Very good, even memorable. I found this wine austere, though not minerally like Chablis, but instead with weight concentrated in floral and almond-like flavors. There was not a hint of tropical fruit and only modest lemony brightness. A deft touch of smoky wood added complexity. I didn't find it creamy at all. To me, this was neither Chablis nor Puligny/Chassagne/Meursault, but rather a style all its own.
Tasted at Republique (LA).
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Tough wine to rate at this point, as it is a very good wine which is hiding behind a wall of reduction, that really took a long time to blow off, so the nose and a bit of the palate had on overriding air of cooked onion. Once you got past that, you have a beautiful acidic, appropriately creamy and mineral wine. It drinks a bit like a Puligny-lite and I think it shows both the strength of the producer and the underrated nature of St.-Aubin, when it is in the right hands. I was a little disappointed by the use of giant California sized bottles, which seems to be a growing trend in Burgundy.
As a very broad generalization, I think the 2015 whites are going to be, riper, much earlier drinkers than the '14's and are a bit more "new world" in style. I would stress the "bit" part, because nobody is ever going to confuse the '15's for, say, Rombauer.
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8/14/2020 - Labrador Likes this wine: 91 Points
No formal notes, but this PYCM wine was wonderful. It seemed to be in its "sweet spot."
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1/29/2020 - kstoddard wrote: flawed
Corked
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10/25/2018 - rmalloy Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very good, even memorable. I found this wine austere, though not minerally like Chablis, but instead with weight concentrated in floral and almond-like flavors. There was not a hint of tropical fruit and only modest lemony brightness. A deft touch of smoky wood added complexity. I didn't find it creamy at all. To me, this was neither Chablis nor Puligny/Chassagne/Meursault, but rather a style all its own.
Tasted at Republique (LA).
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6/30/2017 - Seafoam Manor wrote:
Tough wine to rate at this point, as it is a very good wine which is hiding behind a wall of reduction, that really took a long time to blow off, so the nose and a bit of the palate had on overriding air of cooked onion. Once you got past that, you have a beautiful acidic, appropriately creamy and mineral wine. It drinks a bit like a Puligny-lite and I think it shows both the strength of the producer and the underrated nature of St.-Aubin, when it is in the right hands. I was a little disappointed by the use of giant California sized bottles, which seems to be a growing trend in Burgundy.
As a very broad generalization, I think the 2015 whites are going to be, riper, much earlier drinkers than the '14's and are a bit more "new world" in style. I would stress the "bit" part, because nobody is ever going to confuse the '15's for, say, Rombauer.
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