4/14/2024 - rlove wrote:

The 2014 Champs Canet is peaking earlier than expected with mature fruit and honey on the nose, resolving and showing a little flabbiness but the structure is still there to hold this together. Drink up if this bottle is indicative but hopefully it is not.

4/14/2024 - rlove wrote:

Reductive with gunflint but also orange peel. Chalky minerality, intense citrus on the palate, bright acidity, so very good.

4/13/2024 - rlove wrote:

Sous bois, sandalwood, dark red fruit. Resolved tannins, bright acidity, mature but will drink will through 2030.

4/13/2024 - rlove wrote:

Still not much producer stamp, but this has evolved nicely and is an excellent 2014 Cru Chablis with lemon and sea breeze on the nose preluding a mineral-driven, limestone-dominated palate. Dry and mineraly without being austere as there's just gobs of dry extract and flavor here. Very good but I wish this was showing Raveneau complexity at age ten.

4/12/2024 - rlove wrote:

Dense citrus with an herby, savory quality. Good acidity. Unctuous texture yet crisp. Perhaps there's a little Aligoté in here. Good, clearly well made although not in the style of Roulot's higher wines.

3/30/2024 - rlove wrote:

Floral, ripe red fruit, and a bit of bloody iron. Soft, elegant, Chave is wonderful.

3/30/2024 - rlove wrote:

Very good young Burgundy from this special vineyard, nice PYCM reduction, great density of fruit, plenty of upside from here and my score may be low.

3/29/2024 - rlove wrote:

So classic and austere with red cherry and tar tar tar.

3/29/2024 - rlove wrote:

Reductive but a bit of extant oak, concentration is good but less dense than Luchets usually provides, not sure how much is the 2020 vintage vs the fact they incorporated the new young vine plot for the first time this year.

3/16/2024 - rlove wrote:

Rich and dark fruited, quite 2005 in character, with an intense stoney minerality at its core. Very good.

3/16/2024 - rlove wrote:

Raveneau's 2013 MdT has a nice balance between fruit and minerality with apricot, lemon curd, and sea breeze. Citrus and salinity on the palate.

3/15/2024 - rlove wrote:

Meyer lemon, oak, stone. Good.

3/15/2024 - rlove wrote:

Oxidized.

3/15/2024 - rlove wrote:

Roulot's 2012 Poruzots is killer tonight, still so youthful in presentation but complex in character with curry leaf reduction, popcorn, and crushed stone. Massive dry extract on the palate, great concentration and lengthy finish. Excellent.

3/8/2024 - rlove wrote:

A bit linear with ripe red fruit and potting soil, needs acidity.

3/2/2024 - rlove wrote:

Fruity, rich, cranberry and black tea. Medium bodied. A spot more acidity would go far.

3/1/2024 - rlove wrote:

Bright and mineral-driven but still Sauvignon blanc.

2/24/2024 - rlove wrote:

A bit more oak than typical from PYCM but great concentration from the old vines.

2/23/2024 - rlove wrote:

Surprisingly good: A ripe, New World-style Sauvignon Blanc with an acidic backbone sufficient to keep things lively. Slight seabreeze salinity.

2/17/2024 - rlove wrote:

Ripe and rich but well made with pineapple and citrus leading the way.

2/10/2024 - rlove wrote:

A bit more animale than I prefer, probably Brett, adding a shroud of funk to the bright cherry and orange peel aromas. Medium bodied, medium-high acid, medium-low tannins.

2/10/2024 - rlove wrote:

Always an incredible wine for the money, the 2022 shows strawberry and cinnamon on the nose with tart cherry on the palate. Light bodied, cool and crisp, very good.

2/10/2024 - rlove wrote:

Unsure of the vintage. Semitransparent ruby. Crunchy dark cherry, mixed spice, high acid. Good.

2/3/2024 - rlove wrote:

High toned with a hint of VA that is additive to the classic cherry and rose bouquet. Soft tannins, not very 2009 at all, quite fine.

2/2/2024 - rlove wrote:

Rich, dark, dense.

1/27/2024 - rlove wrote:

Strange wine in perhaps just a strange place but there's an austere coarseness to the tannins that dry the palate on finish that may not resolve.

1/27/2024 - rlove wrote:

Apple on the nose, slightly candied. Palate is round but with a distinct tartness. Okay.

1/26/2024 - rlove wrote:

Fine balance to the orchard fruit and mineral flavors, nice bead, long finish. Good but wish it had greater density.

1/20/2024 - rlove wrote:

Lot of apple. Thin midpalate. Recovers on the finish but there's extant oak. Drink starting 2026.

1/20/2024 - rlove wrote:

A beautiful Chablis that is drinking well today due to a ripeness of fruit but will benefit from time to shed some fat. Citrus and florals.

1/20/2024 - rlove wrote:

Effervescent with a juicy strawberry profile backed by a slight natty funk. Light and crisp, refreshing.

1/14/2024 - rlove wrote:

Aubert's 2020 Larry Hyde presents a nose of pear, citrus oil, and white flower. Medium bodied, rich, very slight phenolic edge. Good length to the spice-laden finish.

1/13/2024 - rlove wrote:

Weird smoked meat fault.

1/13/2024 - rlove wrote:

A topped-up (non oxidative) Fleur de Savagnin with a Chablis-like citrus and mineral nose before presenting a more herby, bitter palate. Good.

1/6/2024 - rlove wrote:

Classic in profile with tannic grip and bright acidity packaging cherry, pine needle, and truffle. Product of the fine vintage. Very good indeed.

1/6/2024 - rlove wrote:

Fruit-driven but it's really tightened up from its early ripeness and I am surprised how well this has come together. Good.

1/6/2024 - rlove wrote:

Beautiful aromas of apple and marzipan. Powerful but not too rich, very good, although I find myself wishing this was racier.

1/5/2024 - rlove wrote:

Stone fruit, extant oak, spice. Medium bodied, round, needs time.

1/5/2024 - rlove wrote:

Oxidized.

12/31/2023 - rlove wrote:

Classic, mineral profile with red cherry and menthol. Medium to medium full body. Good acidity. Nice length. Best starting 2030.

12/31/2023 - rlove wrote:

I did not enjoy this as much as other tasters, finding it quite austere without the complexity or power to make up for it. Cinnamon and apple.

12/27/2023 - rlove wrote:

Fresh and juicy with mixed dark fruit, lavender, exotic. Bright and juicy and delicious.

12/25/2023 - rlove wrote:

The cork crumbled and I had low expectations but this shower well, similar to a bottle a few months back, with bright red cherry backed by some rose and medicinal notes. Lightweight with fine acidity that brings balance. Very good.

12/25/2023 - rlove wrote:

Bright red cherry and licorice with wild florals define the beautiful nose that beckons a palate of red fruit and licorice, very very good.

12/24/2023 - rlove wrote:

Powerful with dark fruit, good length, very fine indeed.

12/25/2023 - rlove wrote:

Stunning, electric, lime blossom, balanced already but with many years ahead.

12/23/2023 - rlove wrote:

Prematurely oxidized, shockingly and surprisingly.

12/25/2023 - rlove wrote:

Slightly ripe profile trends toward cassis but there's a nice autumnal spice underpinning to keep this Burgundian.

12/23/2023 - rlove wrote:

Impressive balance, red fruit, herbs.

12/24/2023 - rlove wrote:

Red fruit, good depth, a fine showing.