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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.3 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 39 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by shifter on 2/16/2024 & rated 93 points: Jon's 50th Birthday Dinner: Opened for two hours. Good balance and nice weight. (402 views) | | | Tasted by Vini Ciclismo on 8/5/2023 & rated 95 points: 1996 Rhone and Burgundy (Bronte): youthfully pale straw colour
classic fragrance of lemon curd and a hint of cottage cheese, with citrus zest
perfectly structured, elegant attack with well defined citrus and mineral zest, long middle and a finish that opens up with a hint of aged complexity but still remaining very youthful and fruit driven.
a spectacular 27yr old Chablis. (640 views) | | | Tasted by fclarity on 5/21/2023 & rated 95 points: Three 96 Rav Grand Crus mano a mano. All of these bottles looked solid with yellow centers and clear rims.
The Valmus seemed the most closed and the nose took quite a while to develop. It showed green apple, pear, minerals, and citrus.
This should be quite good but still needs time in the cellar. Start drinking this in 5 years and it should last 20 years or so (if your bottle is not poxed). This wine should gain a point or two with time. (574 views) | | | Tasted by bill00 on 9/12/2021: Too advanced for me. Seems like a great wine underneath if you could get a fresher bottle. (1708 views) | | | Tasted by Kemo Sabe on 11/29/2020 & rated 96 points: WOTN vs some DRC and other gems. This was absolutely firing on all cylinders. Light to medium color. The nose was everything you want - sea shells, lemon curd, baking spices, iodine, minerals and yellow flowers. The palate was equally as generous with a rich, supple, nuanced yet powerful explosion of flavors. Drank over an hour and saved a glass til the end of dinner 2 hours later and it was even more nunaced with some air and warmer temp. A great effort. (1881 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 8/9/2019 & rated 92 points: Citrus aromatics. This is quite saline, marine. More so than I prefer. (2233 views) | | | Tasted by bthatton on 4/21/2019 & rated 95 points: Absolutely gorgeous. Richly textured and like hitting an absolute cement wall of sea shells and rock salt. Quite a bit of initial acid which subsided relatively quickly. Beautiful experience. (1932 views) | | | Tasted by kstoddard on 12/18/2018: Acidic. No fruit. (1619 views) | | | Tasted by Berge65 on 12/18/2018: Had at Kevin’s holiday blind tasting (1945 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 6/12/2018 flawed bottle: Corked. (1585 views) | | | Tasted by The Vines That Bind on 10/11/2017 & rated 92 points: Nose off the pop was intensely lemon citric with big sulphur. The first tastes were searing acid and lemon pith. The bottle opened up considerably over 90-minute lunch, but overall seemed screechy and young. The power and intensity is undeniable, but the depth and ripeness of fruit is a little short. I guess I wanted this to be more like a '90 or '86, and perhaps in time it will round out and show that way, but today this was too much of a laser beam without weighty fruit beneath the acid. (1677 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 3/13/2017 & rated 94 points: Rich and full palate. Nice finish. Put on needed weight with air time. (1944 views) | | | Tasted by JoachimS on 8/29/2016 & rated 94 points: Huge, almost aggressive nose. Not much acid left but still complex and structured, floral notes with hints of super-ripe citrus (almost like lemon meringue) and minerality at the end. As others have mentioned, I was pretty surprised to learn how old this wine was. (2470 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 8/4/2016 flawed bottle: Corked. (2486 views) | | | Tasted by REWindsor on 3/8/2016 & rated 92 points: Still fresh. Acid is gone, yielding full on flavors of minerality and nuttiness and flowers. (2596 views) | | | Tasted by beatles on 1/23/2016 & rated 93 points: cp 50 (Gentofte): Young and quite light in comparison, but the fruit is great, there is citrus here, minerals galore, so young – and with a great future. 93+ points (2418 views) | | | Tasted by Sleepy Dave on 7/27/2015: A Grand Valmur!
13%. No Pre-Mox! You can see the light-med golden is vibrant and shining!
Slightly darker golden (compared to Clos). Expressive fr the start, seductive, complex bouquet of mineral and bright acidity core, almond nut, red currant, yellow fruits and Oyster shell. Laser likes focus, good grip. This near 20yrs old Valmur is still youthful. The mineral is complex but still "hard", hence the slight bitterness at the mid palate. (I guess). Long finish, transparent and pure. Another decade? Sure (938 views) | | | Tasted by FYC on 4/5/2015: Beautiful medium yellow color. Rich fruit, honey, lemon custard, and a nice buttered popcorn finish that just lingers. Amazingly bright and fresh. Superb. (2595 views) | | | Tasted by johnh1001 on 11/7/2014 & rated 93 points: Raveneau Dinner (Les Nomades Chicago): Concentrated, ripe fruit. More smoke and flint on this. I was surprised at how old this was. (3080 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 9/30/2014 & rated 93 points: Raveneau Dinner (Young and Mid-Aged Wines) (Les Nomades - Chicago IL): Tasted blind at Raveneau dinner, in what turned out to be Valmur 1996-1999 vertical. Ripe apple and lemon curd with spice hints. Fruit driven with moderate structure. Very good now. (3404 views) | | | Tasted by lepetitchateau on 5/16/2014 & rated 93 points: A classic Chablis, quite a tour-de-force, in all but its intrusive austerity, which I found disquieting, and marred my enjoyment of the wine. (per se) (2787 views) | | | Tasted by Alex H on 12/18/2013 & rated 90 points: Flint chalk and minerals with lime slake and limestone powder intermixed with oyster shells. Lots of time more before it reaches peak. Great quality! (3079 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 12/7/2013 & rated 94 points: Birthday lunch for KG, Alex and William (Hua Ting, Orchard Hotel): The essence of Chablis - this was brilliant. Like the last bottle we had earlier in the year, the nose was rather more developed than the palate, starting out with some sweet stone fruited notes of apricots and peaches, even pineapple pineapple scents, than some cream and flowers, and a slightly funky, savoury earthiness. A little hard to place at first, but as the wine warmed up slightly and took on a bit of air, the Chablis character came streaming out of the glass, with deep wafts of chalky, flinty, oyster-shell minerality cutting through the ripe fruit aromas. Very nice, very distinctive – it was hard to guess anything other than Raveneau just on that nose. The next question though was which vineyard. The palate certainly had Grand Cru depth on it, with a thick, almost oily texture and deep flavours of apricots and peaches on a bed of slightly oxidative browned apple notes. Not quite enough oxidation to call it a flaw, or even a distraction I think, but there was definitely something there in the background. What struck me most though was the beautiful cut and minerality on the wine – this was just amazing with flinty, chalky, oyster-shell notes and a lovely spine of acidity spearing through the rich viscosity of the wine to give it a wonderfully lithe, focused and controlled feel from the initial attack all the way into a long, incredible mineral-laden finish, where some lemony notes and shades of smokiness were pierced with shafts of chalk and flint. With that cut and thrust, this really could only have been the Valmur. Great stuff – I thought this bottle showed even better than the last. That hint of oxidation aside though, this was still so incredible youthful – it needs years, even a decade or more to come around. (3483 views) | | | Tasted by MC on 12/2/2013: Really identical to my last note, this is drinking really well and should hold for a while. Some signs of age in color and on the nose, but only slight, and overall very enjoyable. Only would wish for a touch more length to the wine, but very good and wish I had waited on this to compare to the 2000. A- (1942 views) | | | Tasted by MC on 3/3/2013: Light, crisp, acidic wine with plenty of minerals. The only real sign of its age is on the nose, but overally this is holding well and a great way to start the evening. A- (2420 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Chablis Chablis (Fédération de Défense de l'Appellation Chablis) | Chablis (Burgundy Wines)
2014 Vintage Notes:
"... a hybrid of 2004/2007 and 2010. The stone, citrus and limestone amalgam is exactly what we search for in Chablis as the style harkens to a day in the Cote de Beaune proper (1960's - 1980's) when wine was not meant to be consumed the week it was released, battonage was not used by all and new oak was rarely seen ... the texture is natural and 'of the vintage' not 'of the winemaker' .... Like Sancerre or the Loire in general, 2014 in Chablis is one of those rare years with extract and transparency. It appears to be a vintage for the "neoclassic" ages and those of us intent on cellaring the most terroir-driven (but still powerful) examples of vineyard, site-place and varietal will want to invest (heavily) in the magnetic and electric 2014's." - Jon Rimmerman
2018 Vintage Notes:
"There’s not that razor sharp Chablis acidity in 2018,” says Patrick Piuze. “But there is good definition of place. The dry conditions drove vines to drink deeper down in the soil profile."
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