2008 Chassagne Montrachet Clos St Jean
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White peach, yellow flowers, honey and wet stone on the nuanced nose, lifted by treble notes of ginger and lavender. This also conveys a distinctly sweet impression, offering strong yellow fruit and spice flavors. Finishes persistent and spicy, with very good grip. These two 2008s came as a bit of a shock following the drier 2009s here. Michel Coutoux noted that this wine may still have had a bit of malic acidity at the time of the bottling and thus was filtered more strictly.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good light yellow. Cooler aromas and flavors of lemon, lime and powdered stone, plus a whiff of apple suggesting that there's still a bit of unconverted malic acidity remaining. Then sweet and strong in the mouth, with a juicy quality and enticing inner-mouth perfume. Not a thick style but more concentrated and longer than the foregoing premier crus. Excellent potential here. (The Chevalier-Montrachet, about 80% through its malo, showed lovely sweetness of fruit, serious concentration and very nicely integrated acidity, but the Batard was much less advanced.)
About the producer
From the heart of Chassagne-Montrachet, Domaine Michel Niellon embodies generations of craftsmanship and Burgundian finesse, producing elegant, terroir-driven wines from just 8 hectares.