There's plenty of honey on the nose along with some fennel, white peach and flint. It has good posture with a minerally spine and there's a big puff of chalk on the finish.
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Deep gold colour. This wine is at least recognisable as white burgundy with fine citrus and yellow peach but still that touch of bruised apple that says I have been poorly handled somewhere along the chain ( probably commencing at the crushing ! ). Palate quite fine but clearly quite advanced ( see recent note on 1996 La Garenne for perspective ). This should be so much better, would be so much better if under Stelvin.
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Another premox bottle - just to prove the randomness of this the colour was not overly dark but the nose and palate had that popcorn and sherry character that amplified quickly to dominate. Underneath you could sense what might have been with quite impressive depth and grip.
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4/1/2017 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
There's plenty of honey on the nose along with some fennel, white peach and flint. It has good posture with a minerally spine and there's a big puff of chalk on the finish.
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12/3/2016 - drjb Likes this wine: 87 Points
Deep gold colour. This wine is at least recognisable as white burgundy with fine citrus and yellow peach but still that touch of bruised apple that says I have been poorly handled somewhere along the chain ( probably commencing at the crushing ! ). Palate quite fine but clearly quite advanced ( see recent note on 1996 La Garenne for perspective ). This should be so much better, would be so much better if under Stelvin.
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11/15/2015 - drjb Does not like this wine: 50 Points
Another premox bottle - just to prove the randomness of this the colour was not overly dark but the nose and palate had that popcorn and sherry character that amplified quickly to dominate. Underneath you could sense what might have been with quite impressive depth and grip.
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4/23/2014 - drjb Does not like this wine: 50 Points
Clearly and sadly premixed. Opened a la Garenne which was in great shape.
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2/9/2014 - drjb wrote: flawed
2 consecutive bottles premoxed
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