Often people will describe these wines as a miniature vin jaune, since they are the same grape, and vinification is largely identical, and also many such bottlings are declassified VJ...in any case this wine almost is not miniature, full-blown intense, oxidative, radical acidity offset by deep savory notes. I don’t score wines based on price, but this would be way up there. Perfect with popovered chicken.
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Tip top if you like an oxidative style. Ox'd nutty nose, saline and crisp palate with cutting acidity. A little preserved lemon on the finish. Pretty big body.
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I thought this wine was fantastic. I agree with earlier comments regarding sherry like qualities, but there are some interesting honeycomb and flower notes i picked up. This wine still has 10 years of life left. The wine definitely leans toward heavy oxidation which i can appreciate, but warning for those that dont.
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6/9/2019 - SteveG wrote: 93 Points
Often people will describe these wines as a miniature vin jaune, since they are the same grape, and vinification is largely identical, and also many such bottlings are declassified VJ...in any case this wine almost is not miniature, full-blown intense, oxidative, radical acidity offset by deep savory notes. I don’t score wines based on price, but this would be way up there. Perfect with popovered chicken.
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8/27/2016 - diggydan wrote: 94 Points
Tip top if you like an oxidative style. Ox'd nutty nose, saline and crisp palate with cutting acidity. A little preserved lemon on the finish. Pretty big body.
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5/30/2015 - ScottPreston wrote: 92 Points
I thought this wine was fantastic. I agree with earlier comments regarding sherry like qualities, but there are some interesting honeycomb and flower notes i picked up. This wine still has 10 years of life left. The wine definitely leans toward heavy oxidation which i can appreciate, but warning for those that dont.
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4/17/2014 - theeb wrote: 90 Points
Intensive Sherry-Note, sehr komplex.
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7/27/2013 - AtoZ wrote: 92 Points
Very sherry like. Big wine. Would be great to lay down.
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