2013 Domaine de la Bongran (Thevenet) Viré-Clessé Cuvée E. J. Thevenet

Community Tasting Notes (30) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  2/15/2024 - dsamuel Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Medium/Dark gold color
  Strong aromas of ripe/ bruised apple with pineapple/lychee and strong ginger botyritis aromas - really pleasant
  Medium plus bodied with palate of ripe apple and honey - again with strong ginger/saffron - light touch of RS but barely noticeable due to acid
  Medium acidity with moderate phenolic bitterness presumed from some extended skin contact - medium plus alcohol
  Great finish led by fruit/ acid and botyritis kick at the tail end
  Highly recommended - not your typical Macon Chardonnay by any stretch of the imagination

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  7/30/2023 - Goldstone wrote: 85 Points

  Two bottles served from my cellar with an opening dish of Hokkaido Scallops and light Avacodo salad....previous experience has taught me not to serve this without food. Very deep gold colour reflecting its full or over maturity. Nose and palate are of the ripe tropical fruit end of Chardonnay that has made this purchase a disappointment, although not a disaster at US$22 per bottle. The palate had more acidity and verve than when I last drank it in 2021 and scored it at 80pts. I shied away from it but our 8 guests seemed fine with it.

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  3/3/2023 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Served blind. Not an easy one to call. The nose was very tropical with a lot of ripe fruits. But the palate had some acidity, despite having huge size and structure. This really was full bodied. I landed on old world French, and said I thought this was either a super warm burgundy vintage or something from the Rhône (not a bad shout I guess). In the end, it’s Chardonnay, but the lush, ripe palate really takes it away from the more classic Montrachet or Corton whites

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  12/24/2022 - Axone Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Herbacé, manque de maturité ?
  Pas à mon goût.

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  11/29/2022 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Arm’s length decant produced a startling brass liquid, purring with opalescent murmuration reluctant to traverse the pour. Shy aroma builds from the margin. Silver. Lichen. Salted pears wilted in butter and rosemary. Efficiently textured and heady. Rattan shoot sugar. Fig. Watermelon. Sanded steel rinsed with nougat tea. Bundled, rooted acidity persists on the finish.

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