2011 Domaine Labet Chardonnay La Reine

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  10/29/2014 - wp_drinkers Likes this wine:

  14.3% alcohol (but carries it well). The initial indications were of an oxidised wine, but this faded with a little air, and the oxidative characters are actually part of the wine’s appeal. Apart from the fruit characters (white apricot, nectarine) there is also honeydew melon (one taster narrowed it down to “the white bit under the skin”), lots of nuttiness, Jersey caramel and fudge. There is also a slight vanillan note (presumably from oak). Some creaminess on the palate indicates a little time on lees, and this is balanced by good acidity. A slight sulphur / match-stick note rounds this out.

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