2005 Chablis Les Clos
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Bright medium yellow. Very ripe but reticent aromas of yellow peach, flowers and saffron, plus a woodsy/floral balsamic note. Very ripe, thick and powerful; not quite honeyed but its utterly silky peach and soft citrus fruit flavors convey a botrytis sweetness leavened by terrific acidity. A very large-scaled if not particularly minerally Clos, finishing with superb length while avoiding warmth and bitterness. (close to 14% alcohol but with good acidity, said Dauvissat, who picked this fruit with 75% noble rot, which he says "concentrated everything, including acidity")
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
More reviews and scores
As it usually is, this is ever so slightly more elegant with an interesting mix of botrytis hints and spicy white flower aromas that introduce sophisticated, pure and gorgeously intense flavors that explode on the strikingly long and chewy finish that presently displays just a touch of resin and so much minerality that this is the definition of stony. The driving and penetrating finish just lasts and lasts and this is without question truly a stunner of a wine. Don't miss it.
Still hard work. Very hard and tough and alcoholic. Very astringent. (JR)
Bright, pale yellow. Classic, soil-inflected aromas of citrus fruits, clove, wet stone and iodine. Suave on entry, then quite high-pitched in the middle, with superb purity to the flavors of grapefruit, lemon and minerals. At once fine-grained and taut, with captivating floral lift. Like the Preuses, this is most impressive today on the highly complex, uncommonly long finish, which throws off notes of sexy brown spices, juniper and white pepper, along with an intriguing saline quality.