Domaine Grosbot-Barbara

S.A.S Prince Charles-Henri de Lobkowicz St. Pourçain Chardonnay Blend

9.26 ratings
9.25 pro ratings
Saint Pourçain, Central Vineyards, Loire Valley, France
Chardonnay Blend
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

What a wine and age has really improved this from super great to profound. Nose is gorgeous. Hint of butter, ripe pair, apple skins, lime blossom and intriguing and deep minerality. Palate is rich and ripe but laser focused with amazing texture that is like icing. It’s so fresh. The Tressallier really is an important factor in this wine as it makes it unique texturally and gives it unreal freshness. It’s so precise and refined with terrific juiciness and lovely taut structure and incredible length. The fruit is lime and apple skins all the way. The purity is incredible as is the length. Complex mid palate and even more complex finish with structure to burn and incredible inner mouth aromas. What a wine.

What a wine and age has really improved this from super great to profound. Nose is gorgeous. Hint of butter, ripe pair, apple skins, lime blossom and intriguing and deep minerality. Palate is rich and ripe but laser focused with amazing texture that is like icing. It’s so fresh. The Tressallier really is an important factor in this wine as it makes it unique texturally and gives it unreal freshness. It’s so precise and refined with terrific juiciness and lovely taut structure and incredible length. The fruit is lime and apple skins all the way. The purity is incredible as is the length. Complex mid palate and even more complex finish with structure to burn and incredible inner mouth aromas. What a wine.

Jul 9th, 2019
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

70% Chardonnay 30% Tressalier. Stunning wine. The new new. Nose reminds me of a Lamy St. Aubin 1er Cru. Mineral, hint of framing wood, honey, beeswax, limestone almost, superb nose. Wonderful noble aromas. Palate is insane. Wow! Easily 1er Cru Burgundy quality with depth and richness to burn but firm acidity and incredible structure. Spectacularly long finish. Dense. Incredible wine from the little known St. Pourcain appellation. Has amazing aromas and purity after 30 minutes. 9.3 to 9.5.

70% Chardonnay 30% Tressalier. Stunning wine. The new new. Nose reminds me of a Lamy St. Aubin 1er Cru. Mineral, hint of framing wood, honey, beeswax, limestone almost, superb nose. Wonderful noble aromas. Palate is insane. Wow! Easily 1er Cru Burgundy quality with depth and richness to burn but firm acidity and incredible structure. Spectacularly long finish. Dense. Incredible wine from the little known St. Pourcain appellation. Has amazing aromas and purity after 30 minutes. 9.3 to 9.5.

Aug 8th, 2018
Tom Casagrande

First time with this appellation. It sort of reminds me of a Saint Joseph Marsanne blended with a Chablis. Lots of dark minerality and brothy Chardonnay fruit. Full bodied and dry, with decent acidity and a long finish.

First time with this appellation. It sort of reminds me of a Saint Joseph Marsanne blended with a Chablis. Lots of dark minerality and brothy Chardonnay fruit. Full bodied and dry, with decent acidity and a long finish.

1 person found it helpfulJun 18th, 2019
Matthew Cohen

Nose is stone fruits. Very dense on the palate. Rich. Apricot pie with enough acidity to keep it interesting. A wine to drink with chicken in cream sauce. Internal aromatics are intense and very different. Almost spicy. Interested to try a non 15 version of this. Bought from Fass Selections. ... as this.opens a cross between old burgundy and a hint of the Loire with northern Rhône density. A wine you sort of have to try because it’s from a place we’ve never heard of.

Nose is stone fruits. Very dense on the palate. Rich. Apricot pie with enough acidity to keep it interesting. A wine to drink with chicken in cream sauce. Internal aromatics are intense and very different. Almost spicy. Interested to try a non 15 version of this. Bought from Fass Selections. ... as this.opens a cross between old burgundy and a hint of the Loire with northern Rhône density. A wine you sort of have to try because it’s from a place we’ve never heard of.

Nov 7th, 2018