2005 Hubert Lamy Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Clos de la Chateniere Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  10/16/2012 - cavalpha wrote: 88 Points

  Beginning to fade

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  10/7/2012 - nadoum wrote:

  Was getting a little tired. I would recommend drinking up if you have any of this left.

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  8/19/2012 - jlm wrote:

  This drank similar to my previous note from the end of 2010. The nose is still mostly about apple and toast, although there's an attractive minty-herbal hint that comes out with time in the glass. The palate is still broad and juicy textured, and just generally rounder than most vintages at Lamy. Still, a nice wine, even if I prefer the more acidic vintages.

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  11/4/2010 - jlm wrote:

  This has settled down some in the last 18 months. It still starts out with a fair waft of buttery, toasty oak influence, but time in the decanter brings that under control, revealing more of a baked apple note. The palate seems less dominated by flesh at this point too. It's still somewhat broad, but there is a core of firm acidic structure poking through. In short, some positive evolution towards a more focused wine. Satisfying at this point, but not complex. Hopefully some more age will help to delineate it further.

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  4/30/2009 - jlm wrote:

  Gold. This is showing baked apple and spices on the nose, the oak is very clearly still present in the aromas. On the palate, it is fatter and rounder than I expected, a pretty big mouthful of wine, without the cut and definition I've found in Lamy's other wines (even the '05 Frionnes). Is it baby fat that will reveal a core of structure, or is it just a big wine? It never tends into flabbiness, so I'm inclined to hope it's the former. There's certainly enough dry extract to allow this to age for some years, and it should be allowed to do so. Too primary now.

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