What I'm looking for in Villages Chablis: nice and flinty and chalky, big fat lemon citrus stripe, and good acidity. But how I wish it would do away with the wax capsule; a pain to remove and just tawdry pseudoluxury in packaging.
Upon opening, and for the first 30 minutes or so, I would have bet good money that I was drinking a different wine than the one described by the other reviews here. Low acidity, a sweet cantaloupe aroma. Then, finally, the acid appeared, with aromas of lime, green apple, and white peach. In the mouth, lemon and tangerine, with a salty, lively mouthfeel. Great balance of fruit and acidity, and a great value at $25. Rated 1 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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A Tasting of 2012 Patrick Piuze Chablis: Slightly deeper lemon colour. A bouquet of talcum powder, chalk, flint, lemon and grapefruit. On palate, a real step up in flavour and quality from the Petit (at a similar price). Again, quite rich and ripe flavours, but tactile, with good viscosity, a leesy element (from the oak treatment?) and some salinity. Also the flavour profile is largely citric, but more limes than lemons. Good fruit weight, balance and length are present here with a better acid profile providing some tension. I'd drink this wine in the next few years.
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9/13/2016 - startinoz wrote: 92 Points
Perfumed nose of seashells and subtle grapefruit rind. Medium plus intense peach, lemon, ozone and honey. Rich. Good extract. Good length, Nice.
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1/16/2016 - chefdilletante wrote:
What I'm looking for in Villages Chablis: nice and flinty and chalky, big fat lemon citrus stripe, and good acidity. But how I wish it would do away with the wax capsule; a pain to remove and just tawdry pseudoluxury in packaging.
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11/7/2015 - chbeaumont wrote: 87 Points
Rather underwhelming, just lacking the usual spark. All the typical elements but falls flat.
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1/27/2015 - kevinacohn wrote:
Upon opening, and for the first 30 minutes or so, I would have bet good money that I was drinking a different wine than the one described by the other reviews here. Low acidity, a sweet cantaloupe aroma. Then, finally, the acid appeared, with aromas of lime, green apple, and white peach. In the mouth, lemon and tangerine, with a salty, lively mouthfeel. Great balance of fruit and acidity, and a great value at $25. Rated 1 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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11/7/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 89 Points
A Tasting of 2012 Patrick Piuze Chablis: Slightly deeper lemon colour. A bouquet of talcum powder, chalk, flint, lemon and grapefruit. On palate, a real step up in flavour and quality from the Petit (at a similar price). Again, quite rich and ripe flavours, but tactile, with good viscosity, a leesy element (from the oak treatment?) and some salinity. Also the flavour profile is largely citric, but more limes than lemons. Good fruit weight, balance and length are present here with a better acid profile providing some tension. I'd drink this wine in the next few years.
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