2018 Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Grain Arvine de Fully

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 89 points

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  11/16/2023 - Raage wrote: 90 Points

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  C’est doux! Mais forte, heureusement, une belle tension derrière lui donne de l’équilibre. C’est propre, net, mais ça ne me fait pas vibrer. Un peu ennuyeux !
  La petite réduction à l’ouverture, lui donnait des accents mentholéS, puis en serrant, il se dirigeait vers des contrées plus exotiques, épicées.
  Sensation de So2 généreux …

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  11/15/2021 - forceberry wrote: 84 Points

  100% Petite Arvine from the Coteaux des Épalins, Les Claives and Les Seilles vineyards. Fermented spontaneously. The label says legerement doux, i.e. off-dry or medium-sweet. 14,9% alcohol.
  
  Surprisingly pale, almost neutral whitish-green color. Very rich and sweetish but also slightly restrained nose with aromas of overripe grapey fruit, some creamy tones, light diacetyl notes of melting butter, a little bit of extracted waxy character, a hint of ripe white peach and a whiff of alcohol. The wine is very ripe, quite mellow and somewhat noticeably off-dry on the palate with a rather full body and quite oily overall feel. The texture feels broad and silky. Lush flavors of white peach, some apple jam, a little bit of lemon marmalade, light boozy notes of high alcohol, a hint of overripe grapey fruit and a touch of vague spicy character. The medium acidity doesn't really lend much sense of balance or freshness to the wine. The finish is round, mellow and medium-sweet with medium-long flavors of ripe white peach, some apple jam, light boozy notes of alcohol, a little bit of cantaloupe, a hint of marmaladey citrus fruits and a touch of tangy salinity. The high alcohol makes the wine end on a rather warm note.
  
  Although Petite Arvine is known for its often Alpine, very mineral quality, this wine showed very little if any such character - instead this was atypically high in alcohol and conspicuously sweet in taste, making this wine drink more like a Viognier than a Petite Arvine, but with too much residual sugar. There is remarkable sense of power and concentration here, true to the Chappaz style, but the wine is just too fat, sweet and flabby for my preference. This wine feels like the grapes just got way too overripe before harvest, stripping it of all the freshness and precision that is so vital to a good Petite Arvine. I hope the wine could improve with some cellaring, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

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  7/31/2021 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Lighter-medium yellow color. Super high viscosity. This is holding back a little, but opens up with some time in the glass. Notes of super ripe fruit, lime, ripe pear, a touch of flint, also some spices, salty minerality, this is quite layered and complex. It‘s full-bodied and dense, with very good persistence, it has medium acidity that seems higher due to its intense saline minerality and has some RS that is perceivable but nicely balanced by the salty notes. There is also an almost phenlolic kind of slight bitterness to it, like tannin. Long finish with plenty of complexity. The alcohol (14.9%) is slightly recognizable.
  A very fascinating wine, but very full-throttle and powerful, which is usually not exactly my cup of tea. The slight sweetness works here in combination with the salty mineral notes, but I would love to taste that again in a vintage that was a little cooler. (93+)
  WA rates it 97, which I don‘t see here, but nevertheless a fascinating wine full of character.

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  4/18/2020 - G_H wrote: 89 Points

  Floral, Flintstone, some residual sugar, too much alcohol which unfortunately is not well integrated, lacking acidity.

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