2016 Olivier Merlin Pouilly-Fuissé Sur la Roche

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  9/3/2021 - cct wrote: 93 Points

  Lemon curd, peach, deftly done lactic notes, florals, seashell, and hint of what I suspect is botrytis on the nose. It's expansive, mid-plus weighted, sappy and deep with a sense power and precision. A chalky, mineral inflected wine with richness of extract with the soil and fruit pretty seamlessly integrated. This has come together nicely since the last bottle a couple years back. Terrific chardonnay, and just a half step or so off the terrific '14.

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  9/16/2020 - david bohm wrote: 90 Points

  Very rich aromas in the nose. Some lemon, brioche, herbs, alcohol which reminds me of grappa.
  On the palate some apple cider, oak. Nice complex Pouilly-Fuissé. Interesting drink.

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  6/24/2019 - NickA Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Know your Burgundy Vintages (Berry Bros & Rudd): Quite giving, a little rich, some toasty oak giving it a Speyside whisky note. Good now but will improve and smooth off its angular 2016 corners further.

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  5/11/2019 - cct wrote: 92 Points

  Lemon curd, citrus more than orchard fruit, subtle wood, and florals on the nose. On the palate, it's mouthwatering, stony, chalky, and focused; almost toothsome in its texture. Powerful, yet only mid weighted with depth and clarity, with the acidity deftly balanced with the fruit and geologic matter to steal a term. This has great tension, and seemingly was was cut out of a chunk of limestone. The wood is well done and adds to the whole. Terrific balance. A soil lover's Chardonnay that drinks well above its tariff. Maybe a step behind the wonderful '14, but terrific stuff nonetheless. 92

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