{"product_id":"2009-niellon-chassagne-clos-st-jean","title":"Niellon Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru \"Clos St Jean\" 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\"\u003eJohn Gilman's View from the Cellar, Nov\/Dec 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"-1\"\u003eThe 2009 Clos St. Jean is a tad riper than the Vergers, \u003cb\u003ebut it too has a fine base of minerality to add drive and focus on the backend of the palate.\u003c\/b\u003e The buxom nose offers up scents of apple, pineapple, a touch of orange peel, impressive minerality and vanillin oak. \u003cb\u003eOn the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and quite broad-shouldered, with plenty of mid-palate amplitude, good acidity and very good focus and balance on the long finish.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e91+ points.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Verdana\" size=\"-1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBurghound Issue 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e (from vines planted in ’90 and ‘94). An attractively fresh and bright nose\u003cbr\u003eblends notes of resin, wet stone, flowers and citrus where the latter element can also be found on the quite finely detailedflavors that offer both excellent intensity as well as a lovely sense of underlying tension on the balanced finish. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThis is well worth considering. 92\/2014+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vins Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46037326069999,"sku":"2766","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7140\/9135\/files\/niellon_closstjean2009-LBL_80e4ddd7-19d9-440a-a16d-003e6df24e00.png?v=1731311846","url":"https:\/\/vinsrare.com\/products\/2009-niellon-chassagne-clos-st-jean","provider":"Vins Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}