BILLAUD-SIMON - Chablis Vaudésir Grand cru - 2022
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October 2023Sunny, warm, toasty and plenty of acidity. A grand cru with power yet retains plenty of finesse and...
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Sunny, warm, toasty and plenty of acidity. A grand cru with power yet retains plenty of finesse and...
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(from 3 parcels totaling .71 ha that come from both sides of the appellation). Here too there is a...
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Very pure and crystalline on both nose and palate. Real drive and energy, just the vaguest hint of...
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(from a 2.5 ha parcel of 35+ year old vines – two thirds of the blend is from Chapelot, and the...
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Very golden in both colour and character. Plenty of spice notes at the moment, along with crisp...
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(from 2 parcels situated in the villages Bas de Chapelot raised in 25 to 30% five+ year old wood)....
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(from 11 parcels scattered around Chablis, the most notable of which are in Les Pargues). Here...
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(from a purchase of must). Be aware that Bailly noted that to this point the Bougros had only seen...
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(from Séchet, Roncières, Châtains, Mélinots and Vaillons proper). An overtly floral-suffused...
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A smaller production release that's based largely on a field blend, the 2021 Châteauneuf Du Pape...
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Offering excellent fruit purity, the wine shows blackberry, rich floral, mixed spice and toasty oak...
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The polished 2022 Côtes-du-Rhône is made from fully destemmed grapes. Black-fruited, spicy and...
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The 2021 Côte-Rôtie Fructus Voluptas was vinified with roughly 33% whole-clusters during...
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The 2022 Condrieu Vernillon fermented and matured entirely in amphorae. Loïc Jamet reported that...
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The 2021 Côte-Rôtie fermented with roughly 90% whole-clusters. Fragrant raspberry jam, crushed...
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"(from Chapelot). Here the cool and beautifully layered nose makes clear that it could be from...
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Quite ripe if not jammy cassis, blueberry fruit, coffee grounds and spices. Firm and crunchy on the...
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Bright garnet red. Appealing, open nose with notes of ripe raspberries, pickled cherries and some...
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One of the main points of the appellation, is Ridolfi’s ‘vintage’ Brunello, with balance and...
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This is another fabulous vintage of this iconic wine, aged for 16 months in wood. It comes from the...
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Always a very good chardonnay. Often among the New World's best. This said, it is always a pungent,...
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Very good Tassie pinot. Root spice and earthy forestry notes of dried porcini dashi, autumnal...
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Ever the class act, Hamilton Russell's Chardonnay is in a rich vein of form right now. Using only...
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Rarely a Pinot Noir that one should be in a hurry to drink, the 2022 Hamilton Russell bottling...
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