Domaine L. Chatelain
Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru Chardonnay
Chablis, Burgundy, France
Gift from a friend. 2019 -intense nose, stone fruit, pear, slight minerality and low acidity. Delicious by itself. Didn't get to try it with food!
Gift from a friend. 2019 -intense nose, stone fruit, pear, slight minerality and low acidity. Delicious by itself. Didn't get to try it with food!
Nov 12th, 2021
Study sesh!! With @win_tries_wine and @deked1 practicing our Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine (SAT) for WSET Level 3.
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White wine of the night is the Chablis, Les Clos, Grand Cru, vintage 2016, ABV 13%.
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š This wine has a medium gold hue.
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š On the nose, this wine has a pronounced intensity of developing aromas, including primary aromas of stone fruit (peach, apricot), citrus fruit (lemon peel), and some tropical fruit (mango, cantaloupe). This wine also has floral notes of geranium and honeysuckle. Secondary notes include blanched almond, cream, cheese. This wine offers some tertiary notes of dried banana and dried apricot.
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š This wine is dry. The acidity is high. The wine has a medium (+) body, medium alcohol, and pronounced intensity of green apple, pear, stone fruit such as apricot, citrus such as lemon peel, florals such as dried white rose, geranium, honeysuckle, also wet stone, flint, almond, and dried banana. This wine has a long finish.
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This is an outstanding wine and may be consumed now, but is suitable for further aging in the bottle.
Study sesh!! With @win_tries_wine and @deked1 practicing our Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine (SAT) for WSET Level 3.
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White wine of the night is the Chablis, Les Clos, Grand Cru, vintage 2016, ABV 13%.
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š This wine has a medium gold hue.
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š On the nose, this wine has a pronounced intensity of developing aromas, including primary aromas of stone fruit (peach, apricot), citrus fruit (lemon peel), and some tropical fruit (mango, cantaloupe). This wine also has floral notes of geranium and honeysuckle. Secondary notes include blanched almond, cream, cheese. This wine offers some tertiary notes of dried banana and dried apricot.
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š This wine is dry. The acidity is high. The wine has a medium (+) body, medium alcohol, and pronounced intensity of green apple, pear, stone fruit such as apricot, citrus such as lemon peel, florals such as dried white rose, geranium, honeysuckle, also wet stone, flint, almond, and dried banana. This wine has a long finish.
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This is an outstanding wine and may be consumed now, but is suitable for further aging in the bottle.
2008 vintage celebrating the New Year. Has held up very well. Full bodied with flinty mineral characteristics, good acidity.
2008 vintage celebrating the New Year. Has held up very well. Full bodied with flinty mineral characteristics, good acidity.
Oct 7th, 2019Celebratory engagement bottle ā¤ļø with butternut squash ravioli in brown butter sauce ā¤ļø
Celebratory engagement bottle ā¤ļø with butternut squash ravioli in brown butter sauce ā¤ļø
Aug 29th, 2017With family at Society Bistro, Saifi, Lebanon
With family at Society Bistro, Saifi, Lebanon
Sep 24th, 2016
Cyrus had this 10 years ago
Cyrus had this 10 years ago
Mar 22nd, 2015
