December 2, 2023 - Mostly Older Cabernet Franc Tasting (New Jersey, USA): I thought this was a little better than the last bottle a few years back. Very crystalline bright yellow color with a tinge of green. Nose is bright and clean with wet stones, lemon pith, lime and stone fruit. Palate has great acidity and minerality white peach, pear, bits of lemon and a mouthwatering saline accented finish. I loved it especially with food.
February 26, 2023 - a bit simple, heavy, lacking structure
November 25, 2022 - This tastes more like C-M village wine; not a premier cru.
The aromas are very discreet after 8 years and it requires a fair bit of optimism to suggest that would change significantly.
It lacks length and complexity for what it should deliver.
July 16, 2022 - Delicious Chassagne that opened up after only 20 minutes or so, balanced from beginning to end, fulsome mid-palate with delicious fruit and just enough acidity on the finish. After an hour we found some butterscotch on the nose and a softer finish, but it was as much about the creamy sauces with our fish as it was about the wine. I doubt this will improve much with more age, but it seems just right now, a perfect example of what Chassagne-Montrachet can be.
July 9, 2022 - (Oswalds) Benefited from decanting -- was initially quite tight, then opened up substantially over 1 hour. Lovely wine in a lovely place, with white flowers on the nose, and a rich, long, mineral flavour. Very full flavours while being middle-weight in the mouth. Any oak has been absorbed and was not notable. Not yet at peak -- this has more to give over 5-10 years -- but superb now if decanted.
June 1, 2021 - Tight and promising
June 22, 2019 - This is a clean austere white, citrus and salinity. Green fruit on the nose. Bottle opened yesterday.
June 21, 2019 - Decanted then tasted at cellar temperature after an hour and over the next 4 hours as it warmed to room temperature with a glass left for tomorrow. Initially the nose was quite closed showing just minerals and some white florals, medium+ acidity, slight reduction. Later it blossomed with some pear, citrus and hazelnut in addition to the previous. It was very rich but bright texturally, evolving slowly from wet stones and limestone to citrus, pear, apple, quince and slightly creamy, nutty flavors. Very long elegant finish. Excellent with grilled Mahi Mahi. Plenty of time left in a proper cellar.
P.S. next day this has amazing salinity and more lemon on the palate. Even better perhaps...?!?
March 23, 2019 - Atkin Chardonnay Comparative tasting (Lismore): (Tasted Blind): Prominent notes of mineral, aniseed, cut grass and Alpine flowers greeted the nose. The palate is super-linear with crisp, fresh and direct acidity. Notes of peach juice and vanilla extract join the fennel fronds in the mid-palate. With incredible focus and intensity, this is a dazzler of a wine! A long, winding finish, this may not possess the depth typically found in a top Burgundy wine, it still excelled.