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• ozziewine Likes this wine: 96 points

  May 3, 2022 - Yes, just what you'd expect from a Grand Cru Chablis.
  Super elegant and complex. Intriguing yellow-green color. Earthy, funky, savory and great minerality that really drives this. Did not sense the citrus others have mentioned. Just as well because that tart citrus style is not a favorite at the moment.
  Ready on opening. Suggest a good chill as well, though that could just be a function of the Phoenix warm weather. We now do that with almost all wines from April to November.
  Drinking beautifully today and should hold for a few years at least.
  
  And a side note on the Diam corks (which Realm recently began using). These corks may be more impervious to taint, but they are hard as nails and a bear to extract. I've tried opening with the electric opener and the Ah-So (aka: The Butler's Friend) with no success. The only one that I can get to work is the Winged Corkscrew (which seems out of fashion these days). Is it just me or is anyone else having this problem? I almost never go wrong chalking it up to operator error so I'll go with that for now.

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5 Comments

• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  5/6/22, 11:12 AM - Oh great notes, thank you! Need to look for one now. How much was this when you bought it?

• ozziewine commented:

  5/6/22, 12:49 PM - Hey Wombat. Hope all is well.
  Got this on Winebid earlier this year for $55, $64 with their 17% Buyer's Premium.
  Looks like it's more than that online, but I'd pay more if I could find them.
  Good luck in your search.
  On another note, have you experienced the fresh hell that is trying to extract a Diam cork? :)

• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  5/6/22, 12:54 PM - Oh no LOL! I have not tried opening a bottle that has a Diam cork yet... from your experience though, it does sound tough! Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.. I hope a regular corkscrew opener will work. I need to find one of these first.
  
  Thanks for the info! Trying to find it at the price point you paid is gonna be hard (and wishful thinking)
  
  Edit: Can't be more annoying than Dunn's wax cap bottles - that's right, shots fired..

• ozziewine commented:

  5/6/22, 4:38 PM - Ha! I hear you. Those wax closures are devilish! Thankfully, from the sound of it, my only Dunn Cab, the 2013 Napa, has a foil closure.
  When I need to remove a wax capsule, I have resorted to using my #1 household tool, the ice pick, to delicately remove the top of the capsule, giving me access to the cork. Who knew the ice pick was such a versatile implement?! ;)

• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  5/6/22, 6:11 PM - You're a genius.. I don't even have an ice pick - stuck with the handle of the screwdriver to tap/chip that crumbly wax away.

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