Mid to full gold. Lovely nose, fresh as a daisy with lovely saline and iodine notes. Excellent weight and texture, properly GC, a saline bite and density to the front and mid-palate before lightening a little to a reasonably long finish with authentic zip. Mature and vital. ****
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Full straw yellow. Some mineral bite on the nose, iodine and a touch of oyster shell. Good weight, proper GC texture in the mouth with density on the attack through to mid-palate. Minerality, proper Chablis, maybe just a touch of zip lacking on the finish which lacks a tiny bit of persistence to be truly top flight. Very good though, showing well but probably not much upside here. Bare ****
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R&Y & B&A @ Medlar (The Medlar, London): Slightly darker straw yellow than the 06 Rav But alongside. More Chablis-like nose, showing restraint but a touch of iodine and chalkiness. Starting to show signs of maturity, this is nicely structured with a straw-scented moderately minerally mid-palate. Nice shape and control and certainly as minerally as the Raveneau, but this is more restrained and classic though it could do with more bite and persistence. Lovely though. ****
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3/17/2018 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
Mid to full gold. Lovely nose, fresh as a daisy with lovely saline and iodine notes. Excellent weight and texture, properly GC, a saline bite and density to the front and mid-palate before lightening a little to a reasonably long finish with authentic zip. Mature and vital. ****
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7/5/2013 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points
Full straw yellow. Some mineral bite on the nose, iodine and a touch of oyster shell. Good weight, proper GC texture in the mouth with density on the attack through to mid-palate. Minerality, proper Chablis, maybe just a touch of zip lacking on the finish which lacks a tiny bit of persistence to be truly top flight. Very good though, showing well but probably not much upside here. Bare ****
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6/23/2012 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
R&Y & B&A @ Medlar (The Medlar, London): Slightly darker straw yellow than the 06 Rav But alongside. More Chablis-like nose, showing restraint but a touch of iodine and chalkiness. Starting to show signs of maturity, this is nicely structured with a straw-scented moderately minerally mid-palate. Nice shape and control and certainly as minerally as the Raveneau, but this is more restrained and classic though it could do with more bite and persistence. Lovely though. ****
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