Hotel Terminus, Bergen, Norway
Tasted Sunday, May 13, 2007 by abbulf with 805 views
This was a tasting of mostly premier cru Chablis from 2000 and the years just before and after. Interestingly nearly all the wines were too young and had not yet reached their peak of maturty. If they avoid the pox most of these will provide even more pleasure in the years to come.
These wines were all very nice, and were some of the more mature wines of the tasting. Only the Dauvissats were on the same level of naturity.
These three were all clearly less mature than the Tributs. The Duplessis stood out in quality here.
Flight 2 and 3 was interesting in the way that I could compare Fourchaume to Montée de Tonnerre, Duplessis and Fevre to each other and 1999 to 2000. The 2000 Duplessis Fourchaume was clearly more similar to the 2000 MdT than to the 1999 Fourchaume, and also I learned that I prefer 2000 Duplessis to Fevre by a mile.
All these three wines were very consentrated and intense, and with good balance and acidity.
This was probably the best flight of the night, with the Dauvissat 96 claerly wine of the night.
Raveneau in two off wintages, but he still shows lots of class. Two really fine efforts in difficult vintages.
This flight was almost a bit disappointing in the way that after all the great premier crus something even more was expected here, but that did not happen. The Michel was great, but the two others were not better than lots of the other wines tasted tonight. On the other hand lots of the premier crus tasted clearly are of grand cru quality.
All in all a great tasting. No oxidation problems to speak of and a good argument to why quality chablis require cellaring.
1999 Laurent Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Aromas of honey, nuts and some of the sealike aromas typical of mature chablis. Also some botrytis. Minerally and delicious. On the palate it is salty with some fat to it. The aftertaste is long, acidic and spicy. Delicious wine.
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2000 Laurent Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
The nose is more shut down than the 2001. The aromas are in a transition from flowers and perfume towards seashells. Also honey and nuts. After a bit of air it is very nice. On the palate it is powerful. Not yet mature and will probably be great.
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2001 Laurent Tribut Chablis 1er Cru Côte de Léchet
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Rich, almost a bit warm on the nose. Some seashells, but more honey and especially nuts. On the palate it is clearly thinner than the two previous vintages. But it is long and very spicy. All these three are very nice wines.
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