Dîner de Noël des anciens C&S (Restaurant Bagatelle): Nez rancio, de noix de Grenoble. Bouche riche et dense, puissante, avec finale très lactique et funky, que j'ai beaucoup de mal à apprécier. Un vin tellement intense, qu'il a quelque chose de monstrueux! Fascinant à sa façon, mais je l'ai détesté cordialement.
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Surprisingly accessible and showing fruit and balancing acidity within 15-20 min of opening. Lots of stoniness in the back end and more light on its feet than the towards amber color and honeyed nose would indicate. I kept about half for the next night and while much of the initial full almost off-dry palate was gone, the minerality and acidity remained. I'm glad I opened my last bottle tonight, but as most who love Joly wines know, your mileage may vary.
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This was absolutely lovely, what a wine! Beautiful nose with honey, orange, nuts, lemon, and hay notes. Clearly mature, but in a perfect place. On the palate, the wine is very well balanced with riper/richer notes yet enough citrus notes and acidity to keep it in check. Notes of orange, lemon, hay, honey, apricot, and peach follow. Long finish. Outstanding wine and very lucky to come across a great bottle.
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8th of 12, pnp, perfect level, stained cork, better than most previous bottles and with some fruit and nuance, BUT atypical for Savennieres with its demi sec oxidised style which curiously works ok with some food combos (eg pork and apple casserole), no upside but no rush. G (15).
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12/22/2023 - d'Artagnan wrote:
Dîner de Noël des anciens C&S (Restaurant Bagatelle): Nez rancio, de noix de Grenoble. Bouche riche et dense, puissante, avec finale très lactique et funky, que j'ai beaucoup de mal à apprécier. Un vin tellement intense, qu'il a quelque chose de monstrueux! Fascinant à sa façon, mais je l'ai détesté cordialement.
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9/16/2023 - portman63 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Surprisingly accessible and showing fruit and balancing acidity within 15-20 min of opening. Lots of stoniness in the back end and more light on its feet than the towards amber color and honeyed nose would indicate. I kept about half for the next night and while much of the initial full almost off-dry palate was gone, the minerality and acidity remained. I'm glad I opened my last bottle tonight, but as most who love Joly wines know, your mileage may vary.
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1/5/2023 - MC2 Wines wrote: flawed
Bottle was corked which was a bummer.
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10/25/2022 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 96 Points
This was absolutely lovely, what a wine! Beautiful nose with honey, orange, nuts, lemon, and hay notes. Clearly mature, but in a perfect place. On the palate, the wine is very well balanced with riper/richer notes yet enough citrus notes and acidity to keep it in check. Notes of orange, lemon, hay, honey, apricot, and peach follow. Long finish. Outstanding wine and very lucky to come across a great bottle.
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5/19/2022 - liber wrote: 84 Points
8th of 12, pnp, perfect level, stained cork, better than most previous bottles and with some fruit and nuance, BUT atypical for Savennieres with its demi sec oxidised style which curiously works ok with some food combos (eg pork and apple casserole), no upside but no rush. G (15).
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