1999 Jean-Philippe Fichet Meursault Le Tesson

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  5/27/2011 - wondersofwine wrote: 90 Points

  1999 Jean-Philippe Fichet Meursault Le Tesson. From three parcels, one with 60-year-old vines.
  I don't collect much Meursault, generally preferring Puligny-Montrachet or Chassagne-Montrachet but this was a nice one. Imported by The Country Vintner, Oilville, VA.
  13% alcohol. Medium to old gold color with transparency.
  I received two different impressions of the wine on two consecutive evenings. The first evening the nose suggested acacia blossoms and almond/marzipan along with gentle hints of butterscotch creams. I liked it better the second evening when the fruit seemed purer, the oak in retreat, and a smooth note of lanolin appeared. A fine core of steel and a fair amount of acid remain to give the wine backbone. I could see pairing this with corn souffle or halibut or sole. I had it with a potato, bacon and cheese soup and had a tossed salad after the soup.

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  12/30/2006 - antiwood wrote:

  Pale straw yellow. Nice, fragrant, complex nose including lemon flowers, wet concrete, slight note of freshly baked bread, menthol. Lemon zest, lively, creme caramel, hazelnut, fresh with almost a sweet acidity .... energetic and long length. Really nice wine. Lacking just elegance and grace and depth but not a village level wine. Fichet be good.

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