2009 Nyetimber Blanc de Blancs
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The 2009 Blanc de Blancs was bottled March 2010 and disgorged in September 2014, and went through full malolactic fermentation, unlike the 2001 and 2003. It was an average year in terms of growing season criteria. This has a clean, crisp bouquet with light Granny Smith apples and dewy meadow aromas. The palate is taut and linear with fresh pear, green apple and quite a stony, almost terse finish that feels just a little conservative. Not bad, though I prefer other vintages that have more presence.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Neal Martin
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100% Chardonnay. Acidity 8.5 g/l, pH 2.94, residual sugar 10.5 g/l. Bottled on 25 March 2010. Riddling date 24 July 2014. Disgorged on 9 September 2014. This wine did particularly well in a tasting for Parisian wine professionals hosted by wine writer Matthew Jukes in late April 2016. Lovely mature nose. This does smell rather like champagne! But then on the palate there is the trademark acidity. Very clean and brisk but not tart. Current release. Very seductive. (JR)
Good maturity on the nose – baked apple, spice, salty bread, chewy mouthfeel – shows off the potential of English fizz with bottle age. Medium length persistence that doesn't quite deliver on the promise of the palate, perhaps. (RH)
100% Chardonnay. Acidity 8.5 g/l, pH 2.94, residual sugar 10.5 g/l. Bottled on 25 March 2010. Riddling date 24 July 2014. Disgorged on 9 September 2014. This wine did particularly well in a tasting for Parisian wine professionals hosted by wine writer Matthew Jukes in late April 2016. Lovely mature nose. This does smell rather like champagne! But then on the palate there is the trademark acidity. Very clean and brisk but not tart. Current release. Very seductive. May 2016, www.jancisrobinson.com, Drink: 2014-2020