LiQuery - Roche De Bellene Collection Bellenum Les Charmes Meursault 1er Cru 2005

ROCHE DE BELLENE COLLECTION BELLENUM LES CHARMES MEURSAULT 1ER CRU 2005

Item:	399741
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2005 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2020-06-04
Producer:	Maison Roche De Bellene
Location:	France - Burgundy
Price:	$175.00 Price History
Style:	White Wine Full-bodied & Rich
Alcohol:	13.0%
Varietal:	Chardonnay
Sugar Code:	XD (4.0 g/L)
Rating:	95
Total Inventory:	3 vs. on
Cellar:	2025
Glass Style:	Montrachet (Chardonnay) Purchase Glass

Description
'Nineteen ninety-nine was a gift from the Gods: a vintage both plentiful and successful: not only of high quality but consistent geographically and hierarchically ... Harmony is the key to longevity. When it is supported by good structure, the time-span, the window of opportunity, can be much more extended than we expect. All good reds of a good vintage, plus most of the whites of premier cru level and above, require ten years to show their paces. This is very true of the 1999s. As you will see, there are very few disappointing wines. To those who possess stocks of the vintage, I say: yes, you can start drinking, but don't be in too much of a hurry to empty your bins. There are plenty of bottles which will still be in a vigorous prime in 2019.' (Clive Coates MW, clive-coates.com, 2009)

Description

'Nineteen ninety-nine was a gift from the Gods: a vintage both plentiful and successful: not only of high quality but consistent geographically and hierarchically ... Harmony is the key to longevity. When it is supported by good structure, the time-span, the window of opportunity, can be much more extended than we expect. All good reds of a good vintage, plus most of the whites of premier cru level and above, require ten years to show their paces. This is very true of the 1999s. As you will see, there are very few disappointing wines. To those who possess stocks of the vintage, I say: yes, you can start drinking, but don't be in too much of a hurry to empty your bins. There are plenty of bottles which will still be in a vigorous prime in 2019.' (Clive Coates MW, clive-coates.com, 2009)

Tasting Notes
The charm works two ways, first in that this 14 year-old Meursault has done its sailing and rendering and also inexplicably seeming somehow to have returned to its roost of early demure. Still very much in control of personal acidity, it's a breezy tang and a matter of prevailing structure. Hard to believe how young in spirit and at heart this persists to be. Amazing. Drink now to 2025. Score - 95. (Michael Godel, winealign.com, Oct. 17, 2019)

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