2010 Jean Rijckaert Chardonnay Arbois en Chante-Merle Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  10/21/2016 - Ribz Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The wine is Clear with Medium Gold color. Nose: the wine is Clean , with Medium intensity. There's hints of green apple, peach, cooked fruits, stony - steely, walnut. Palate: the wine is Dry, with Medium + Acidity, and is Medium + bodied. On Palate, there's also hints of grapefruit, pineapple, Stone Fruits. Finish /Length is rather Long. Conclusions: the wine is excellent. 90-94

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  8/22/2014 - eboracum Likes this wine: 91 Points

  The most striking thing about this wine was its bouquet which was a bright medley of passion fruit, white flowers and minerals. The same elements carried through onto the medium bodied palate with a laser like precision and were underpinned by an excellent balance of crisp acidity and round "gras" with hints of honey towards the finish. There was no sign of oxidative wine-making which was once very prevalent in the Jura region. In the past, I have found some of Rijckaert's wines, especially from the Mâconnais, somewhat let down by excessively caramelised finishes and also by poor ageing under Nomacorc closures, but neither of these applied here. Very good. QPR! and I'll buy more if not sold out.

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