2012 Château Mercian Chardonnay Private Reserve Hokushin

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  8/28/2014 - PSPatrick wrote:

  „Manga & Wine – Manga & Dine“ at Weinbar 4 Tiere in Zürich (awesome wine bar, by the way). Pairing 3, wine 1. We drank this Château Mercian Private Reserve Hokushin Chardonnay 2012 next to a Samuel Billaud Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2012. Interestingly, the Château Mercian showed quite different from the bottle Stefan and Akiko described in their tasting note, perhaps due to the wine’s long trip to Europe as the bottles only arrived just in time for the event. In our tasting, the Château Mercian offered lemon, gooseberry, catty notes, vegetal notes, beans, butter, nutty notes and some vanilla on the nose. On the palate the wine showed apple, butter as well as nutty and roasted notes, paired with medium-level acidity and very good length. The medium-bodied wine was very balanced, yet seemed a little dull. Scoring reserved. (87?)

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  7/20/2014 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Wine day in Katsunuma (Japan): What a pleasant surprise!
  
  Light, light yellow.
  Deep-toned and grande fruit-focused young nose, generously kissed by roasted oak.
  Grandly concentrated and pure. Deep, wide and high with awesome volume and elegance. There is striking purity galore (!) with a slightly bitter grapefruit aroma on the oaky tail. Brilliant! The rich fruit is well kept in check by the perfect acids and touch of oak. The distinct mineral character is a mix of oilsand and flint.
  Immensely refined wine! Would definitely beat most Chards from Burgundy in a blind tasting.
  Should live long and become a fabulous barytone with age and also climb several points on the scale.
  Tasted and fully enjoyed at Château Mercian.

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