bought on release, perfect fill, sound cork. This bottle rich mid-palate, and good length, complex, did well with salmon with rich horseradish & mustard sauce. Not the minerally wine of 5 years ago. Personally will match this super wine with richer foods for rest of its evolutionary arc. Great wine.
I don't think this wine is premoxed given its complex nose ... its just a more mature 10-year old wine from Chablis. People used to adore this stage as it complements richer dishes. Lechet is not Le Clos and has a different arc of maturization (see Jancis Robinson's book on this published 30 years ago...)
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Premox-esque bottle variation with the 2014 Côte de Léchet as I've had several quite advanced bottles and several stunners from the same case and since none were outright oxidized I've rendered mixed verdicts on this wine. Tonight is a winner, fresh and crisp, with a lovely bouquet of white flower and sea breeze. Crisply textured, fine minerality. Very good.
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Chablis 1er Cru 2014 (Stock, Oslo): Gul frukt på duft, honningtoner, melon, lime. Stram stil med sjøvann og østers på smak, sitrus i retning sitron. Middels intens. Høy modning på duft trekker noe ned
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An hour in the carafe to open up. Aroma of ripe lemons, yellow apples, great minerality with limestone and flint, salty sea, hazelnuts. A typical chablis on the nose. The palate, though, is what impresses me the most. Steel like acidity, phenomenal fruit concentration, salty, energetic, very long. A relatively rich style, but everything is in beautiful balance. Delicious, fresh and refreshing on a hot afternoon on the terrace.
I notice that some people have expressed concern about the cellaring potential for 2014 white Burgundy and Chablis due to the high acidity. Well, I do not share an ounce of this concern. The underlying fruit in the vintage is so incredibly beautiful with a very high concentration, and the 2014 fruit will have zero problem balancing the 2014 acidity for a long time. This wine is only at the beginning of its drinking window, but due to a slightly obsolete bottle last year, I did not dare to wait any longer with this one. Unfortunately my last bottle, but I would very much like to taste this again both 5 and 10 years down the road. 2014 shows again that this is a great vintage in Chablis! 91 points
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2/5/2024 - Musigny1955 Likes this wine: 91 Points
bought on release, perfect fill, sound cork. This bottle rich mid-palate, and good length, complex, did well with salmon with rich horseradish & mustard sauce. Not the minerally wine of 5 years ago. Personally will match this super wine with richer foods for rest of its evolutionary arc. Great wine.
I don't think this wine is premoxed given its complex nose ... its just a more mature 10-year old wine from Chablis. People used to adore this stage as it complements richer dishes. Lechet is not Le Clos and has a different arc of maturization (see Jancis Robinson's book on this published 30 years ago...)
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7/1/2023 - dpc123 wrote: 92 Points
Took about half an hour to come around but then it was excellent
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10/2/2021 - rlove wrote: 92 Points
Premox-esque bottle variation with the 2014 Côte de Léchet as I've had several quite advanced bottles and several stunners from the same case and since none were outright oxidized I've rendered mixed verdicts on this wine. Tonight is a winner, fresh and crisp, with a lovely bouquet of white flower and sea breeze. Crisply textured, fine minerality. Very good.
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9/13/2021 - GuWin wrote: 87 Points
Chablis 1er Cru 2014 (Stock, Oslo): Gul frukt på duft, honningtoner, melon, lime. Stram stil med sjøvann og østers på smak, sitrus i retning sitron. Middels intens. Høy modning på duft trekker noe ned
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7/25/2021 - eagreni wrote: 91 Points
An hour in the carafe to open up. Aroma of ripe lemons, yellow apples, great minerality with limestone and flint, salty sea, hazelnuts. A typical chablis on the nose. The palate, though, is what impresses me the most. Steel like acidity, phenomenal fruit concentration, salty, energetic, very long. A relatively rich style, but everything is in beautiful balance. Delicious, fresh and refreshing on a hot afternoon on the terrace.
I notice that some people have expressed concern about the cellaring potential for 2014 white Burgundy and Chablis due to the high acidity. Well, I do not share an ounce of this concern. The underlying fruit in the vintage is so incredibly beautiful with a very high concentration, and the 2014 fruit will have zero problem balancing the 2014 acidity for a long time. This wine is only at the beginning of its drinking window, but due to a slightly obsolete bottle last year, I did not dare to wait any longer with this one. Unfortunately my last bottle, but I would very much like to taste this again both 5 and 10 years down the road. 2014 shows again that this is a great vintage in Chablis! 91 points
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