One of the most balanced white wines I’ve had, so elegant! Better with air, I expect this wine will continue to improve and gain complexity with more time in the bottle, but it’s already so good!
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tension filled wine just brimming with energy. This is what you seek in Roulot, that chiseled intense mineral laden profile that feels balanced within the depth of its fruit. The fruit profile leaned more steely white orchard fruit so it felt fresh and balanced. The finish is filled of sappy acid driven white fruit with a tinkle of citrus zest. With time that brimming energy will tame and the fruit will start to fill the space. Great potential.
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Bottles drunk with lunch or dinner while in Burgundy; 2/10/2020-2/14/2020 (Burgundy): A wow wine on pop n' pour and even better when the last 1/3 of a bottle was tasted ~6 hours later. A nose that just beams with electric orchard fruit with intense mineral, chalk and citrus peel. The palate has grand cru concentration with not an ounce of heaviness as it glides across the palate. Long, ethereal finish. Flirting with perfection as it ages. 95-98+
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Burgundy, Day 3 (Beaune, France): At La Cabotte. Frankly, this has got to be one of the best white Burgundies on the market today. Like a recent 2017 Vireuils, this wine didn't initially seem to show much of the steely, intense profile that I would expect from Roulot, and as predicted, this benefitted greatly from the introduction of air. This was best at the end of the meal, and because we had a small splash leftover, we took it home with us, where it was sloshed around pretty aggressively in the car as we went from appointment to appointment. In the evening, this was now really strutting its stuff. You get the laser-like mineral precision here, but unlike the lieux-dits, there is a breadth and richness on the palate, a sort of horizontalness, if you will, that is just magnificent. Flavour profiles and all that are meaningless here -- this is, simply, white Burgundy.
So fine and complex, with notes of citrus blossom, white peach, lemon zest and mineral. It has great volume and intensity, building through the palate and culminating in a huge puff of chalk on the strict and super-long finish. It is so long with great drive and a hint of citrus rind bitterness at the end. Brilliant!
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2/10/2024 - WaiCellar Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wonderful, complex bouquet but not as fresh as I expected for Roulot
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8/17/2023 - clayfu wrote:
youthful pleasure dome
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10/18/2022 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 96 Points
One of the most balanced white wines I’ve had, so elegant! Better with air, I expect this wine will continue to improve and gain complexity with more time in the bottle, but it’s already so good!
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8/23/2022 - clayfu wrote:
tension filled wine just brimming with energy. This is what you seek in Roulot, that chiseled intense mineral laden profile that feels balanced within the depth of its fruit. The fruit profile leaned more steely white orchard fruit so it felt fresh and balanced. The finish is filled of sappy acid driven white fruit with a tinkle of citrus zest. With time that brimming energy will tame and the fruit will start to fill the space. Great potential.
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9/2/2021 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Really, really tight. Floral notes, some aromatics reduction. Goes on and on, packed with fruit, everything feels bigger. High energy.
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2/13/2020 - Nanda wrote:
Bottles drunk with lunch or dinner while in Burgundy; 2/10/2020-2/14/2020 (Burgundy): A wow wine on pop n' pour and even better when the last 1/3 of a bottle was tasted ~6 hours later. A nose that just beams with electric orchard fruit with intense mineral, chalk and citrus peel. The palate has grand cru concentration with not an ounce of heaviness as it glides across the palate. Long, ethereal finish. Flirting with perfection as it ages. 95-98+
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2/13/2020 - acyso wrote: 98 Points
Burgundy, Day 3 (Beaune, France): At La Cabotte. Frankly, this has got to be one of the best white Burgundies on the market today. Like a recent 2017 Vireuils, this wine didn't initially seem to show much of the steely, intense profile that I would expect from Roulot, and as predicted, this benefitted greatly from the introduction of air. This was best at the end of the meal, and because we had a small splash leftover, we took it home with us, where it was sloshed around pretty aggressively in the car as we went from appointment to appointment. In the evening, this was now really strutting its stuff. You get the laser-like mineral precision here, but unlike the lieux-dits, there is a breadth and richness on the palate, a sort of horizontalness, if you will, that is just magnificent. Flavour profiles and all that are meaningless here -- this is, simply, white Burgundy.
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2/5/2020 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
So fine and complex, with notes of citrus blossom, white peach, lemon zest and mineral. It has great volume and intensity, building through the palate and culminating in a huge puff of chalk on the strict and super-long finish. It is so long with great drive and a hint of citrus rind bitterness at the end. Brilliant!
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