A very lean version of this wine, almost tasting like young Chablis with a chalky, stony and mineral character combined with citrus notes. It appears much younger than the 2020 at this stage and needs time in the cellar. Hopefully it will gain more weight with time. With Johnny and Dorthe in Chablis.
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Dense and flinty, with good but not great acidity. A little closed down still, we probably didn’t give this enough time to fully open up.
Honestly, it’s becoming hard for me to swallow the price tag of these Coche village wines. As tasty as they can be, the few bottles I’ve opened most recently (specifically this 17’, last week’s 14’, and 19’ a few months ago) have failed to deliver above many of the far less expensive white burgs I love. I guess I just want to be blown away at this price point, while these were merely very good.
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blind I had this wine one week before but I couldn't recognize it. I guessed Comte Lafon, because of its creamieness.. A great village wine, far away from his peak. 94
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It was relatively tight and compact on first pour, unfurling nicely in the glass. Loaded with sappy peach aromas and flavours and tinged with spice. So much chewy dry extract to the back end and some honeysuckle with air. Powerful, balanced and engaging.
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Ok much has been made about Coche and the style it initiated with pretty much half of white burgundy producers trying to replicate the reductive winemaking style with flinty aromatics. On this showing I would feel inclined to say there is more craft to it than reductive winemaking. Flinty nose yes but nothing prototypical. There is more to it, smoky elements too. Lemon too. The rest ot the package is consistent and sapid ie while no particular fireworks it stretches its legs and delivers without letting down in intensity or palate breadth. In the big scheme of things this is a proper 1er Cru experience. WOTD alongside Arnoux Lachaux Echezeaux 17 and Selosse Rose.
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2 hour decant, tasting at the French Club. Beautiful nose, flint, lemon and spice soar out of the class. Classic palate, rich yet acidic with a lemon infused cut to the fruit. Excellent.
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Perhaps a lighter vintage for Coche Dury, it is showing apple and lemon fruit and a great, chalky minerality. It also builds and builds on the palate and is very deep and expressive on the back end. Very impressive wine, delicious already now - especially with air, but I’m sure this will be better in 5-10 years. In Meursault with Martin.
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Lots of minerals on the nose with just slight reduction and notes of lemon, lime, and green apple. High acidity on the palate with more lemon flavors, crushed rocks, lime, lemon zest, tart white peach, flint, and apple. Long finish. Really lovely wine that tastes great now but it's obviously still quite young and could use at least another 5 years for the acidity to integrate a bit. 94+
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A bit young but already displaying all the coche characteristics on the nose. Quite acidic on the palate and not harmonized so give it a few more years.
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Opened at the Shangri-La in Paris. Double decanted and enjoyed over a few hours.
This was gorgeous, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I had committed some sort of infanticide here. This was fresh, precise, buttery, nutty, flinty - all the things you look for in Coche, but I feel like it just takes a bit more time for everything to come together and really wow you as I know Coche can.
For a Meursault village? Incredible. But for Coche, not quite there. Would very happily revisit in 2+ years just to check-in, but most likely this will embrace its upside and become a much more compelling bottle in 5+ years time.
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Both CP and I was initially guessing Bordeaux, such were the grape fruit notes with accent on the minerals; light, elegant, grows in the glass, gains richesse ... #IB
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This remained a little closed, but he a very attractive mineral infused nose. No matchstick, slightly more traditional Burg white expression without exuberance. Nicely done but could be closing down now.
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Reticent at first but with air just delicious. Gunflint, popcorn, minerality and just perfect precision. 93/94 Completely outshine a bottle of 2016 Keller Abts E that we drank next to it.
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I have been vocal about Coche Dury’s wine to be different starting from his 2013 vintage under Raphael’s hand. And in fact, I have stopped buying his wine since that vintage. Even after trying his 2014 and 2015 village and premier cru, my experiences have reiterated my view. Tonight, I test drove the 2017 Coche Dury Meursault. After 3 hour of aeration, the nose has exhibited its signature gunflint, firework, citrus and minerals. The nose alone is absolutely gorgeous, just like his pre-2013 wine. Palate is initially a bit shy but it has fully blossomed with plenty of stuffing that scream nothing but Coche Dury if you take the entire nose and palate sensation into a single package. Based on this sample, Coche Dury is back. Compare to the pre-2013 Coche Dury I tried shortly after release, the 2017 is more forward and expressive, which is a big plus. 93+
PR's Basel Birthday Bash: Tasted double blind. This is quite great for a Village level wine with a beautiful femininity and intriguing floral aromatics. Unfortunately, there is no Coche flint/matchstick aromas, which I adore. Overall, the wine is not intense and complex enough to play in the big league. Ignoring the insane price tag, this deserves 92 points (at first I was even a tad higher at 94/95 as I expected it to open up and reveal more, but it never did).
TN: Medium intense on the nose with fine apple and floral aromas. Not super complex but very harmonious and feminine. On the palate there is a bit more stuffing with aromas of lime and citrus, apple, floral aromas and a strong mineral layer. The wine is light like a feather, slightly creamy and with a perfectly integrated acidity. Round, harmonious and with good length.
Decanting: Decanted shortly before serving, then followed out of the decanter for several hours with little change (although it gained a bit of weight). No extensive decanting necessary
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At restaurant Stucki in Basel. Slightly buttery, precise citrus fruit, green apple and white flowers. Nice and fresh, finely textured, detailed and precise on the palate. A bit creamy yet crisp, with a long finish. You can tell the outstanding craftsmanship and probably as good as it gets for a village wine, but lacking the complexity and depth of a premier or grand cru’s.
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It's great to open the first bottle of a case and be simply charmed. This is lovely, and presents encouragingly like we all anticipate 2017 whites will be - beautiful wines.
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SLDS - PR GC: Mineral slate, lifted nose with apple, pear and a little bit of flint. Lively and long, with fine acid line. Beautifully balanced, exceptional length. Undoubtable quality.
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3.5 hours of air in decanter. Woah - here one is met with incredibly powerful and appealing nose. Straight out of the bottle, the nose was dominated by lemon, but with air has moved towards more lime and spices. Here there is crushed stone, white flowers, pleasant and well-integrated oak. The acidity in the mouth, green towards yellow apple, long and intense aftertaste. This one grew and grew in the glass and gave more for each sip. Deep. The fact that this is Village wine is just unbelievable. Better than '15.
Significantly less energy on day 2, but still great wine. 94+
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5/3/2024 - Zweder wrote: 95 Points
White fruits, minerals and beautifully dosed oak, good acidity and a great length. Very beautiful wine.
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4/6/2024 - soyhead wrote:
nose - lemon rind, fennel
mouth - some richness (hazlenut, caramel) but quickly overrun by a very lively acidity
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3/27/2024 - Vas19 wrote: 94 Points
Meursault perfection. Impeccable balance, great length.
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3/22/2024 - pbaek wrote:
A very lean version of this wine, almost tasting like young Chablis with a chalky, stony and mineral character combined with citrus notes. It appears much younger than the 2020 at this stage and needs time in the cellar. Hopefully it will gain more weight with time. With Johnny and Dorthe in Chablis.
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2/28/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Acker "Paulee" Burgundy Dinner (Capital Seafood - Beverly Hills CA): Paulee style dinner. Rich and unctuous with wonderful density for its level, yet bright and lithe from middle through finish. This is a baby and will age gracefully. Upside from here.
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2/27/2024 - MWiking wrote: 96 Points
stenfruktigt, snyggt, väl integrerad syra och en eftersmak som aldrig tar slut. världsklass
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2/14/2024 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dense and flinty, with good but not great acidity. A little closed down still, we probably didn’t give this enough time to fully open up.
Honestly, it’s becoming hard for me to swallow the price tag of these Coche village wines. As tasty as they can be, the few bottles I’ve opened most recently (specifically this 17’, last week’s 14’, and 19’ a few months ago) have failed to deliver above many of the far less expensive white burgs I love. I guess I just want to be blown away at this price point, while these were merely very good.
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1/19/2024 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Gunflint, linear, dense.
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1/14/2024 - Hugo Hilde Likes this wine: 95 Points
Crazy nose, so much energy, yet clean. With air it settled down with cloudberry, marzipan.
Fine delineation with pear, lemon zest, gunflint, nuts and razor sharp acidity.
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1/12/2024 - manemis Likes this wine: 94 Points
Glorious. Very precise. Took a couple of hours to open up. Buttery but still very clean, a bit reductive. Long. Great acidity, not too viscous.
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12/31/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 94 Points
blind
I had this wine one week before but I couldn't recognize it. I guessed Comte Lafon, because of its creamieness.. A great village wine, far away from his peak. 94
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12/28/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
It was relatively tight and compact on first pour, unfurling nicely in the glass. Loaded with sappy peach aromas and flavours and tinged with spice. So much chewy dry extract to the back end and some honeysuckle with air. Powerful, balanced and engaging.
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12/21/2023 - palfr2 wrote:
Ok much has been made about Coche and the style it initiated with pretty much half of white burgundy producers trying to replicate the reductive winemaking style with flinty aromatics. On this showing I would feel inclined to say there is more craft to it than reductive winemaking. Flinty nose yes but nothing prototypical. There is more to it, smoky elements too. Lemon too. The rest ot the package is consistent and sapid ie while no particular fireworks it stretches its legs and delivers without letting down in intensity or palate breadth. In the big scheme of things this is a proper 1er Cru experience. WOTD alongside Arnoux Lachaux Echezeaux 17 and Selosse Rose.
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12/8/2023 - Jdamsgaard Likes this wine: 97 Points
What a wine. Coche energy coming out from the glass. Lots of freshness while still having richness in a beautiful balance.
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12/7/2023 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Gunflint, deftly handled. Incisive, tense palate.
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11/28/2023 - llink wrote: 93 Points
2 hour decant, tasting at the French Club. Beautiful nose, flint, lemon and spice soar out of the class. Classic palate, rich yet acidic with a lemon infused cut to the fruit. Excellent.
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11/10/2023 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Well-cut but acidity still dominates at this stage with decent weight. 93+
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9/8/2023 - pbaek wrote:
Perhaps a lighter vintage for Coche Dury, it is showing apple and lemon fruit and a great, chalky minerality. It also builds and builds on the palate and is very deep and expressive on the back end. Very impressive wine, delicious already now - especially with air, but I’m sure this will be better in 5-10 years. In Meursault with Martin.
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9/2/2023 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lots of minerals on the nose with just slight reduction and notes of lemon, lime, and green apple. High acidity on the palate with more lemon flavors, crushed rocks, lime, lemon zest, tart white peach, flint, and apple. Long finish. Really lovely wine that tastes great now but it's obviously still quite young and could use at least another 5 years for the acidity to integrate a bit. 94+
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8/18/2023 - WKC Likes this wine: 91 Points
A bit young but already displaying all the coche characteristics on the nose. Quite acidic on the palate and not harmonized so give it a few more years.
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7/23/2023 - Bobby Burgundy wrote: 92 Points
Nice wine
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6/9/2023 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened at the Shangri-La in Paris. Double decanted and enjoyed over a few hours.
This was gorgeous, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I had committed some sort of infanticide here. This was fresh, precise, buttery, nutty, flinty - all the things you look for in Coche, but I feel like it just takes a bit more time for everything to come together and really wow you as I know Coche can.
For a Meursault village? Incredible. But for Coche, not quite there. Would very happily revisit in 2+ years just to check-in, but most likely this will embrace its upside and become a much more compelling bottle in 5+ years time.
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5/28/2023 - BradE wrote:
A very nice bottle with slightly less verve than most previous experiences. Nitpicking, that's for sure.
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5/26/2023 - aquacongas wrote: 93 Points
not blind
A bit reluctant Coche nose, not too reductive. Balanced in the palate, some stones, lemon and a bit popcorn. 93
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5/22/2023 - BradE wrote:
This bottling continues to impress. Gorgeous and an absolute hit with the table. Loved it.
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2/23/2023 - fatboi Likes this wine: 94 Points
just delicious. seamless as others have mentioned. great minerality
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2/15/2023 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
There's a completeness and serenity that separates this from 2015/2016.
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2/11/2023 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Ultra mineral and refined.
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10/26/2022 - beatles wrote: 93 Points
Both CP and I was initially guessing Bordeaux, such were the grape fruit notes with accent on the minerals; light, elegant, grows in the glass, gains richesse ...
#IB
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8/20/2022 - Satoshi Nakamoto Likes this wine: 92 Points
The CFO's Birthday: Bright energy, acid, and reductiveness on the nose. Has way more weight than you'd expect from a village wine. Quite nice!
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8/13/2022 - steinersing wrote: 93 Points
This remained a little closed, but he a very attractive mineral infused nose. No matchstick, slightly more traditional Burg white expression without exuberance. Nicely done but could be closing down now.
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6/6/2022 - BradE wrote:
I'm a huge fan of 2017 Coche Meursault, and this bottle was no exception.
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3/31/2022 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Slight matchstick and robust, acidic, energetic palate. Don't think these ever dipped much, but this rivals anything from supposed golden era.
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3/16/2022 - fatboi Likes this wine: 94 Points
Reticent at first but with air just delicious. Gunflint, popcorn, minerality and just perfect precision. 93/94
Completely outshine a bottle of 2016 Keller Abts E that we drank next to it.
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3/16/2022 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 Points
I have been vocal about Coche Dury’s wine to be different starting from his 2013 vintage under Raphael’s hand. And in fact, I have stopped buying his wine since that vintage. Even after trying his 2014 and 2015 village and premier cru, my experiences have reiterated my view. Tonight, I test drove the 2017 Coche Dury Meursault. After 3 hour of aeration, the nose has exhibited its signature gunflint, firework, citrus and minerals. The nose alone is absolutely gorgeous, just like his pre-2013 wine. Palate is initially a bit shy but it has fully blossomed with plenty of stuffing that scream nothing but Coche Dury if you take the entire nose and palate sensation into a single package. Based on this sample, Coche Dury is back. Compare to the pre-2013 Coche Dury I tried shortly after release, the 2017 is more forward and expressive, which is a big plus. 93+
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2/27/2022 - BradE wrote:
Simply brilliant. Great wine, great vintage. My heart truly is in Meursault these days.
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1/22/2022 - BradE wrote:
Lovely, and a pleasure to drink.
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12/31/2021 - fcxj wrote: 94 Points
Reduction and citrus aromatics. Ultra clean palate with acidic tension, but also broad and placid sensations.
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12/18/2021 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Magnum Holiday Dinner (Hao Noodle): Decanted to serve. Beautiful reduction, lighter lifted. Lots of upsides. 93+
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11/9/2021 - Burgundy Al wrote: 91 Points
Travels in Burgundy... A Few Wines During Meals; 11/7/2021-11/12/2021 (Burgundy): Tight as possible when popped-and-poured, this seemed nearly shrill, but opened gloriously in 15-20 minutes, showing so much rich and concentrated orchard fruit with impressive density for its level.
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9/8/2021 - BradE wrote:
A great example of the vintage, and a lovely wine.
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8/26/2021 - BradE wrote:
I loved this bottle, as did the table. A joy to drink.
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8/24/2021 - Cailles wrote: 92 Points
PR's Basel Birthday Bash: Tasted double blind. This is quite great for a Village level wine with a beautiful femininity and intriguing floral aromatics. Unfortunately, there is no Coche flint/matchstick aromas, which I adore. Overall, the wine is not intense and complex enough to play in the big league. Ignoring the insane price tag, this deserves 92 points (at first I was even a tad higher at 94/95 as I expected it to open up and reveal more, but it never did).
TN: Medium intense on the nose with fine apple and floral aromas. Not super complex but very harmonious and feminine. On the palate there is a bit more stuffing with aromas of lime and citrus, apple, floral aromas and a strong mineral layer. The wine is light like a feather, slightly creamy and with a perfectly integrated acidity. Round, harmonious and with good length.
Decanting: Decanted shortly before serving, then followed out of the decanter for several hours with little change (although it gained a bit of weight). No extensive decanting necessary
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7/17/2021 - sirpat00 wrote: 94 Points
At restaurant Stucki in Basel. Slightly buttery, precise citrus fruit, green apple and white flowers. Nice and fresh, finely textured, detailed and precise on the palate. A bit creamy yet crisp, with a long finish. You can tell the outstanding craftsmanship and probably as good as it gets for a village wine, but lacking the complexity and depth of a premier or grand cru’s.
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6/23/2021 - BradE wrote:
Charming. Love this vintage.
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6/12/2021 - jwalkuro wrote: 93 Points
Medium yellow color.
Lemon, green apple, hazelnut.
Nice acidity, good balance.
But it wasn't as good as 15 vintage.
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4/7/2021 - bill00 wrote: 94 Points
Exuberant young Coche fruit. Energetic and precise. A great vintage of Coche Meursault.
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10/1/2020 - BradE wrote:
It's great to open the first bottle of a case and be simply charmed. This is lovely, and presents encouragingly like we all anticipate 2017 whites will be - beautiful wines.
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9/25/2020 - CamWheeler wrote: 93 Points
SLDS - PR GC: Mineral slate, lifted nose with apple, pear and a little bit of flint. Lively and long, with fine acid line. Beautifully balanced, exceptional length. Undoubtable quality.
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8/16/2020 - Russell Faulkner wrote:
Lovely young white burgundy but lacks the bite of the best prior examples of this wine.
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1/28/2020 - jrh82 Likes this wine: 94 Points
3.5 hours of air in decanter. Woah - here one is met with incredibly powerful and appealing nose. Straight out of the bottle, the nose was dominated by lemon, but with air has moved towards more lime and spices. Here there is crushed stone, white flowers, pleasant and well-integrated oak. The acidity in the mouth, green towards yellow apple, long and intense aftertaste. This one grew and grew in the glass and gave more for each sip. Deep. The fact that this is Village wine is just unbelievable. Better than '15.
Significantly less energy on day 2, but still great wine. 94+
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