2005 Domaine Patrick Javillier Meursault Les Clous Cuvée Spéciale

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  5/19/2013 - P&F wrote: 85 Points

  The color is yellow gold, and it smells like candied lemon or citron, just not very strongly so. It tastes fresh on one hand, but on the other we just begin to get a hint of oxidation -- so maybe there's not much time left in it? It's medium bodied with a smooth texture, and we agree 100% with the others who say lemon is primary on the palate. The wine finishes with a medium to long-ish length. Drank it with braised chicken and white beans, which were a good complement. Regardless, it was about $50, and we both thought we'd not pay more than a third of that in the future... sometimes you get kicked.

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  11/1/2011 - tp096255 wrote: 88 Points

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  COLOR: Medium brilliant yellow/honey
  NOTE: Smells EXACTLY like melted Luden's honey-lemon cough drops. I couldn't peg it until today (opened it yesterday and had half), but man it hit me right away today. Not bad, just weird. Palate is really a struggle for me, because in some ways it seems rich in glycerin but in other ways it seems watery. It's full of citrus, a bit of baked marshmallows, but then in the finish it drops off a cliff and tastes like I just bit into a nice, ripe Meyer lemon. I'm not a Burg expert, but this one just doesn't seem to have what it takes to get any better over time. Maybe it would be enjoyable with the right food, like oysters or something.
  
  DECANT: 1 hr - 24 hrs
  GLASS USED: Bordeaux
  TASTE: 8.8
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  COST: 50
  VALUE: 2.0
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  8/22/2009 - BigTarheel wrote: 88 Points

  Very nice but tight and youthful at th moment. Lots of pure citrus and soft cereal grain notes. The acid is firm and intense and the oak well balanced. I would expect excellent long-term potential.

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  8/3/2009 - vinopa wrote: 90 Points

  This was a very well balanced meursault..A very aromatic nose full of citrus and toasty oak..Very creamy on the palate..Somewhat tart..Citrus dominated along with crushed rock which lead too some toasted oak on the backend...Very nice wine..P. Javillier produces really nice white burgs and should be sought out...enjoy

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  5/6/2009 - moonmanvegas wrote: 89 Points

  This is my second Meursault and I thought it was again ineresting and now I get a better idea of the way mersaults are made. This was much more full bodied then most chardonnay. I got a lot of sour citrus and on the finish smoky oak.
  We paird this wine with salmon and lobster, it did better with the salmon more so then lobster which it over powered. Make sure your food can stand up to this wine. I don't think I would spend the money again.

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