2010 de Ladoucette Pouilly-Fumé Baron de L

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 92.5 points

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  8/3/2022 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 93 Points

  Final bottle from a half case purchased at auction in 2016. Showing well at 12 years of age, fresh and lively, without any signs of undue ageing. Striking a lovely balance between honeyed maturity and zippy acidity, with lovely varietal typicity, flowers and orchard fruit (with a tropical edge), a firm minerally core, elegant weight (12.5% ABV), a silky texture, mild bitters, and good to very good length. Has traded some of its definition for harmonious maturity. Completely ready.

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  3/14/2021 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points

  Fifth bottle from a half case purchased at auction in 2016. After a slightly less convincing bottle in June 2020, this is once again on splendid form. A very civilised and polished wine, with a clearly recognisable, individual style. Aromatically it is intense, complex and subtle, with a touch of flower honey, just a whiff of pyrazines, smoky minerals and creamy, zesty citrus fruits (lemon, tangerine, orange); the palate is silky and seamless, elegant (12.5% ABV) and flowing, with perfectly integrated acidity and mild bitters; finishes complete and long, with a gentle tropical note. Very stylish -perfect now and over the next few years.

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  8/7/2020 - LaberMeier wrote: 92 Points

  Tight structure, a bit hesitant to open up. Minerality overweights fruit. I find a bit of blueberry, no honey. Enough substance to enjoy with a good cheese.

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  6/24/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points

  Lunch on the terrace with the in-laws. Intense, concentrated, honeyed, steely, still with lovely precision but much less expressive than previous bottles. Bottle difference? Still a lovely drink though.

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  12/24/2019 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points

  Silky and refined, stylish and playful, elegant and seamless, hint of honeyed richness, peach and gooseberry, medium body (12.5% ABV), lovely complexity and length. Has entered its plateau of maturity. Gone in seconds. Christmas has begun!

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