Slitne hvite 2010

 Vinmøte Øistein 2. mars 2023

Savennières Clos du Papillon 2018, Domaine du Closel

Fruktig, candy i en fet og sødmefull stil. Varm og moden, ikke veldig typisk Chenin Blanc og flere var i Rhone/Condrieu. Rik og intens, endel alkohol og Are mente 14,5 på etiketten måtte være for lavt. Luftet i over 4t i karaffel, og den blir litt slankere i glasset. 2020 årgangen nå tilgjengelig på VP til kr. 500,-. 87-91 poeng

Puligny Montrachet Folatières  2010, Etienne Sauzet

Gylden, oksidativ, smør, Jura ? God utviklet nese med et brent preg med innslag av gasbind og voks. En produsent som virkelig sliter med premox. Selv om Jon var uenig...NR. 

Vi hadde en strålende Les Folatières 2010 fra Leflaive i sist vinmøte hos Jon..

Morgen Long Chardonnay 2020, Williamette Valley Oregon

Elegant, fruktig og syrlig med innslag av rabarbrajuice og hvite blomster. Laget i en kjølig vellykket stil med tydelig floralitet og nerve. En ny vin for Vinklubben (Hadde cuveèn Seven Springs 2020 i forrige uke og den var virkelig bra !) 89 poeng

Fra decantalo.com; 

Morgen Long is the brainchild of Seth Morgen, a wine lover (a North Carolina native) who came to the Willamette Valley with his parents at the age of 9. Here, in this magical place for growing grapes (Oregon’s leading growing region), his passion for wine was born. This interest led him to study at the International Sommelier Guild and to travel the world, discovering the secrets of the vine in the vineyard and the grapes in the winery. 

In this area, Chardonnay grows beautifully. Morgen Long Willamette Valley Chardonnay is a blend of six vineyards: The Eyre Vineyard, Seven Springs, Durant Vineyard (on basaltic volcanic soil), Loubejac Vineyard, AlexEli Vineyard (silty clay loam soils) and Yamhill Vineyard (sandy with marine sediments). In all of them, the vines face different directions, which will determine how ripe each bunch gets. The temperatures, which are not very high (an average of 16ºC during the growing season), have a great range and there is a good level of humidity (very similar to Champagne and Burgundy). Cultivation is completely sustainable and environmentally friendly, giving 1% of their income to helping eliminate CO₂ from the atmosphere.

Morgen Long Willamette Valley Chardonnay is harvested by hand. All batches of grapes are taken to the winery and are pressed and left to rest for 12 to 24 hours in cold storage. After this racking, where the wine is cleared of solids, Morgen Long Willamette Valley Chardonnay is racked to stainless steel tanks where alcoholic fermentation begins. Before this process begins, and to ensure that the yeasts work, Seth Morgen adds sugar to some batches (known as chaptalisation). After six weeks, Morgen Long Willamette Valley Chardonnay undergoes malolactic fermentation and spends a year in oak barrels (20% of which are new)

Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses 2010, Domaine Billaud-Simon

Odde duft, lett oksidativ, gylden, mineralsk med en minimal antydning av Chablis. Utviklet stil, epleskrott, støv og snev av fruktintensitet og blomster. Igjen en dårlig flaske hvit 2010. 87 poeng

Vinklubben hadde en bedre flaske av denne i "50-års dagen til Are" november 2021:

Chablis Grand Cru Les Preuses 2010, Domaine Billaud-Simon 

Korrekt Chablis i en ganske rik årgang. Transparent, mineralsk, stein og gul sand. Jordlig «dauvissask» med steinfrukter og aprikos. En veldig karakterfull og meget god Chablis. 93 poeng

Sancerre Les Chailloux 2020, Claude Riffault 

Grønn og ung i stilen med innslag av mango og tropisk frukt på nesa. Godt balansert med frisk syre fra nypresset sitron. Litt varm i stilen, jeg gjettet Grûner Veltliner, mens flere dro til Alsace. Og Are var helt sikker på at det var en Pinot Gris. Lite solbær og kattepiss her, den nye vinstilen i området ? Iht. Merete Bø "verdens beste Sancerre" ! 87-88 poeng

Hvit burgund 2002

Vinmøte Roar 27. september 2018

Chablis Grenouilles Grand Cru 2002, Louis Michel
Lys sauternes farge, hundepels, oksidasjon og dvask syre. Ikke vurdert

Chassagne Montrachet "Les Ruchottes" 2002, Domaine Ramonet
Karakteristisk "grønnskjær ala Ramonet", minty, men moden med noe strågult. Allehånde, rik, mye "power" for en Premier Cru. En vellykket 02 der risiko for premox er stor. 92-94 poeng.

Chablis Les Preuses Grand Cru 2002, Domaine Billaud-Simon
Grønn, steinaktig og mineralsk. Slank midje og drikker perfekt nå. Enkel men kompleks ! Perfekt balanse. Østers og tang. Sublim vin. Lars I, Jon og Kim synes denne var veldig bra. 92-95 poeng

Domaine Billaud-Simon in Chablis is comprised of about 42 acres, encompassing four Grands Crus vineyards, including one acre in Les Clos; one acre in Les Preuses; 1.75 acres in Vaudésir; and .44 acre in Les Blanchots. The Domaine also owns four Premiers Crus vineyards, including Montée de Tonnèrre, Mont-de-Milieu, Fourchaume and Vaillons. In addition to its crus wines, Domaine Billaud-Simon makes a Chablis Villages “Tête d’Or”, with grapes harvested exclusively from the estate. 

In 1815, at the end of the Napoleonic wars, Charles Louis Noël Billaud returned home to Chablis and founded Domaine Billaud-Simon. There, thanks to his family’s holdings, he planted the first vines. Then, a little more than a century later in the 1930s, the Domaine’s vineyards were enlarged with the marriage of his descendant Jean Billaud to Renée Simon. 

Located close to the Serein River, Jean Billaud’s son, Bernard, took over the estate until its acquisition by Domaine Faiveley in July 2014. Since then, Domaine Billaud-Simon is managed separately from Domaine Faiveley: It has its own vineyard, winemaking facilities and remains dedicated to uphold the same style of the wines while continually striving to improve their quality. Along with technical improvements in the modern winery, manual grape picking is increasingly being practiced for their Grands Crus and selected Premiers Crus. 

The Chablis wines of Domaine Billaud-Simon exhibit elegance, balance and pure Chardonnay fruit. Delicious when young, they evolve beautifully with some ageing. 

From Stephen Tanzer (Vinous Media): "The biggest story in the sleepy town of Chablis in the past year was the purchase of this estate last summer by François Faiveley, who quickly installed Olivier Bailly as régisseur under the direction of Faiveley family advisor Bernard Hervet and technical director Jérôme Flous, who also serves as technical director at Faiveley's base in Nuits-Saint-Georges. The transaction finally resolved a long-running family squabble as a result of which Bernard Billaud's nephew Samuel Billaud, who had previously made the wines at Billaud-Simon, was forced out of the family domain and set up his own négociant operation. Samuel has retained some of his family estate’s original vineyards as part of the payment for his share of the domain. 

The first crop of wines made by the new regime at Billaud-Simon looks extremely promising, due in in large part to the fact that Faiveley harvested the fruit earlier--with better nerve and natural acidity--than would have been the case here under Bernard Billaud. Acidity levels are in the very healthy 4.8 grams per liter range. The new team bottled the 2013s but did not vinify them. I've been a long-time fan of this estate previously, but quality will no doubt be more consistent under the Faiveley ownership."