2015 Domaine du Pélican Chardonnay Arbois

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  5/5/2024 - Gatsbeaner Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Consistent with previous note

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  11/4/2023 - Gatsbeaner Likes this wine: 93 Points

  fruity, manure, and hay on the nose. Earthy funk. So weird for a chard. Tastes incredible and way more “normal” than the nose. Creamy lemony (like lemon tart/confit) with a funk/mildew hint. It’s like burg with a little jura funk without oxidativeness. Medium acidity Big Body. Enjoyed a lot

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  4/3/2023 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Pale lemon color
  Medium plus aromas of apple/ pear and raw nuts and initial slight oxidative character - used oak notes
  Medium bodied with palate consisting of a core of ripe apple and acid with great dry rock minerality and salinity at the tail end
  Medium plus acidity and medium alcohol with no phenolics
  Nice long finish led by the beautiful fruit
  Great example of Jura Chardonnay
  Drinking great now but could easily hold for 5-8 years

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  4/2/2023 - S.Wayne Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Blind tasting
  Medium straw with lemon reflections. Some bubbles on glass
  Aromatics medium +. Initially some peanut butter, yellow apple and pear followed by rocks. With a repeat pour, matchstick reductive notes that gradually fade over several minutes. Interesting changes
  Palate has a medium + body, round mouthfeel. Acid medium +. No phenolics. Alcohol medium. Salt, lemons, rocks, yellow apple and matchstick.
  Finish has a medium + length. Balanced
  Dry glass notes of matchstick reduction
  Overall, interesting and ever-changing wine over time
  I guessed a 2015 Chablis
  Drinking well now or can hold for years given structure/fruit.

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  1/15/2023 - soyhead wrote:

  lemon peel, white flower, and maybe even a little lemon verbena. shows the very fresh side of chardonnay, and has a long minerally tart finish. good juice.

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