1975 Maison Roche de Bellene Meursault Collection Bellenum

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  3/30/2015 - Alex H wrote: 88 Points

  Sweet smelling of caramel and toffee but dry fino like on the palate. Mineral and rAw nuts. Nice but not very typical.

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  3/27/2015 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Peter's 40th (Summer Pavilion, Ritz Carlton, Singapore): Just lovely. This had a beautiful, Sauterne-like nose, with absolutely honeyed tones of dried apricots and nectarines, poached pears and red apples, all with a nice earthiness hanging about in the background. The palate shared that same honeyed glow to it, tasting almost like a dry Sauternes, except that the dried apricot and kumquat flavours on the attack were underlined by a lovely dry spine. On the midpalate, the sweet fruit flavours very quickly hid behind a cloak of citrussy acidity and metallic minerality that then stretched into a good long finish. There was real Meursault depth to this, with a rich, almost oily texture enlivened by bright acidity, so that it showed beautiful balance and poise throughout. Right at the end, just when the wine seemed to fade after a long drift stony tones, it bloomed again with a blush of orange blossoms and citrus zest wrapped around a core saline, salty minerality. Very good indeed – a beautiful old Meursault.

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