Reduction, flint, and gun smoke. A rich, waxy wine showing oaky vanilla, cream, and a still some underlying orchard fruit. Acidity kept it going, but this is starting to get tired and was a bit out of sync for me this evening (though L liked it).
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1/12 Classic PYCM profile upon opening. Quite lean and zingy for 30 mins or so before opening to reveal a far more expansive mid palate with real depth. Really minerally, finely crystalline, grippy texture with lots of fine extract. Ready to go and near the top of the upslope I think, there’s lots to like here. ****
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Light yellow in color. The nose takes about 30+ mins to unfurl and shows lemon confit, hint of buttered pears/peaches, yellow florals and herbs. The palate is beautifully integrated showing good depth to the citrus poached orchard pit fruits, good acidity and a long mineral and floral finish. This is very, very good. No hints of aggressive oak or reduction on this one.
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Ouch this is good for a Saint Aubin. Initially a touch acidic but with ten minutes of air it gets totally in sync, not very reductive for PYCM, rather generous but still focused, radiant but restraint, some crème brûlée, salted caramel but so much sap you end up continuously reaching for the glass. Brilliant stuff, dare I say almost Coche-esque after two hours of air?
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Another disappointing PYCM St Aubin. I'd hoped it was just the Champlots that had gone salty and a bit dull, but this was the same - it was so good in its youth.
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Vin a son apogée. Puissance et équilibré. Une belle réussite. Un vin qui se donne rapidement et sans être d'une grande complexité donne énormément de plaisir
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Smoke, flint, and burnt buttered popcorn aromas. Mineral, focused palate. Tense, this has nervosite in spades. This isn’t shy, and it is very well-crafted, I love it.
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really good but felt a little shut... you could tell the material and the tension was there, but just felt like it could have done with more cellar time or at least more decanting (I opened, decanted at around 4pm and we had with dinner around 6pm)
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Wow pretty much sums it up. PYCM did an impeccable job in 2014, generally, and the elegance and cut of this wine is remarkable even against the other wines of the vintage. Flinty sultry aroma and succulent palate. Can’t imagine this getting better, love the current phase would recommend drinking in the near term to enjoy it as it is.
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no notes but remember this being a stand out in the line up... with classic uplift / acidity / tension / verve etc... minerals too and a great PYCM offering
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OK... WOW!!!... this thing rocked my world on this particular evening... decanted around 2pm and starting drinking around 530pm... this had that ethereal (found in some 2014's in particular) brightness / lift / elegance with amazing power (of citrus) / oomph / opulence... for those rare wines that have lift and elegance AND power and richness, without being cloying, I bow down... was the case with this particular bottle... super super super super.... beat out 2014 Girardin P/M Combettes
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How we loved this; first wine of the great Burgundy-outing, this is vibrant, dense, intense with an extreme precision, the trademark of this domaine, Citrus wanders through, butter is here, a fistful of fruit. Still young. #BoutduMonde#Beaune
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Reductive, curry leaf nose. Savory edge. Citric minerality - sharp lemon tang. Acidity is high, but overall things meld nicely. Subtle toasted oak, vanillin. Autolytic richness rides the acidic spine to a long finish. Pretty.
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Served blind. WOW nose, overflowing with white flowers and matchstick. Everyone at the table went bonkers for this just based on the aromas - it may have been the finest aromatics all day, even better than various Chevalier and Montrachet! Palate not quite as dense and impressive as the nose, but very very fine.
QPR of the decade right here -- most at the table guessed PYCM Batard. Indeed, this wine was much better than the '14 PYCM CC served today, which was quite closed by comparison.
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Incredibly delicious. The nose is expressive and reminds me in some ways of Coche Dury. Beautifully integrated oak and delicious fruit. Lively. This is still young but fantastic!
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Delicious, rich and full. To drink over the next 5 years as not as much stuffing or length as the Chassagne but a great option to discover PYCM style and wait for the other 1er cru
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PYCM St Aubin masterclass (Basement, 67 Pall Mall): Slightly richer on the nose coupled with more of a sense of chalky minerality. Lovely attack, a sense of richness but follows through to a lovely, cool, minerally line showing the freshness of the vintage character. Lovely. Currently pulls up a little on the finish cf the Remilly. ****
Beautiful wine, but unlike La Pucelle, this is in need of another 4-5 years to really strut it's stuff. Little closed right now. Should be fantastic 92++
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What a wonderful St. Aubin; lemon curd, acacia flowers, balance, minerality. Really this has it all and is affordable enough to have every day. More please.
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Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Reflecting the vintage, cool, lean and precise. Very precise nose displaying mostly lemon and lemon curd with a hint of granny smith, beeswax, honey, a hint of flint and limestone. Medium concentration, good mineral presence, bright acidity and a medium to long cool and clean mineral driven finish. It is a precise and energetic wine.
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Really damn good. You would say puligny blind. Burnt matchstick , vanilla. Too much sulfur perhaps, but everything else is right. Stones and minerals and acidity. Light bodied. Needs a couple years to flesh out.
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Loads of grilled hazelnut, brioche, pain grille, yellow apple, mineral citrus... Pure silky citrus, green apple, some fat smoothening the acidity, very delicious!!
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Apples, citrus, vanilla and sulfur. Slightly reductive. A bit overripe for me, especially on the sweetly perfumed finish. This was from a magnum at a wine store, and may have been open for some days. I am not sure that age will cure all ails here.
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On the basis of the other notes here this was decanted for nearly 5 hours before being poured back in the bottle and chilled. It definitely helped. Some flintiness on opening but nowhere near the level of reduction and sulphides I've encountered in other PYCM St. Aubins. Pretty delicious wine with high acid, lots of honeydew and stonefruit aromas, with a hint of oak and some weird pineapple syrup esters too. Nicely weighted mouthfeel. The palate is overall a little wonky at this stage. Something savoury and smokey in there that's just not quite sitting right. Almost has chewy phenolics too which I thought was strange. Needs time to sleep in the cellar.
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PYCM Saint Aubin La Chateniere 2014 - this has been my bucket list producer, and in my opinion he is definitely the one to buy now as his wines taste they will be expensive in future. His St Aubin are amazingly rich and serious wines, burnt match signature, defined class, structure and weight.
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I think this needs time and wouldn't touch remaining bottles for 3-5 years (and think it probably needs 5-7 years). I do get a little matchstick/sulfur with some orchard fruit and vanilla on the nose. Citrus, orchard fruit and some spice -- good acidity and minerality. Ripe, but not overdone and a solid finish. Needs time to come together, but expect it to impress in the mid-term.
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high intensity minerals, definitely detectable oak but not overpowering, saline with hints of sour apple. still tight but after >1 hour it opens with increasing complexity. needs time. **(*)+
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PnP. Punching above its value. Matchstick nose with very attractive ripe grapefruit on the palate. Medium finish. Should give this another couple of years but nevertheless drinking well now.
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Very nice nose of grilled hazelnuts, smoke, ripe citrus, flint stones, this nose is the closest to Coche Dury style! Delicious taste of ripe apples, citrus, very nice minerality, great tension and fat... I just love the style of Pierre Yves Colin Morey!!
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I have been eying off Colin-Morey for a number of years, mainly due to the fabulous critic reviews, availability in Australia and the depth of the range including some at accessible prices. This was bought as a try before you buy for some of the bigger boys in the range.
I'd read that the producer style was modern (read new world) - I'm not sure I agree as it is easily distinguished from the delicious ripe Margaret River Chardonnay I've regularly consumed over the past 4 years. Quite a shy nose, but in coaxing there was a light citrus, sea breeze, clean and fresh feel. It is clean with a real mineral zing, pure and pristine fruit. Nice wine.
A lovely Saint Aubin. Stoney citrus flavours are balanced by some rounder orchard fruits and a lick of spice and oak. Excellent line and precision on the palate and good length. While drinking well now it's perhaps a little tight and could do with some air or a bit of a sleep in the cellar. A great vintage.
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3/9/2024 - Ghoulardi wrote:
Reduction, flint, and gun smoke. A rich, waxy wine showing oaky vanilla, cream, and a still some underlying orchard fruit. Acidity kept it going, but this is starting to get tired and was a bit out of sync for me this evening (though L liked it).
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1/27/2024 - Richard P Howden wrote: 91 Points
A nice step up since the last bottle. Good crisp intensity on the palate, med- body, tart lemon. Med length.
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9/24/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 91 Points
Nez légèrement oxydé, citron et mineral... Striking mineral, huge minerality, but unfortunately a by oxidized...
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7/15/2023 - SimonG wrote: 93 Points
1/12 Classic PYCM profile upon opening. Quite lean and zingy for 30 mins or so before opening to reveal a far more expansive mid palate with real depth. Really minerally, finely crystalline, grippy texture with lots of fine extract. Ready to go and near the top of the upslope I think, there’s lots to like here. ****
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7/8/2023 - jkwoodward Likes this wine: 95 Points
Amazing integration and minerality. Delicious. Will go 10 more years.
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3/25/2023 - WST Likes this wine:
Brief TN's from last night's B-day party:
Beautiful balance, subtle struck match, lemon curd, peach.
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2/1/2023 - LW31 wrote:
On thé showier, louder spectrum for St Aubin. Screams PYCM in first pour. It’s sexy but not yet profound.
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11/6/2022 - devraj Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light yellow in color. The nose takes about 30+ mins to unfurl and shows lemon confit, hint of buttered pears/peaches, yellow florals and herbs. The palate is beautifully integrated showing good depth to the citrus poached orchard pit fruits, good acidity and a long mineral and floral finish. This is very, very good. No hints of aggressive oak or reduction on this one.
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10/15/2022 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ouch this is good for a Saint Aubin. Initially a touch acidic but with ten minutes of air it gets totally in sync, not very reductive for PYCM, rather generous but still focused, radiant but restraint, some crème brûlée, salted caramel but so much sap you end up continuously reaching for the glass. Brilliant stuff, dare I say almost Coche-esque after two hours of air?
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1/1/2022 - western wrote: 89 Points
Now lacks fruit to balance acidity. Too much matchstick. Rather thin.
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12/27/2020 - Rupert wrote:
Austere grippy nose, which I find enticing. Some powder and lemon. A bit foursquare on the palate.
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9/4/2020 - Rupert wrote:
Another disappointing PYCM St Aubin. I'd hoped it was just the Champlots that had gone salty and a bit dull, but this was the same - it was so good in its youth.
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6/16/2020 - Antoine G wrote: 96 Points
Vin a son apogée. Puissance et équilibré. Une belle réussite. Un vin qui se donne rapidement et sans être d'une grande complexité donne énormément de plaisir
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3/14/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Smoke, flint, and burnt buttered popcorn aromas. Mineral, focused palate. Tense, this has nervosite in spades. This isn’t shy, and it is very well-crafted, I love it.
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3/9/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
really good but felt a little shut... you could tell the material and the tension was there, but just felt like it could have done with more cellar time or at least more decanting (I opened, decanted at around 4pm and we had with dinner around 6pm)
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2/8/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Wow pretty much sums it up. PYCM did an impeccable job in 2014, generally, and the elegance and cut of this wine is remarkable even against the other wines of the vintage. Flinty sultry aroma and succulent palate. Can’t imagine this getting better, love the current phase would recommend drinking in the near term to enjoy it as it is.
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2/2/2020 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 93 Points
no notes but remember this being a stand out in the line up... with classic uplift / acidity / tension / verve etc... minerals too and a great PYCM offering
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1/21/2020 - Richard P Howden Likes this wine: 90 Points
Light, expecting more. Still good texture and finish. Perhaps tight?
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12/28/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote:
no notes so hard to assess, but remember this being very good... 92'ish but a bit of a guess
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12/21/2019 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 94 Points
OK... WOW!!!... this thing rocked my world on this particular evening... decanted around 2pm and starting drinking around 530pm... this had that ethereal (found in some 2014's in particular) brightness / lift / elegance with amazing power (of citrus) / oomph / opulence... for those rare wines that have lift and elegance AND power and richness, without being cloying, I bow down... was the case with this particular bottle... super super super super.... beat out 2014 Girardin P/M Combettes
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11/13/2019 - beatles wrote: 92 Points
How we loved this; first wine of the great Burgundy-outing, this is vibrant, dense, intense with an extreme precision, the trademark of this domaine, Citrus wanders through, butter is here, a fistful of fruit. Still young.
#BoutduMonde#Beaune
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10/21/2019 - Der Weingelehrte wrote:
Reductive, curry leaf nose. Savory edge. Citric minerality - sharp lemon tang. Acidity is high, but overall things meld nicely. Subtle toasted oak, vanillin. Autolytic richness rides the acidic spine to a long finish. Pretty.
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7/26/2019 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Served blind. WOW nose, overflowing with white flowers and matchstick. Everyone at the table went bonkers for this just based on the aromas - it may have been the finest aromatics all day, even better than various Chevalier and Montrachet! Palate not quite as dense and impressive as the nose, but very very fine.
QPR of the decade right here -- most at the table guessed PYCM Batard. Indeed, this wine was much better than the '14 PYCM CC served today, which was quite closed by comparison.
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10/21/2018 - HEBRO 10 Likes this wine:
Silk
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9/21/2018 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
WOW, huge nose of matchstick, grilled hazelnut, yellow apples, ananas, mineral.... Nice concentration, yellow citrus & mineral first, oystershell, lenght 30 sec!
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5/10/2018 - rc@ughey wrote: 92 Points
Awesome. Focused and dense with a fresh squeeze of lime, this is serious and delicious.
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5/9/2018 - DCornutt wrote:
Incredibly delicious. The nose is expressive and reminds me in some ways of Coche Dury. Beautifully integrated oak and delicious fruit. Lively. This is still young but fantastic!
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1/4/2018 - Rickytoc Likes this wine: 91 Points
Delicious, rich and full. To drink over the next 5 years as not as much stuffing or length as the Chassagne but a great option to discover PYCM style and wait for the other 1er cru
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12/5/2017 - SimonG wrote: 92 Points
PYCM St Aubin masterclass (Basement, 67 Pall Mall): Slightly richer on the nose coupled with more of a sense of chalky minerality. Lovely attack, a sense of richness but follows through to a lovely, cool, minerally line showing the freshness of the vintage character. Lovely. Currently pulls up a little on the finish cf the Remilly. ****
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9/13/2017 - felixp Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful wine, but unlike La Pucelle, this is in need of another 4-5 years to really strut it's stuff. Little closed right now.
Should be fantastic 92++
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9/4/2017 - Rupert wrote: 92 Points
Best showing yet. Mineral, grippy and deep.
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7/1/2017 - markydb Likes this wine: 91 Points
What a wonderful St. Aubin; lemon curd, acacia flowers, balance, minerality. Really this has it all and is affordable enough to have every day. More please.
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6/26/2017 - dcwino wrote: 92 Points
Winos' excellent adventure in France; 6/22/2017-6/27/2017 (All over France): Reflecting the vintage, cool, lean and precise. Very precise nose displaying mostly lemon and lemon curd with a hint of granny smith, beeswax, honey, a hint of flint and limestone. Medium concentration, good mineral presence, bright acidity and a medium to long cool and clean mineral driven finish. It is a precise and energetic wine.
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6/8/2017 - western Likes this wine: 92 Points
Pale yellow. Nose matchstick, citrus. Lovely mineral acidity. Great balance.
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6/7/2017 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really damn good. You would say puligny blind. Burnt matchstick , vanilla. Too much sulfur perhaps, but everything else is right. Stones and minerals and acidity. Light bodied. Needs a couple years to flesh out.
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5/30/2017 - DCornutt wrote:
Just gorgeous. Young but so expressive. Will flesh out some complexity. Right now a great young wine.
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2/5/2017 - rc@ughey wrote: 90 Points
Rich and concentrated, this is a serious white burg. A little one dimensional but nice.
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1/31/2017 - the godfather wrote:
absolutely insane
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1/25/2017 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
Loads of grilled hazelnut, brioche, pain grille, yellow apple, mineral citrus... Pure silky citrus, green apple, some fat smoothening the acidity, very delicious!!
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12/13/2016 - JonnyG wrote: 88 Points
Apples, citrus, vanilla and sulfur. Slightly reductive. A bit overripe for me, especially on the sweetly perfumed finish. This was from a magnum at a wine store, and may have been open for some days. I am not sure that age will cure all ails here.
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11/27/2016 - Milliontown wrote: 92 Points
On the basis of the other notes here this was decanted for nearly 5 hours before being poured back in the bottle and chilled. It definitely helped. Some flintiness on opening but nowhere near the level of reduction and sulphides I've encountered in other PYCM St. Aubins. Pretty delicious wine with high acid, lots of honeydew and stonefruit aromas, with a hint of oak and some weird pineapple syrup esters too. Nicely weighted mouthfeel. The palate is overall a little wonky at this stage. Something savoury and smokey in there that's just not quite sitting right. Almost has chewy phenolics too which I thought was strange. Needs time to sleep in the cellar.
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11/25/2016 - RaphaelMalago Likes this wine: 93 Points
PYCM Saint Aubin La Chateniere 2014 - this has been my bucket list producer, and in my opinion he is definitely the one to buy now as his wines taste they will be expensive in future. His St Aubin are amazingly rich and serious wines, burnt match signature, defined class, structure and weight.
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7/17/2016 - tdelorme wrote:
I think this needs time and wouldn't touch remaining bottles for 3-5 years (and think it probably needs 5-7 years). I do get a little matchstick/sulfur with some orchard fruit and vanilla on the nose. Citrus, orchard fruit and some spice -- good acidity and minerality. Ripe, but not overdone and a solid finish. Needs time to come together, but expect it to impress in the mid-term.
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6/13/2016 - evanlodes Likes this wine:
high intensity minerals, definitely detectable oak but not overpowering, saline with hints of sour apple. still tight but after >1 hour it opens with increasing complexity. needs time.
**(*)+
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4/9/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Rich, spicy, dense and sappy. There are notes of orchard fruits and aniseed. It is spicy and has a strong mineral spine.
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3/5/2016 - alanr wrote: 89 Points
2016 La Paulee San Francisco - Saturday Grand Tasting (Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco): Tasty, but shows some ripeness, bit of sweet touch, and a candied note. Tasty, but bordering on overripe.
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3/5/2016 - drwine2001 wrote:
La Paulée 2016 Grand Tasting-Overview of the 2013 Vintage (The Fairmont, San Francisco): The only 2014 in Pierre-Yves' line up, and he should have left it at home. Sulfur on the nose. Citrus and vanillin. Short finish. Yikes.
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2/28/2016 - dchoo077 wrote: 91 Points
PnP. Punching above its value. Matchstick nose with very attractive ripe grapefruit on the palate. Medium finish. Should give this another couple of years but nevertheless drinking well now.
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2/9/2016 - Philippe_C wrote: 93 Points
Very nice nose of grilled hazelnuts, smoke, ripe citrus, flint stones, this nose is the closest to Coche Dury style! Delicious taste of ripe apples, citrus, very nice minerality, great tension and fat... I just love the style of Pierre Yves Colin Morey!!
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1/31/2016 - antkorbel Likes this wine: 93 Points
I have been eying off Colin-Morey for a number of years, mainly due to the fabulous critic reviews, availability in Australia and the depth of the range including some at accessible prices. This was bought as a try before you buy for some of the bigger boys in the range.
I'd read that the producer style was modern (read new world) - I'm not sure I agree as it is easily distinguished from the delicious ripe Margaret River Chardonnay I've regularly consumed over the past 4 years. Quite a shy nose, but in coaxing there was a light citrus, sea breeze, clean and fresh feel. It is clean with a real mineral zing, pure and pristine fruit. Nice wine.
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12/25/2015 - JonathanP wrote: 92 Points
A lovely Saint Aubin. Stoney citrus flavours are balanced by some rounder orchard fruits and a lick of spice and oak. Excellent line and precision on the palate and good length. While drinking well now it's perhaps a little tight and could do with some air or a bit of a sleep in the cellar. A great vintage.
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