1969 Jean Bourdy Château-Chalon

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  12/31/2022 - popasq wrote: 85 Points

  i did not decant and probably should have tried. Disappointing, tasted a bit sour and dry, I don't get this wine

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  9/29/2020 - mikelikeswine Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Opened at 10am served at 7pm and this was bursting from the glass with spiced apple pie/compote, honey, white flowers, and apricots on the nose. Super long finish on the palate and well-integrated lingering acidity. These oxidative Jura wines are so good when the 'sherry'/nutty notes integrate and allow the fruit and spice to show in full.
  
  If I could ask for one thing, it would be a bit more body - though likely given another ~10 years this wine could get there and be truly mind-blowing.
  
  This is the second-best VJ/Chateau-Chalon I have had.

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  11/19/2016 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 93 Points

  Intense, almost bracing acidity out if the bottle. Took about 30 minutest in a decanter to open up. intense flavors of orange rind, lemon curd, roasted walnuts and bright tropical notes. Incredible stuff....

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  10/25/2015 - wgmccallum wrote: 90 Points

  Medium orange brown. Nuts, brown sugar, raisins, fenugreek on the sherried nose. Prominent acid with an underlayer of fig, a rusty note at the back, long finish. Thought provoking but difficult to like. 50 + 16 + 16 + 8.

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  1/20/2013 - Gabe wrote: 90 Points

  This took hours and hours to open up. This was my first experience with this varietal and this particular wine. I was unsure of what to expect. This was a Garagiste purchase for far too much money for what it is. Although hard to price a wine of this age and provenance. That said, it was an interesting experience and the palate stood out the most incredibly velvety and rich

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