2014 Domaine Duroché Bourgogne Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 87.5 points

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  1/11/2020 - kuumies wrote:

  The nose offers some ripe, almost exotic fruit notes, smoke and a hint of hazelnut and white pepper. Elegantly oaked, I would say. On the palate it has good volume and texture-wise is on the chiselled side - not much fat here to be found. Thoroughly well balanced with discreet lemony fruit, well-judged oak and very solid acidity. Markedly chalky, a really beautiful expression I think. It is not a showy wine but I enjoy it plenty on its own. The saltiness on the finish really make you first smack your lips and then go for another sip. I paid next to nothing for this bottle and obviously for that it over-delivered. I don’t think it’s something that would gain much from more time in the cellar but right now it’s drinking really splendidly.

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  7/23/2019 - ledocq Likes this wine:

  Like the first one I had, quite fine. Beware of bottle variation.

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  4/25/2019 - ledocq wrote: flawed

  I've had a couple good bottles of Duroché's bourgogne blanc but a troubling number of them have been bad, seemingly premoxed. I am beginning to suspect that the corks (which are soft and spongy, a different quality than those in his more expensive stuff) are an issue. Not sure if his later vintages changed the corks up, but I'll find out.

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  2/7/2019 - ledocq Likes this wine:

  Holy cow. Almost premier cru chablis-like in the oystershell opening but then on comes the gunflint nose. The taste is very clean and pure -- not complex but still pretty much all I want in a bourgogne blanc. Excellent stuff, not to be missed.

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  1/17/2017 - etyc wrote:

  Dinner with Pierre & Marianne Duroche organised by WEA

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