Mostly Older Cabernet Franc Tasting (New Jersey, USA): I thought this was a little better than the last bottle a few years back. Very crystalline bright yellow color with a tinge of green. Nose is bright and clean with wet stones, lemon pith, lime and stone fruit. Palate has great acidity and minerality white peach, pear, bits of lemon and a mouthwatering saline accented finish. I loved it especially with food.
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This tastes more like C-M village wine; not a premier cru. The aromas are very discreet after 8 years and it requires a fair bit of optimism to suggest that would change significantly. It lacks length and complexity for what it should deliver.
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Delicious Chassagne that opened up after only 20 minutes or so, balanced from beginning to end, fulsome mid-palate with delicious fruit and just enough acidity on the finish. After an hour we found some butterscotch on the nose and a softer finish, but it was as much about the creamy sauces with our fish as it was about the wine. I doubt this will improve much with more age, but it seems just right now, a perfect example of what Chassagne-Montrachet can be.
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(Oswalds) Benefited from decanting -- was initially quite tight, then opened up substantially over 1 hour. Lovely wine in a lovely place, with white flowers on the nose, and a rich, long, mineral flavour. Very full flavours while being middle-weight in the mouth. Any oak has been absorbed and was not notable. Not yet at peak -- this has more to give over 5-10 years -- but superb now if decanted.
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12/2/2023 - oldwines wrote: 94 Points
Mostly Older Cabernet Franc Tasting (New Jersey, USA): I thought this was a little better than the last bottle a few years back. Very crystalline bright yellow color with a tinge of green. Nose is bright and clean with wet stones, lemon pith, lime and stone fruit. Palate has great acidity and minerality white peach, pear, bits of lemon and a mouthwatering saline accented finish. I loved it especially with food.
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2/26/2023 - Kepos wrote: 88 Points
a bit simple, heavy, lacking structure
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11/25/2022 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 88 Points
This tastes more like C-M village wine; not a premier cru.
The aromas are very discreet after 8 years and it requires a fair bit of optimism to suggest that would change significantly.
It lacks length and complexity for what it should deliver.
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7/16/2022 - Thellie wrote: 91 Points
Delicious Chassagne that opened up after only 20 minutes or so, balanced from beginning to end, fulsome mid-palate with delicious fruit and just enough acidity on the finish. After an hour we found some butterscotch on the nose and a softer finish, but it was as much about the creamy sauces with our fish as it was about the wine. I doubt this will improve much with more age, but it seems just right now, a perfect example of what Chassagne-Montrachet can be.
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7/9/2022 - ccn wrote: 91 Points
(Oswalds) Benefited from decanting -- was initially quite tight, then opened up substantially over 1 hour. Lovely wine in a lovely place, with white flowers on the nose, and a rich, long, mineral flavour. Very full flavours while being middle-weight in the mouth. Any oak has been absorbed and was not notable. Not yet at peak -- this has more to give over 5-10 years -- but superb now if decanted.
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