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Chevalier Montrachet la Cabotte 2013
Chevalier Montrachet / Bouchard Pere & Fils
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An exceptionally pure and refined nose of white flowers, green apple and discreet spice elements evidences just a touch of pain grillé. There is excellent volume but also fine precision to the well-detailed, even crystalline flavors that brim with an almost pungent minerality on the powerful, focused, notably dry and driving finish. While this is undeniably stylish and beautifully balanced, note well that this too will need at least a decade of cellaring to arrive at its full majority, but it should be well worth the wait as this is most impressive. Don't miss! Score: 94 Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2023+ 15 June 2015 |
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The 2013 Chevalier-Montrachet la Cabotte has more intensity on the nose than the regular Chevalier, perhaps you could say more 'exotic,' with heightened white peach and candied orange-peel scents neatly interwoven with the cold wet pavement scents. The palate is tighter and more reticent than the regular Chevalier-Montrachet, which comes as a surprise. But there is intensity locked inside this Grand Cru, a sense of purpose here and it finally (belatedly?) fans out gloriously on the finish. Superb. Score: 93 - 95 Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2020-2040 01 December 2014 |
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(this was 12.8% potential alcohol chaptalized to 13.5%): Bright lemon-yellow. Deep, smoky, soil-driven aromas of pineapple, nectarine, peach, iodine and clove. Tactile and dusty on the palate, with strong oak spice and iodine minerality currently dominating the wine's underlying orchard fruit flavors. More musclebound and Montrachet-like than the "regular" Chevalier-Montrachet in spite of possessing lower acidity (3.9 grams per liter). Finishes very long and firm, with enticing notes of orange, gingerbread and honey. Real creamy density here, but this needs more elevage. Score: 92 - 94 Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 September 2014 |
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