Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Friday, November 22, 2019 - Kelvin T's 40th Birthday (Imperial Treasure Teochew, Tanjong Pagar): Astoundingly good. 2005 has never been a favourite vintage of mine for white Burgundy, but this bottle went a long way towards rescuing the image of the vintage in my mind. It may be unfair given the quality of both the maker and the Chablis terroir, which lends itself well to warm vintages; whatever the elements though, they made for a tremendous wine that showed as well as any great Cote d'Or Grand Cru. The nose was just lovely, with classic Chablis notes of seashells and chalk dancing around and a core pf rather plump white fruit. Lovely stuff. The palate was tremendous. Ripe and rich as one would expect from a 2005, but all the while also clean, pure and minerally, unfolding in a lovely transparent mouthful of pure apple and stone fruit flavours, these resolving into a long and beautiful finish of savoury, saline mineral. The acid was lower than almost any vintage I have tried, but this was never less than properly balanced. A profound wine that was starting to show beautifully when we got to it. Bravo.

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