2018 Maxim Lannay Raffut Tendu

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  11/26/2020 - forceberry wrote: 80 Points

  Lot CHCUFUT2018, so I guess this must be from the 2018 vintage. 100% Chardonnay from 20-60 yo vines grown in Montigny les Arsures, Jura. Aged for 12 months in old oak barrels (1/3) and "tanks" (2/3) - I don't know if this refers to concrete or fiberglass tanks. Vinified without any added sulfites, bottled unfiltered. 11,5% alcohol.
  
  Pale lemon yellow color. Sweet and rather lifted nose with aromas of bananas and apricots, some nail polish VA, a little bit of sweet golden apple, light funky notes of bretty leather and a phenolic hint of smoke. The wine is lively, rather lifted and very slightly prickly on the palate with a light-to-medium body and ripe yet quite crisp flavors of fresh golden apples, some bretty leather, a little bit of sweet nail polish remover character of VA, light banana tones, a hint of bretty barnyard funk and a savory Touch of phenolic spice. Overall the wine has a somewhat lambic feel to it - only lower in acidity and higher in VA. The finish is ripe yet rather short with somewhat sauvage flavors of apple, some banana, a little bit of leathery funk, light earthy tones and a hint of sesame seed that suggests a slightest hint of mousiness. Most likely this nutty note of mousiness will overwhelm the aftertaste if the wine is left open for too long.
  
  A rather generic and "natty" naturalist Chardonnay with very little sense of place. The combination of quite elevated VA and tropical fruits really don't make the wine particularly interesting or appealing. While the wine is drinkable, I wouldn't go as far to say it's enjoyable. Overall the wine has a somewhat lambic beer feel to it, but if I want to drink lambics, I drink lambics, not Vins de France from Jura. I'm all for natural wines, but that means the winemaker should at least know what they are doing; this producer could probably go far if they'd use some sulfites instead of doing the extremist natural wine thang. Waste of money at 31,65€.

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