Stephen Tanzer Int'l Wine
Cellar, Jul/Aug 2007
Bright, green-tinged color. Spicy stone
fruits, grapefruit, fresh pineapple, flint and minerals on the nose. Very
ripe, fleshy, broad and sweet but with lovely integrated acidity giving
shape to the grapefruit, pineapple and spice flavors. As round as this is,
it boasts an exhilarating sugar/acid balance. Tightens up on the very long
finish-a good sign for the wine's potential in bottle. 91-93 points
Allen Meadows, Burghound October 2007
Perhaps the freshest of any of these grand
crus to this point, which is interesting as Vaudésir tends to always be
one of the very ripest of the GCs given how the configuration of the vineyards
collects heat. While the nose is certainly ripe, it is also airy and elegant
with floral, spice and orchard fruit aromas complementing the quinine and
citrus notes that can also be found on the powerful, muscular and borderline
robust flavors that somehow manage to remain refined and deliver the considerable
dry extract with grace on the explosive finish. This is generous on the
mid-palate but it's almost breathtaking as to how fast the finish tightens
up. Impressive. 92-94 points
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