's a hint of grapefruit, and in terms of sensory profiles I think this wine is more "pink" than "yellow." What came to mind was eating an extremely sour grapefruit. With time I think this will be explosive, but right now it's not ready. NOT RATED.

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