Community Tasting Note

• chambolle wrote:

  April 9, 2013 - Bright pale color of yellow gold. Nose is honeysuckle and lemon peel. On the palate, the wine is plainly oxidative, but not in a bad way at all. It has sweet lemony and tupelo honey tones, a bit of an oily quality on the palate, but enough acidity at the end to maintain its equilibrium. It surely does not say "Les Clos" or "Grand Cru" to me, but it is a perfectly acceptable rendition of mature 1er cru Chablis. And given this is a wine that was an instant close out, purchased in 2005 for some silly price like $20 a bottle or less, it's better than ok in its context. If you're holding, drink 'em up, and I'd do it with food leaning towards the creamy side, like poulet a la creme aux morilles, or a creamy delicata squash soup, and not something bright and breezy like Dungeness crab or raw oysters, which would overwhelm and tip up its lack of steely minerality.

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