Pear, apple fruit with mineral and something rich/creamy on the nose. Discernible oak, but subtle. Enters palate with great fruit expression, but drops its weight mid-palate (a CC characteristic for me), creating a sublime elegance. Would have liked a bit more acidity/crispness, but perfectly enjoyable as is as there is a complex, persistent finish.
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Lunch at Come-Into Chiuchow Restaurant with Louis: Wow this was so youthful that there was quite literally no way to have guessed this as 2006 - most thought that this was a 2018 or 19. My first instinct was that this was a CC with the weighty but not overtly rich palate, was actually quite sure but got misled by pesky Louis. So incredibly fresh without much development, the only quibble was that the alcoholic note stuck out which contributed to the abrupt finish.
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Drank out of a mag … really good. Unfortunately I’ve had many that are premoxed so expect bottle variation. Dense wine with big mouthfeel. Got some of that glycerine stuff going on. But the acidity of tropical fruits was very well balanced and makes this a fabulous corton charly.
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(Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne) Aromatically a little deeper, with fewer high-tones. This is more mineral and with more acidity defining the spine of the wine. This is also superbly long and perhaps with even better focus. It’s driven by minerality rather than the waves of creamy fruit of the Chevalier. Today I would drink the Chevalier, but in 10 years? I’ll duck the question, but I’d love to make the comparison!
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12/26/2023 - chbent1 wrote: flawed
Corked. Undrinkable. Second of two bottles with same result.
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4/17/2023 - chatters wrote:
Peta (plus others) big birthday celebration (Peta & Loic's place, Croydon(ish)): A little bacon fat, butter, toasted nuts, a touch of sweet spice, stone fruit, smidge of citrus. Good quality oak. Juicy, fleshy, a little apple joins the stone fruit, those toasted nuts. Yum yum
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1/14/2023 - thomaskeil wrote: 93 Points
Pear, apple fruit with mineral and something rich/creamy on the nose. Discernible oak, but subtle. Enters palate with great fruit expression, but drops its weight mid-palate (a CC characteristic for me), creating a sublime elegance. Would have liked a bit more acidity/crispness, but perfectly enjoyable as is as there is a complex, persistent finish.
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12/24/2022 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points
Lunch at Come-Into Chiuchow Restaurant with Louis: Wow this was so youthful that there was quite literally no way to have guessed this as 2006 - most thought that this was a 2018 or 19. My first instinct was that this was a CC with the weighty but not overtly rich palate, was actually quite sure but got misled by pesky Louis. So incredibly fresh without much development, the only quibble was that the alcoholic note stuck out which contributed to the abrupt finish.
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10/6/2022 - Ltrain1282 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drank out of a mag … really good. Unfortunately I’ve had many that are premoxed so expect bottle variation. Dense wine with big mouthfeel. Got some of that glycerine stuff going on. But the acidity of tropical fruits was very well balanced and makes this a fabulous corton charly.
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