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Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov/Dec 06
($80; these very old vines reportedly produced just 25 hectoliters per hectare in 2005) Pale, green-tinged color. Classic pure Valmur aroma of lime, mint, crushed stone and iodine. Richly minerally and dense, with chalky, iodiney and saline qualities giving the wine a distinctly chewy character. This boasts terrific lift and tension, not to mention flavor definition. With its rather powerful spinal column, this wine finishes with a touch of austerity that suggests a long and slow evolution in bottle. 93 points


Tasting note: Brioche and hints of vanilla add a bit of nuance to the brilliantly elegant cool green fruit nose that positively radiates classic Chablis character, particularly oyster shell and iodine that leads to taut, detailed and ultra pure medium full flavors that are textured, concentrated and almost painfully intense. This is one hugely long wine and while the finish is presently austere, this should mature into a real beauty. Burghound 92-94 Don't Miss!