September 18, 2022 - Sunday Lunch with Raveneau Chablis and Chave Hermitage (Piccino Restaurant, San Francisco): Healthy yellow color. A weird but highly aromatic mix of honey and grapefruit. As odd as it sounds, the nose reminded me more of Riesling or Sauvignon than Chablis. By far the roundest, most glycerine wine of the flight. A touch of exotic fruit (pineapple), then driving acidity and real soil. The juxtaposition of all of these elements was jarring, and they have certainly not integrated at 21 years of age. A crazy quilt, as atypical as the 2004 is classic.
June 10, 2020 - Lemon zest, exuberant aromatics. Needs 1-2 hours to build weight on the palate, then real heft and substance.
August 9, 2019 - Some bruised, ripe, slightly botrytis aromatics. Weightless palate.
May 16, 2019 - Great Grand Cru Burgundy Dinner with Friends (S.K.Y. Restaurant - Chicago IL): Served alongside the glorious 2005. Open 45 minutes before serving and decanted because of some odd aromas. This never fully came around, with my thinking it stuck in a state of reduction and David thinking it slightly oxidized! Still, tasty and enjoyable.
November 17, 2018 - From Paris with Love, 2018 Edition; 11/16/2018-11/18/2018 (Paris (Girafe, La Tour D'Argent & Epicure)): A great wine especially when sourced from a pristine cellar like the one at La Tour D'Argent, Paris.
But one needs to like the style of this oldie and we have to admit we prefer them younger and more fresh. Honey touches, tertiary fruit, well evolved, still citrus and flinty touches. We will not rate as our palate preferences would not reflect the real value of this albeit we did not rate it badly at all! ( for us it was a 93 for Andreas 95 for Nicoletta but we were split a lot about it)
November 17, 2018 - Corked, lightly but exploded post 30mins. The excellent La Tour D'Argent in Paris replaced it even after 30mkns. Proper.
July 8, 2017 - Amazing clarity, lightly yellow but barely seems to have developed at all.
Gorgeous white flowers, chalky, cottage cheese, honey and talc fragrance.
Very refined, has some delicacy but with a tight core of fine acidity giving it excellent structure. The flavours go on and on, pure fruits, citrus and a little honey, zesty mineral spice, but very well balanced. No sign of developed old characters. Very impressive.
June 10, 2017 - Minerality underneath, but an oddly obtuse palate. Even for the vintage, this wasn't a great showing. 90-
December 24, 2015 - Light gold colour, lustrous.
Perfect honeysuckle fragrance. Lightly honeyed, gentle white flowers. Gorgeous.
Nicely aged fruit, definitely has softened and broadened. Wet stones and chalky minerality. Limes and lemons with a little honey. Firm acidity, powerful structure still evident while the flesh is starting to fade. Delicious aged Chablis.
July 18, 2015 - Tasted blind, this wine had a light yellow center and clear rims. The medium+ intensity nose displayed lemons, green apples, honey and white flowers.
Not surprisingly, this wine needed a ton of air. Apparently, this bottle was decanted 4 hours beforehand. It got better and better during the tasting but was still somewhat restrained. In the mouth, it was medium bodied nice richness, firm acidity, and great balance. All the ingredients were there for greatness.
While this is still pretty tight, it appears to have a lot of potential. I would be willing to bet it will pick up a point or two in 5-10 years.