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• forceberry wrote: 94 points

  September 21, 2021 - The Altesse grapes are sourced from the famous Marestel Cru, the vines averaging 40 years in age. Fermented spontaneously in stainless steel, aged for 11 months in old oak foudres and bottled in September before the wines of the new harvest. 13% alcohol. Tasted in Marestel 2016-1994 vertical tasting.
  
  Concentrated and deep but also surprisingly youthful greenish-yellow color. Sweetish, fragrant and wonderfully characterful bouquet of ripe white fruits and honeyed richness, some aromatic green herbs, a little bit of cantaloupe, light evolved notes of wizened yellow stone fruits and cloudberry jam, a perfumed hint of white flowers and a cooling touch of eucalyptus. The wine is remarkably crisp, focused and intense on the palate with a medium body and clean, concentrated flavors of lemony citrus fruits and ripe Granny Smith apple, some evolved creamy tones, a little bit of honeycomb, light steely mineral notes, a hint of tangy salinity and a touch of ripe, slightly wizened nectarine. The bracing acidity lends tremendous sense of energy and structure to the wine. The finish is crisp, lively and precise with lengthy, mouth-cleansing flavors of steely minerality, lemony citrus fruits, some ripe Granny Smith apple notes, a little bit of honeyed richness, light apricot nuances, a hint of tangy salinity and an evolved touch of cooked cream.
  
  This was a very singular vintage in our Marestel tasting, showing such remarkable precision, intensity and tension that no other vintage came even near. With its zesty, lemony citrus fruit flavors, pronounced minerality and bracing acidity, this wine was remarkably similar to an excellent trocken Riesling from Rheingau or Pfalz, but with a distinct, more alpine quality so typical of Altesse. The wine had a sort of neutral, even slightly austere backdrop to its flavors, but the aged qualities and the sense of concentration made sure the wine never came across as lean or too austere. What was the most remarkable thing, however, was the youthfulness of the wine: at times this wine felt even younger than vintages half of its age! The wine was remarkably complex already now, but seeing how youthful it was (and how well these Dupasquier Marestel wines can age), it's not difficult to promise tons of future potential for this wine. It is superb now and will get better with age. Probably my favorite wine of the evening, along with vintage 2004.

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  February 14, 2015 - Concentrated and already pretty complex. Aging stupendously, and I'm thinking this has a long way to go.

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• Jimskiw wrote: 88 points

  December 8, 2012 - This has lots of life left in it. Honeyed in flavour and straw in colour, this wine is always a surprise to those who think Savioe wines are a bit thin.

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• abistodenas wrote: 86 points

  January 13, 2012 - Des notes de fruits jaunes (pèches et agrumes), du thé vert, de la fougère, une pointe de miel, c'est bien mur. En bouche un vin gras, épicé, avec une belle trame acide, une finale sur l’eucalyptus. Légère impression de ressentir quelques SR.
  Cependant la jeunesse de ce vin ainsi que mon palais un peu sudiste m'emmène à penser qu'avec un peu de garde l'ensemble s'équilibrerait un peu afin de profiter au mieux de cette gourmandise. Une belle découverte ! 86+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Dupasquier
• Varietal Altesse
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Marestel
• Country France
• Region Savoie
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Roussette de Savoie

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• Consumed 38 (57%)

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