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2021 Hubert Noiret Champagne Clos Prieur
5/4/2024 - Lehto Likes this wine: 92 Points
100% Chardonnay from the 2021 harvest, fermented and vinified in 300 liter oak barrels. Disgorged 16 November 2023 with 4 g/l dosage and just 2,120 bottles made.
Really impressive concentration, structure and depth in this champagne - the barrel is just used so well and perfectly integrated.
On the nose it's quite tight and feels extremely young, but there's some lovely notes of lime, lime zest, white peach, brioche, oak, cold butter and chalk.
The palate is where the concentration and depth really shines with lemon, lime, green apple, grapefruit, oak, toasted brioche, churned butter, chalky minerals and some unripe tropical fruits.
Towards the finish the acidity gets a bit too overwhelming for me with a very green and unripe feel and pure lime juice. It really deserves more time for the dosage and acidity to integrate better, but with 2-3 years of bottle ages I think this will start to show perfectly.
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2019 Petit-Roy Chorey-les-Beaune
5/3/2024 - Lehto Likes this wine: 91 Points
Just as the other reds I've had from Seiichi; super light, elegant, acidic and fruit-forward.
This reminds me more of the 2020 Iv'e had compared to 2016 and 2018, as it's a bit more dark and brooding than the older ones. Less dark and softer tannins than the 2020 but still more power and substance than the 16 and 18.
Dark cherry, blackberry, forest strawberry, ripe raspberry, unripe blackcurrant and redcurrant. There’s hints of forest floor, oak, herbs and black pepper as well as some hint of spices. Beautiful lightness, minerality and acidity! I love the style for simply being able to open a bottle and enjoy it.
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2020 Domaine Chanterêves Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Mainbey
4/28/2024 - Lehto Likes this wine: 90 Points
Right off the bat, this wine was extremely weird to me. Very strong green touch on the nose and it felt muted in some weird way. The palate was nothing but green bitterness and alcohol heat.
After two hours this started changing - and fast. Along came a quite reductive style like I've grown to love from PYCM, his wife and PVG! Toasted oak, butter, browned butter, roasted popcorn kernels and seeds as well as struck flint.
There's a lovely acidic backbone to support it with lemon/lime, citrus zest, green apple and freshly churned butter. It has a "yellowness" to it while not feeling too "nature" as well as nice florals.
There's still some feeling of the high alcohol keeping a little bitterness and burning sensation, that I'm not too fond off. It blew off more on day 2 but was still there.
I'd say this wine needs at least another 2-4 years in the cellar.
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