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Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93 points

  • (CDV)
    Il faut prendre son temps avec Grillet, une fois encore, nous l’avons expérimenté.
    À la couleur, d’un doré étincelant et lumineux, l’histoire commençait bien. Un vin blanc de 32 ans, à l’esthétique si parfaite, cela ne pouvait que bien se finir…
    Le premier Nez discret, du Grillet pure souche, nous faisait languir, masquant les marqueurs du Viognier habituellement plus disert. Peu à peu, de fines notes abricotées apparurent, en délicatesse, mêlées de cailloux et de fines fleurs, d’épices. Comme toujours, il faut aller chercher le vin, c’est l’antithèse du condrieu qui en met plein les narines !
    La bouche, ensuite, impeccable, fut de belle tenue, droite, fraîche, minérale et précise. Quelle finesse.
    Le homard qui l’a accompagnait, exaltait son côté iodé/salin, offrant à la finale des notes d’océan et de mer disparue.
    Un vin sans boursouflure donc, qui a défié le temps : un Viognier décidément unique !

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  • 100% Viognier, aged for 18 to 24 months in predominantly old oak barrels. 13,5% alcohol.

    The intense and quite deep yet remarkably green-hued yellow-green color feels strikingly youthful for the wine's age. The nose feels very intense and toasty with bold, complex aromas of toasted bread and browned butter, some evolved nutty overtones, a little bit of acacia honey, light apricot nuances, a hint of toasted spices and a touch of crushed cereal grains. The wine feels juicy and somewhat substantial yet also pretty dry and not particularly ripe on the palate with a moderately full body and rich, complex flavors of white peach and wizened apricot, some toasty notes of browned butter and toasted bread, a little bit of roasted nuts, light bruised apple tones, a hint of beeswax and a touch of toasted savory spices. Despite its rather full body and somewhat oily texture, the wine retains great sense of freshness and structure, thanks to its high acidity. The finish is long, complex and moderately toasty with a dry, fine-tuned aftertaste of browned butter, some ripe peach and wizened apricot notes, light developed nutty tones, a little bit of beeswax, a hint of stony minerality and a touch of honeyed richness.

    A fantastic, beautifully evolved and still relatively youthful Château-Grillet that is remarkably vibrant for a +30 yo Viognier - especially the appearance here is that of a wine maybe 10 to 20 years younger! However, on the palate the wine does show its age with its complex, beautifully developed tertiary flavors and mature fruit notes. Considering how Viognier is normally considered to be a variety that doesn't age gracefully for particularly long, I'm really baffled by the exceptionally long aging potential of these Château-Grillet wines; even if this wine is quite aged, I feel there is still a little bit of potential for further improvement. Drink or keep - this is pretty fantastic.

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  • Drank at 67
    Incredibly fresh and young

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  • Invited by Wednesday Wine Club (Shampers, London, UK): tbc

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