I have tried several Coche Dury CC's over the years so am familiar the soaring aromatics over the top flavors. This bottle however was not in the same league. Purchased upon release and stored at 55 degrees, the wine seemed like it was in a dumb phase or an off bottle. It was ok but with muted nose and dull flavors. I bought two so will wait a few years to try the second.
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There was a strange evolution throughout the several hours I was able to sample it. Upon opening it was obvious it would be very special. Medium thick, lots of waxy fruit, so energetic it seemed almost over-the-top. I could see the clear resemblance to the voluptuous Coches of the past. Just minutes later it settled down quite a bit; less rambunctious, less aromatic. For the next hour it was superbly elegant, focused and getting younger and less expressive. Then, the fragrance almost disappeared and the flavor was shorter, more evanescent, less thrilling. Perhaps with more time it will sort itself out.
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Served double blind next to the ‘88 Drouhin Montrachet. While a completely different experience, this wine was no slouch. It was just much younger than its wine flight mate. Incredibly pure, vibrant, and overtly expressive. The nose was mind blowing with white flowers, citrus, lemon zest, crushed minerals with a persistent and long finish. Yum!
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Got to drink this in the context of plenty of other great white burgs including 14 coche perrieres ( off), 02 coche CC ( delicious), 97 CC (off), and 14 CC. The 10 continues to show young. It is remains massively concentrated and lacks some of the purity of the 14 which would be my only complaint. To sit with the 10 and the 14 side by side was mesmerizing and over powered my senses. 96/97
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OMFG - just placing ones nose in the glass is in itself a mind bending experience. Amazingly vibrant and energetic. The aromas attack you from the glass - loads of lees, nuts, tangyness, yellow fruits, white flowers, mesmerizing minerality and concentration. Clearly very young but an exceptional wine. Precise and laser focused. This will see 100pts in its lifetime without question.
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Booming nose, firing on all cylinders, leaping from the glass. Massive ripe yellow fruit with signature Coche reduction plus a nutty toastiness. Lovely white florals. Served in a flight of ‘11, ‘10, ‘04 and initially I was firmly in the ‘04 camp as the best wine for its beautiful development and layers beyond the gunpowder, but it is easy to see how this is a technically perfect, and also immensely pleasurable, wine. Structured, big, round, but with beauty. A masterpiece to be sure, even if the ‘04 is a little more showy and complex tonight, although this is clearly on a great path.
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Manresa (Los Gatos, Ca.): Awe inspiring wine! Had with the 04...started out pretty coiled and subtle, no reduction like the 04 had...but BOY did this wine snowball into and avalanche with some air and time! Amazing subtle power and elegance...the purest of pure fruits, seamless and perfectly ripe and creamy, yet energized with the very florals citrus acidity. Tons of chiseled minerals, kaleidoscope of spices, truffle, white flowers...just gigantic in every which way by the end of the night. As good as white Burgundy gets, and should only get better! Can't help but give this a perfect score now, yet will deserve even higher.
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Just a monumental bottle of wine. Drank over the course of 4 hours and was decanted. Without a doubt the wine is young but not like the 2005 , imho , that had fat that it needed to shed or shutdown completely. four hours the sheer beauty and magic of the wine had only become clearer. I could add more but some have done an incredible job already. 98/99 Bottle 3167
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Shared with a friend over the course of an evening. It’s difficult to put into words the potential that this wine has. I’ve rarely encountered such a monumental White Burgundy at such an infant stage. Coche held back the release for 5 years because he didn’t want it to be drunk too young (I think he did the same with the equally backward 2005). That said, he probably should have held on to it for another 10 years at least !
At present, the nose is all about minerality, mostly chalk and flint but also some seashore salinity and citrus. The palate is immense but wrapped in a blanket of intense acidity. There is fruit evident but as yet it is playing second fiddle to the structure of the wine. The last glass, after 5 hours in a decanter, shows the softer side. Yellow fruits and white flowers have emerged. The wine has sweetened up as its rocky cocoon has finally yielded to the air.
Judging by the secondary market price and critics’ scores, this wine has already been deemed to be a future legend. I can’t disagree. Now to find some more!
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Sea shells on the nose, minerality, flinty. Astounding sweetness here, a bit bumpy and not totally balanced but certainly could evolve positively. Doug et al. don't agree with my concern on the sweetness, but as you know, they are wrong.
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Serious wine but seriously backwards. There's a bare whiff of flint, chalk and citrus blossom. In the mouth it is super intense and compact with outstanding depth of citrus and mineral flavours. There's something lactic lurking in the background and it finishes with a huge puff of chalk and so much chew from the dry extract. A legendary Coche that needs a decade or two in the cellar.
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Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Perfectly harmonious and incredibly precise nose displaying intense white citrus fruit, lemon curd, wild flowers, cool mountain stream, only a hint of Coche flint and sesame, honey and sweet spices. Exquisitely balanced palate, layers upon layers of subtle yet vibrant citrus fruit, quite dense yet pure and weightless, perfect amount of acidity and limestone driven mineral. The finish is seamless and gently resonates. What is remarkable is the balance and subtleness. It is like Bach’s cello suite No. 1, profound, subtle, deeply emotional and spiritual!
Jean Francois takes a glass to Raphael as they have not tasted the wine in three years. What a privilege!
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11/19/2023 - hprphf wrote: 94 Points
Ye Paulee (Hao Noodle): 03567, 01/09/10 trio. Most acidic one, sharp, a bit lean, very balanced. 94-95+
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6/13/2023 - jshawver Likes this wine: 92 Points
I have tried several Coche Dury CC's over the years so am familiar the soaring aromatics over the top flavors. This bottle however was not in the same league. Purchased upon release and stored at 55 degrees, the wine seemed like it was in a dumb phase or an off bottle. It was ok but with muted nose and dull flavors. I bought two so will wait a few years to try the second.
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2/19/2022 - sdr Likes this wine: 95 Points
There was a strange evolution throughout the several hours I was able to sample it. Upon opening it was obvious it would be very special. Medium thick, lots of waxy fruit, so energetic it seemed almost over-the-top. I could see the clear resemblance to the voluptuous Coches of the past. Just minutes later it settled down quite a bit; less rambunctious, less aromatic. For the next hour it was superbly elegant, focused and getting younger and less expressive. Then, the fragrance almost disappeared and the flavor was shorter, more evanescent, less thrilling. Perhaps with more time it will sort itself out.
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6/26/2021 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Served double blind next to the ‘88 Drouhin Montrachet. While a completely different experience, this wine was no slouch. It was just much younger than its wine flight mate. Incredibly pure, vibrant, and overtly expressive. The nose was mind blowing with white flowers, citrus, lemon zest, crushed minerals with a persistent and long finish. Yum!
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6/18/2021 - fatboi Likes this wine: 96 Points
Got to drink this in the context of plenty of other great white burgs including 14 coche perrieres ( off), 02 coche CC ( delicious), 97 CC (off), and 14 CC. The 10 continues to show young. It is remains massively concentrated and lacks some of the purity of the 14 which would be my only complaint. To sit with the 10 and the 14 side by side was mesmerizing and over powered my senses. 96/97
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9/4/2020 - fcxj wrote: 98 Points
Magnificent purity. Huge, palate staining flavors. The intensity is brilliant. (03517)
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8/4/2018 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 98 Points
OMFG - just placing ones nose in the glass is in itself a mind bending experience. Amazingly vibrant and energetic. The aromas attack you from the glass - loads of lees, nuts, tangyness, yellow fruits, white flowers, mesmerizing minerality and concentration. Clearly very young but an exceptional wine. Precise and laser focused. This will see 100pts in its lifetime without question.
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8/2/2018 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 96 Points
Booming nose, firing on all cylinders, leaping from the glass. Massive ripe yellow fruit with signature Coche reduction plus a nutty toastiness. Lovely white florals. Served in a flight of ‘11, ‘10, ‘04 and initially I was firmly in the ‘04 camp as the best wine for its beautiful development and layers beyond the gunpowder, but it is easy to see how this is a technically perfect, and also immensely pleasurable, wine. Structured, big, round, but with beauty. A masterpiece to be sure, even if the ‘04 is a little more showy and complex tonight, although this is clearly on a great path.
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5/24/2018 - Mrbuzz Likes this wine: 100 Points
Manresa (Los Gatos, Ca.): Awe inspiring wine! Had with the 04...started out pretty coiled and subtle, no reduction like the 04 had...but BOY did this wine snowball into and avalanche with some air and time! Amazing subtle power and elegance...the purest of pure fruits, seamless and perfectly ripe and creamy, yet energized with the very florals citrus acidity. Tons of chiseled minerals, kaleidoscope of spices, truffle, white flowers...just gigantic in every which way by the end of the night. As good as white Burgundy gets, and should only get better! Can't help but give this a perfect score now, yet will deserve even higher.
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5/2/2018 - fatboi Likes this wine: 98 Points
Just a monumental bottle of wine. Drank over the course of 4 hours and was decanted. Without a doubt the wine is young but not like the 2005 , imho , that had fat that it needed to shed or shutdown completely. four hours the sheer beauty and magic of the wine had only become clearer. I could add more but some have done an incredible job already. 98/99
Bottle 3167
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4/18/2018 - sjwshiraz wrote:
Shared with a friend over the course of an evening. It’s difficult to put into words the potential that this wine has. I’ve rarely encountered such a monumental White Burgundy at such an infant stage. Coche held back the release for 5 years because he didn’t want it to be drunk too young (I think he did the same with the equally backward 2005). That said, he probably should have held on to it for another 10 years at least !
At present, the nose is all about minerality, mostly chalk and flint but also some seashore salinity and citrus. The palate is immense but wrapped in a blanket of intense acidity. There is fruit evident but as yet it is playing second fiddle to the structure of the wine. The last glass, after 5 hours in a decanter, shows the softer side. Yellow fruits and white flowers have emerged. The wine has sweetened up as its rocky cocoon has finally yielded to the air.
Judging by the secondary market price and critics’ scores, this wine has already been deemed to be a future legend. I can’t disagree. Now to find some more!
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3/29/2018 - lepetitchateau wrote: 94 Points
Sea shells on the nose, minerality, flinty. Astounding sweetness here, a bit bumpy and not totally balanced but certainly could evolve positively. Doug et al. don't agree with my concern on the sweetness, but as you know, they are wrong.
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2/12/2018 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Serious wine but seriously backwards. There's a bare whiff of flint, chalk and citrus blossom. In the mouth it is super intense and compact with outstanding depth of citrus and mineral flavours. There's something lactic lurking in the background and it finishes with a huge puff of chalk and so much chew from the dry extract. A legendary Coche that needs a decade or two in the cellar.
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6/26/2017 - dcwino wrote: 100 Points
Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Perfectly harmonious and incredibly precise nose displaying intense white citrus fruit, lemon curd, wild flowers, cool mountain stream, only a hint of Coche flint and sesame, honey and sweet spices. Exquisitely balanced palate, layers upon layers of subtle yet vibrant citrus fruit, quite dense yet pure and weightless, perfect amount of acidity and limestone driven mineral. The finish is seamless and gently resonates. What is remarkable is the balance and subtleness. It is like Bach’s cello suite No. 1, profound, subtle, deeply emotional and spiritual!
Jean Francois takes a glass to Raphael as they have not tasted the wine in three years. What a privilege!
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