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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2040 (based on 25 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 3 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 3/12/2023 & rated 94 points: During a MOT masterclass by Stephan Reinhardt to celebrate the first Swiss 100 point wine by Marie-Thérèse Chappaz who was in the room. Chappaz has been doing things differently in bulk wine Canton Valais and pushing quality and boundaries. It was great to see he succeed with the scores as well. As she explained, Marsanne is one of her favorite grapes. It makes a wine of texture and not acidity, elegant, aromatic floral. TN: the 2019,2020 and 2019 were very similar with the 2019 being the lightest one. (627 views) | | | Tasted by NoTrollingerPlease on 3/11/2023 & rated 94 points: Masterclass with Stephan Reinhardt and Marie Therese Chappaz (The Dolder Grand, Zurich): Glass: Stölzle Universal
From a 1h parcel planted in 1924 located between 500-600, height. Clear, medium golden color with a grey and pink hue. Very spicy nose, lots of anise. Powerful, medium acidity, a bit hot. Some sweet pineapple, acacia, creamy, sticky, very aromatic. Very long and fine finish, very similar to 2020. 93-94+ (347 views) | | | Tasted by forceberry on 11/15/2021 & rated 91 points: 100% biodynamically farmed Ermitage (aka. Marsanne) from the esteemed Président Troillet parcel in the steep Les Claives vineyard in Fully. Fermented spontaneously. 14,9% alcohol.
Quite deep and concentrated yellow-green color. Rich, powerful and moderately toasty nose with aromas of noticeably ripe yellow fruits, some toasty notes of oak spice, a little bit of creamy richness, light woody notes, a hint of sweet nectarine and a touch of smoke. The oak influence is quite noticeable, but it never feels excessive or overdone. The wine is dense, concentrated and quite oily on the palate with a full body and quite opulent flavors of pineapple and honeyed richness, some buttery notes, a little bit of sweet, toasty oak spice, light juicy fruit notes of apricots and nectarines, a little bit of exotic spice, a perfumed hint of floral character and a touch of creamy oak. The medium-plus acidity makes the wine feel quite round and mellow, but is high enough to keep it in balance. The finish is long, rich and oily with some obvious alcohol warmth and a complex aftertaste of sweet acacia honey, ripe apricots, some toasty oak character, light buttery notes, a little bit of apple jam, a floral hint of perfumed violets and a subtly bitter touch of apple peel.
A substantial, weighty and noticeably concentrated Marsanne with a somewhat noticeable streak of oak, which hasn't normally been the case with Chappaz wines - I suspect this wine was opened just way too early for its own good, as the woodier notes have not integrated yet with the bold fruit. However, this wine doesn't reach the exceptional quality of the 2016 vintage, which was equally concentrated in flavor, but lighter in body and higher in acidity. This wine is so big it is starting to get a bit clumsy with its noticeably high alcohol, relatively modest level of acidity and rather weighty body. The wine is surprisingly balanced for such a big and tactile white wine, and it does show exceptional power and complexity, but it still lacks the finesse and harmony the best Chappaz wines show. Thrilling stuff, but not a bullseye this time. (1090 views) |
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