2017 Beau Rivage Chenin Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (55) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  1/29/2024 - JCGuthrie wrote: 88 Points

  On day one this showed very little on the nose or palate - just some mineral and light lemon notes. After a day under vacuum seal in the fridge it revealed a lot more - white and yellow peach, grapefruit and baking spice on the nose and waxy lemon notes and pear on the palate. Good acidity and a long but slightly bitter finish. Solid but not remarkable. For whatever reason I obviously liked my earlier bottle better. 88 on day two for this one.

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  5/10/2023 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Almost through 2 cases of this wine...last bottle over a year ago was showing the ox, which was the first time I wasn't thrilled with it. Well...as Mark Twain once said..."The reports of my death..." This bottle is back to the brilliancy of this wine! Age has brought on a more honeyed creme to the pitted orchard fruits...still cut with a vein of lemon/grapefruit sours...but what I REALLY dig is this smokey crushed rock minerality...really savory and chalky with a dried white flower extract...and making no guesses to the varietal with classic lanolin oil and a waxiness that I just LOVE in my whites. Still possesses wonderful harmony and balance, and with each sip, something to ponder. Wife was going to use some of this for cooking...HELL no now! Great bottle!

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  4/22/2023 - Obi-Wan Cannubi Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Veldig fin. God, frisk frukt med lett tropisk preg (papaya) med honningtoner. Snev av våt ull. Litt eikete med snev av dill, og middels minus syre - uten at det er negativt. Veldig fin balanse. Ingen skarpe kanter. Godt utført, lettdrikkelig og med en kompleksitet som gjør det hele verdt pengene.
  
  Bedre enn forrige flaske.

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  12/11/2022 - acyso wrote: 85 Points

  "I drank all the Giz" (Chicago, IL): Quite lean, with a slight rubbery note that feels somewhat like a reductive thing gone awry. Dominated by the acidity, I wish there was generally more weight and depth in this. Not immediately obvious to me that this was chenin either, though I'm judging this too much by the standards of Huet's sec. I've liked the 2019 much more; maybe this is a question of learning the ropes.

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  5/20/2022 - Obi-Wan Cannubi wrote: 88 Points

  Gylden honninggul.
  
  Ikke så ekspressiv på nese. Noe tropisk frukt og våt ull.
  
  Fyldig, noe fedme. Veldig frisk. Varm - litt i overkant med syren og alkoholstikk. Frukten er varm og nesten litt tropisk. Ikke helt i balanse.

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