Corked

Read that this was drinking well from previous notes so decided to open it and what a blockbuster it was. Was worried because I’ve read variable reviews about Dancer's wines and on opening it was a caricature of the bad ones - reductive with gunflint, screechy high acid. An hour or so in it was absolutely glorious, it developed a creamier texture with more weight, very expressive yellow citrus fruit that was not overripe and fat in spite of the vintage, stunning finish. Someone managed to almost nail the plot on this completely blind, and another said it smelled like aged Ampeau wines which I haven't tried. An early candidate for wine of the year and I think better than any white that I tried for the whole of last year.

Light and airy nose but quite meaty on the palate in terms of taste and weight, so quite clear that it was from Gevrey. Fruit wasn't as bright as a classier grand cru or from a warm vintage so I thought it was a Charmes from 01 or 04. With air, it surprisingly got more elegant with more maraschino cherries. Rather tertiary so best to drink up.

Still very young but not entirely a crime to drink this now. A little funky and natural on the nos, the fruit quality was evident and was not masked by the high alcohol level and extraction. Always wonder how Damoy manages to make such heavy wines without being too monolithic, excellent depth of dark blue fruit. Very much a step up over the Chapelle that I tried a couple of years ago.