2010 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  2/8/2020 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Darkly coloured but not premoxed. A rich, ripe bouquet of poached pears, vanilla bean, honeycomb, nutmeg, limes, peaches and pineapples. On palate, real depth, concentration and power. Opulent, broad and fleshy - reflecting the terroir, bordering Meursault - but with vibrant, intense Puligny-Montrachet acidity. Blanched almonds, pears, lime and lemon citrus, honey and some chalky minerality. There is also a touch of more exotic fruit. Girardin's style can divide people, and particularly, one imagines, with a wine like this. The Combettes is a relatively fat and rich wine, with prominent oak but - in my view - there's more than enough fruit and acidity to balance and offset that creamy oak. Nice development over the last 10 years that adds complexity and interest. Overall, its a delicious wine, there for optimal drinking now or over the next 5+ years, I'd think.

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  3/3/2019 - jvphoto Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium-dark amber/gold. Toasted vanilla, lemon meriunge pie, butter popcorn - rich but not overly funky. Medium-full body with a nice lingering acidity featuring key lime pie, toasted marshmallow, vanilla bean, apricot & grapefruit peel.

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  9/8/2018 - essconsults wrote: 90 Points

  Actually I don't like it, but that's a qualitative not quantitative choice. It's more about the vintage than the producer although that may also be an issue. Hazlenuts, buttered popcorn and Meyer lemon sounds like a winning combo, but this wine is too fat, lacks acidity and has no complexity. For the most part 2010 WBs have been very disappointing and this is no exception.

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  5/8/2018 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points

  Girardin's Combette is a mini favorite of mine, but can be inconsistent, this bottle had started to darken, but didn't taste particularly oxidative, in fact it had nice lemons, a hint of minerals and a nice dash of sweetness to balance... this was one of the good bottles

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  10/20/2017 - GuWin wrote: flawed

  Great Burgundy 06-10 tasting Oslo October 2017 (At Kim Aa's place, Ulvøya, Norway): Veldig mørk med overmodent eplepreg. Oksidert.

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