Billecart-Salmon Champagne, Burgundies, Rhones, Bordeaux etc with Sebastien, Brandon and Maciej (Museum Hotel, Wellington): Tough for anything to follow the Chave, but this is a classy Chardonnay. Colour fairly bright gold. Expressive, lifted nose of ripe fruit, with notes of citrus, cream, peaches and pears, and some spice, also showing some toasty vanilla oak. In the mouth, a nice silky texture. Very ripe fruit, but good acid balance with some acid intensity on the back palate (not stereotypical 2009 white Burgundy, overripe, lacking sufficient acids). Citric, stone fruit flavours with some minerality. Paired well with the salmon. Cellar 6-10 years, at present, 92.
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Good light hay color, slight hint of toast on the nose; palate is quite nice, though somewhat reserved - even a bit lean - stone fruit, good acidity with a lemon cast, and a hint of minerality on the medium length finish. For a 2009, this is surprisingly focused and backward, not showing what seems to be the more typical broad, fleshier style of the vintage. I wonder if this was purposely harvested on the early side to avoid overripeness (and perhaps in an attempt to resist premox potential). Either way, it is a high quality wine, quite delicious, and shows nice potential for development with some age.
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4/17/2014 - HowardNZ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Billecart-Salmon Champagne, Burgundies, Rhones, Bordeaux etc with Sebastien, Brandon and Maciej (Museum Hotel, Wellington): Tough for anything to follow the Chave, but this is a classy Chardonnay. Colour fairly bright gold. Expressive, lifted nose of ripe fruit, with notes of citrus, cream, peaches and pears, and some spice, also showing some toasty vanilla oak. In the mouth, a nice silky texture. Very ripe fruit, but good acid balance with some acid intensity on the back palate (not stereotypical 2009 white Burgundy, overripe, lacking sufficient acids). Citric, stone fruit flavours with some minerality. Paired well with the salmon. Cellar 6-10 years, at present, 92.
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2/27/2014 - alanr wrote: 92 Points
Good light hay color, slight hint of toast on the nose; palate is quite nice, though somewhat reserved - even a bit lean - stone fruit, good acidity with a lemon cast, and a hint of minerality on the medium length finish. For a 2009, this is surprisingly focused and backward, not showing what seems to be the more typical broad, fleshier style of the vintage. I wonder if this was purposely harvested on the early side to avoid overripeness (and perhaps in an attempt to resist premox potential). Either way, it is a high quality wine, quite delicious, and shows nice potential for development with some age.
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12/23/2012 - Mocha Latte wrote:
More acid. Do not hold more than 2 yrs.
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