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TN: 2005 DeMoor Chablis

After an evening spent toiling in the backyard in muggy weather to get ready for fence installers and garage painters, Jean and I decided that a glass or two of a chilled white wine was in order to restore some sense of relaxation to the evening. So, with a perfunctory snack of assorted rice crackers, I opened the only chilled white in the house:

2005 DeMoor Chablis 'Bel Air et Clardy' color: fairly intense golden yellow nose: initially, stones and lemons, turning more minerally with time palate: initially rather tight, with a tart finish, but after half an hour's time it had fleshed out nicely with some green apple and mineral notes, medium body and crisp finish

This is a wine that'll benefit from some age and also pair nicely with fish of all sorts. Given the constraints of the evening, it was still a nice experience. This was my first encounter with this producer and I came away quite impressed.

Mark Lipton

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Mark Lipton
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Mark a mate was down in Beaune a few weeks ago and brought me case of Chablis Alain Gautheron, Les Fourneaux 2005.

had a bottle last week, a real stunner, still unknit but a pale bright gold, steely nose and full fruit, long.

also tried Leflaive Rully 1cru 2005, again magic for a simple wine, so fat on the palate, almost unctous.

If the rest of my 2005's white burgs are like this then I am a happy man

JT, from a very wet UK, the weather is awful and this present storm has come up from France, I feel there will be hardly any decent wine produced in France in 2007.

The rain radar over champagne look awful and I suspect Emery Davies is getting clobbered as well

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John T

Too right. Bloody cold, too.

What's the price range on the Gautheron? Their web site gives nothing away. Pretty sure I've tried at one of the Salons, though.

-E

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Emery Davis

13 euros a bottle from the maker
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John T

Thanks. Sounds like it might be worth a go.

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Emery Davis

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