2004 Domaine Macle Château-Chalon

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  2/24/2024 - Boone's Farm Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Wine needs to be decanted 3 hours in advance. Exquisitely dry. Lanolin, wax, hazelnut, and lemon zest. Initially a little too pungent but unfolded beautifully with a couple of hours of air exposure. I love this wine.

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  8/14/2022 - jjct Likes this wine:

  Power, precision, and grace. This bottle seems still young, with a tight core of bound-up nervous energy. Finishes long with salty caramel umami.

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  6/11/2021 - Amr_Gva Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Macle's Château Chalon still is the best vin jaune I've tried after Overnoy's, but this is not the same price tag.
  
  There is simply no better match for cheese for my taste, and a must have for any wine lover.
  
  Bought at Domaine de Châteauvieux to match their matured cheese selection, 2h carafe. Kept half the bottle for 2nd day at home, wine was still perfect (not better though).
  
  Superb glossy gold color with medium intensity. Strong, complex aromas of everything you can expect: plenty of nuts, forest, unidentified floral notes, not so much fruit but still have a bit of apple. This is confirmed on the palate. Very good balance, right amount of acidity to pair with cheese. The wine manages to strongly fill the palate with tons of flavours while giving just the right amount of space to the cheese (which must be strong / matured).
  
  Its strength is the finale, long and intense, superb.

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  2/14/2021 - xwine wrote:

  The oxidative character is, not surprisingly, very prominent. Firm structure, apples, very linear. But this shines with food, particularly the Comté. The combination brings out the best in both.

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  2/5/2018 - maxima wrote: 89 Points

  Bu lors du souper du Super Bowl 52.
  Bu avec le comté 2 ans.
  L'accord a sauvé le vin qui seul ne goutait que les noix rancis.

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