This is really quite good; fairly classic example of Preuses with some hints of tropical fruit, but underlying really typical Chablis notes of ripe orchard fruits, sea breeze, mineral notes, and citrus. The palate is fresh, more so than many '16s I've had and while it has the Preuses ripeness it has just enough edginess to give me what I really want when I open Chablis. The depth and persistence are very good. Would buy again.
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A distinctive style. A floral and fruit nose. Ripe stone fruit, lemon curd and minerals nicely defined and balanced with a hint of herbs. A long, full finish.
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Small friends gathering - 90 La Tache, 12 Coche CC, 37 Mouton in mag and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Comes in a fancy heavy dark bottle with wax capsule. Really ripe nose that reminds me of a special cuvee Chapoutier Hermitage blanc. Expressive nose displaying tropical fruit, passion fruit, yellow peach, pineapple, strong tobacco and dry coconut shell. Not showing much mineral. Excellent concentration, very ripe tropical yellow fruit, dense and rich, bright acidity that is not fully integrated and sticks out, and a medium to long rich ripe yellow fruit driven finish. My educated guess is that it was trying to emulate Raveneau like ripe and generous fruit but failed. Not a good Chablis but reasonably enjoyable rich white wine.
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1/30/2022 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
This is really quite good; fairly classic example of Preuses with some hints of tropical fruit, but underlying really typical Chablis notes of ripe orchard fruits, sea breeze, mineral notes, and citrus. The palate is fresh, more so than many '16s I've had and while it has the Preuses ripeness it has just enough edginess to give me what I really want when I open Chablis. The depth and persistence are very good. Would buy again.
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10/30/2020 - davidb18 Likes this wine: 93 Points
A distinctive style. A floral and fruit nose. Ripe stone fruit, lemon curd and minerals nicely defined and balanced with a hint of herbs. A long, full finish.
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1/10/2019 - dcwino wrote: 91 Points
Small friends gathering - 90 La Tache, 12 Coche CC, 37 Mouton in mag and etc. (Officina - Washington D.C.): Comes in a fancy heavy dark bottle with wax capsule. Really ripe nose that reminds me of a special cuvee Chapoutier Hermitage blanc. Expressive nose displaying tropical fruit, passion fruit, yellow peach, pineapple, strong tobacco and dry coconut shell. Not showing much mineral. Excellent concentration, very ripe tropical yellow fruit, dense and rich, bright acidity that is not fully integrated and sticks out, and a medium to long rich ripe yellow fruit driven finish. My educated guess is that it was trying to emulate Raveneau like ripe and generous fruit but failed. Not a good Chablis but reasonably enjoyable rich white wine.
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