2020 Domaine Patrick Javillier Bourgogne Blanc Cuvée Oligocène

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  12/30/2023 - Will Devize wrote: 90 Points

  Bright and expressive with toasty oak and ripe tropical fruits. All rather luxe but fortunately underpinned by welcome grip and poise. Just a slightly bitter note on the finish prevents a higher score. Quite tightly packed which suggests another year or two may be of benefit.

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  12/7/2023 - bevetroppo wrote: 88 Points

  Pale yellow/gold color. Nose is effusive, fresh borderline tropical fruit, pineapple, ripe apple, honeydew melon-it's a fruit salad without holding much back, and were it not for a bit of acidic tension I'd call it almost over the top.
  
  On the palate it's overtly rich and struggles to maintain balance given the palpable residual sugar, but once you adjust to the idea that it's nearly demi-sec, it's once again rescued by the acidity and a bit of stone toward the reasonably dry, long finish, marked by touch of sweet oak.
  
  Whether this is climate change in action or a deliberate attempt to emulate a New World style I can't say. I imagine it would be a hit at a party. My wife, whose idea of wine perfection is the most buttery Russian River chardonnay imaginable and considers minerality the devil's own work, said she liked it. I rest my case.
  
  Post script. Something was nagging me all day about this wine so I decided to consult the 3 wise 'M's" of Burgundy (Meadows, Morris, Martin). None of them said anything about the sweetness I detected. Fortunately, I had a half bottle left in the fridge, and serving it ice cold knocks the fruit back to a much more agreeable level for me. Maybe my barrel had a touch of Botrytis that didn't affect the majority of the production?

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  11/27/2023 - TWSA Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Nose: pineapple, white flower, nuts
  Notes: delightful wine with scents of tropical fruits. Started to develop nicely after opening for 10 minutes already. Quite a rich and oil wine probably due to the vintage. Excellent for a regional level wine. Actually another year or two might give his wine a bit more depth.
  Drink: 2024+
  Rating: 88

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  11/2/2023 - Andy0rch Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  My third bottle from 2020, and like the second one this lacks the balance and poise I always rely on from Javillier. Flabby and sugary, rather than the deft honeysuckle and vanilla of first bottle. Faulty perhaps.

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  4/20/2023 - Zweder Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Monthly tasting club "The Tasting Club"; White Burgundy (@ BDu): Yellow fruits, butter and some minerals in the bouquet. On the palate tropical yellow fruits, apricots, some flowers, beautifully dosed oak, beautiful acidity and well dosed oak. Beautiful wine.

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