Closed on opening. Started opening after an hour plus but still reticent. Mature, deep with star fruit, yellow pear, mineral, white truffle and hint of aged cream.
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Montrachet and Amoureuses dinner (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Really enjoyable. The deep gold colour was a bit worrying, and this was indeed a touch oxisided, but thankfully in a nicely matured Burg way, rather than full-on premoxed undrinkability. The nose reflected that as well, with notes of honeyed pear and red apples laced with lashes of honey, umami, white meat and earth. The palate was really delicious, with dulcet honeyed tones and shades of ripe red apple laced with a surprising amount of acidity for a 2005, all this keeping proceedings brisk and lively. The sweet ripeness of a warm year was there, and certainly some caramel notes creeping in, but this was definitely light on its feet for the vintage. Solid midpalate and finish too, with a lovely sweet blush of apple fruit lined with plenty of mineral and earth pulling away into a long, full, palate-coating finish. Lots of power and intensity on this, all held in a very effortless, complete Montrachet fashion - I thought it lacked just a touch of the elegance of the very best Marquis de Laguiche vintages. Nevertheless, this was just lovely. About time to drink up though.
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always nervous with GC whites from some vintages, 2005 definitely one of the scary ones for premox. However, the wines showed much better than our glasses look (sorry!). Just a little evolved as you might expect for the age. Very intense, long , powerful. And still a good level of acidity. Well, still a wine I would drink up now.
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10/21/2023 - Costes76 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Closed on opening. Started opening after an hour plus but still reticent. Mature, deep with star fruit, yellow pear, mineral, white truffle and hint of aged cream.
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12/24/2022 - burgundyman Likes this wine: 92 Points
Powerful and ready. Drink up.
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2/26/2021 - steinersing wrote: 92 Points
Lacking a little in freshness and energy, but showing still ok. Would drink up.
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11/5/2020 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points
Montrachet and Amoureuses dinner (Nicolas Restaurant, Teck Lim Street, Singapore): Really enjoyable. The deep gold colour was a bit worrying, and this was indeed a touch oxisided, but thankfully in a nicely matured Burg way, rather than full-on premoxed undrinkability. The nose reflected that as well, with notes of honeyed pear and red apples laced with lashes of honey, umami, white meat and earth. The palate was really delicious, with dulcet honeyed tones and shades of ripe red apple laced with a surprising amount of acidity for a 2005, all this keeping proceedings brisk and lively. The sweet ripeness of a warm year was there, and certainly some caramel notes creeping in, but this was definitely light on its feet for the vintage. Solid midpalate and finish too, with a lovely sweet blush of apple fruit lined with plenty of mineral and earth pulling away into a long, full, palate-coating finish. Lots of power and intensity on this, all held in a very effortless, complete Montrachet fashion - I thought it lacked just a touch of the elegance of the very best Marquis de Laguiche vintages. Nevertheless, this was just lovely. About time to drink up though.
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4/13/2020 - steinersing wrote: 94 Points
always nervous with GC whites from some vintages, 2005 definitely one of the scary ones for premox. However, the wines showed much better than our glasses look (sorry!). Just a little evolved as you might expect for the age. Very intense, long , powerful. And still a good level of acidity. Well, still a wine I would drink up now.
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