2006 Macon Villages Cuvee Botrytis (2017 Release)

12x37.5cl

1 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

£494.00

Scores + Notes

Average Score

Drinking window

2017-2045

Critic Notes

The 2006 Vire Clesse Cuvee Botrytise comes from a parcel of vines with particularly strong marne soils that tend to produce botrytised grapes, this cuvée is 100% botrytised fruit, unlike the Cuvée Levroutée. So this comes packing with 204gm/L residual sugar. Lucid golden in color with green tints, it has a beautiful bouquet that you would think is a fine Sauternes. This is very pure and possesses breathtaking focus. The palate is stunning: exquisite balance, perfectly judged acidity and compelling honeyed, sorbet-like fruit that is somewhere between Sauternes and Beerenauslese. Upon reflection it veers towards the latter in style due to the lightness of touch and the absence of new oak that reduces heaviness in the mouth. It is a Mâconnais that will knock your socks off, so wear two pairs. Aug 2017, www.robertparker.com, Drink: 2017-2045

Score: 97-/100Neal MartinDrinking Window: 2017-2045

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

2017-2045

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

2017-2045

Average Score

Drinking window

2017-2045

Critic Notes

Score: 97-/100Neal MartinDrinking Window: 2017-2045

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BY Gavin Smith,

ON January 8, 2020

Pol Roger Cuvee Winston Churchill: A Special Tasting to Mark the New Release

ON June 23, 2014

Behind the Bottle - 2018 Releases from Descendientes de J. Palacios

ON April 26, 2019

1998 Dom Perignon P2: Spectacular Late Release Champagne

ON February 16, 2016

Winston Churchill: Pol Roger's Luxury Cuvee

ON September 15, 2015

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

2017-2045

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Colour

White

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13.5%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window

2017-2045

2006 Macon Villages Cuvee Botrytis (2017 Release)

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