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TN: Olivier Leflaive Chablis 2000

With a dinner last night of roasted spiny lobster in a "kung pao" reduction sauce (wonderfully done, in fact) over red and white rice, I ordered a 375 ml bottle of the Leflaive Chablis (very limited white wine selection in 375 ml).

color: golden yellow nose: initially, fairly muted (slightly corked? after deliberation, no), opening up with some air to show lemons and a bit of apple palate: initially, quite buttery and soft (ack! ML in my Chablis!!!) and full bodied, but as we let the wine warm it became crisper and hints of minerality developed. The predominant flavor was lemon, though, and it finished on a slightly bitter note.

Overall, a decent village-level Chablis (no perceptible oak to my relief) from a good year. I would have preferred a slightly more acidic version, and it did seem to be flawed by a little bitterness in the end, but quite enjoyable nonethess and a decent match with the food.

Mark Lipton

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Interesting. I got my first taste of Chablis (GC, no less!) in the '85 vintage, and for better or worse that has become my internal standard.

It is generally agreed that 375s age faster than normal format (and by extension, large format age slower). My decision to get the Chablis was made in part on this basis: even a village-level Chablis should still be alive 4 years on IMO, even in a 375 -- and this wine was most certainly alive.

Mark Lipton

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