Wines
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- Dom Thibert Macon Fuisse Bois De La Croix 2012 Product #27100 (In Stock)
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One of our best-selling Chardonnays from Burgundy ever is better still in the outstanding (if short) 2012 vintage. As always, essentially no oak here, but plenty of spicy richness. The aromas and flavors are similar to 2010 and 2008, but the texture and intensity of the 2012 is off the charts. It’s almost like a cross between a fine Chassagne-Montrachet – mineral, vibrant, cut – and a top Meursault – buttery, nutty, creamy-textured and chalky on the finish. Certainly it blows away most wines from nearby Pouilly Fuisse with its detail, nuance, and length. And, for under $20 bucks, it’s hard to find a bottle of Chardonnay from anywhere in the world that can touch it.
Cool but rich aromas of golden apple, fresh butter, grilled nuts, crushed mint, acacia flower and a touch of bright pineapple open the show. Then a wonderfully rich, almost creamy, mouthful of more golden delicious apple, ripe pear, tangy pineapple, cultured butter, and warm hazelnut gives way to a crisp green apple and chalky, salty, mineral on the mouthwatering finish. With air, a bit of spice and mint come out on the back and in the long, savory, finish. The texture is extraordinary for a wine at this level, with the perfect ying-yang of rich, almost oily, depth and vibrant acidity and minerality. A brilliant young Macon that’s already delicious and that will just get better over the next couple of years. - Dom Thibert St Veran Bois De Fee 2010 Product #27103 (In Stock)
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As Burghound said, “This is excellent” and, at the price, far more excellent still! From just outside of Pouilly Fuisse, this beauty is rich and deeply flavored, serving up wave after wave of pineapple, apple, and yellow peach fruit framed in mouth-tingling acidity and chalky minerality. One of the steals of our 2013 Burgundy selections – buy lots.
“Sweet Spot Outstanding. This had recently been racked and sulfur aromas dominated the nose. However there is lovely richness to the round and delicious flavors that are blessed with ample amount of dry extract that impart a seductive texture to the intensely mineral-inflected, dry, linear and solidly persistent finish. This is excellent.”Allen Meadows 89-92 points
- Dom Thibert Pouilly Fuisse Vielles Vignes 2011 Product #27101 (In Stock)
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You’ll look long and hard to find Pouilly Fuisse – heck, any white Burgundy! – that’s this rich, deep, and satisfying for so very little money. Chistophe Thibert makes this wine from different plots of 30+ year-old Chardonnay vines, all farmed organically and to very low yields. The 2011 is even richer than the 2010, but harvesting early kept this big wine fresh and bright. Just 8% new oak (which has already integrated since Burghound’s tasting) gives depth and spice. Hard to resist now but even better from 2016 on.
“Here too a subtle application of oak frames the essence of pear and dried floral scents. There is an utterly beguiling texture to the solidly well-concentrated medium-bodied flavors that exhibit a faint minerality on the impressively persistent finish where the wood treatment resurfaces.”Allen Meadows 89-91 points
- Dom Thibert Pouilly Fuisse Vignes Blanches 2008 Product #24753 (In Stock)
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Everything takes a big step up in this single vineyard wine from one of Thibert’s two best sites. The Burghound review captures this well – rich, complex, and loaded with driving minerality. Outstanding
“Moderate wood doesn't detract from the otherwise fresh, bright and expressive nose that offers up white orchard fruit aromas, subtle spice hints and floral notes that precede rich, sappy and admirably pure flavors that possess plenty of acid buffering dry extract and excellent length as well as notably more complexity. Sweet Spot/Outstanding”Allen Meadows 89-92 points
- Dom Thibert Pouilly Fuisse Les Champs 2009 Product #25975 (In Stock)
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Arguably Christophe’s top wine, this single vineyard Chardonnay includes a slug of super-concentrated fruit from 100 year-old vines. There are currently no 1er Cru designated vineyards in Pouilly Fuisse – although Christophe is leading the fight to create a classification – but this is absolutely 1er Cru quality and every bit equal to top Cote de Beaune 1er Crus that cost twice as much.
“A distinctly ripe nose of peach, white flower and orange peel gives way to round and very rich medium-bodied flavors that brim with dry extract that confers a textured quality to the notably intense and relatively dry finish. Solid quality here.”Allen Meadows 89-91 points
- Dom Thibert Pouilly Fuisse Les Champs 2010 Product #27102 (In Stock)
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This is just about as good as Pouilly Fuisse ever gets, and better than ever in 2010. From very old vines, including some about 100 years old, the complexity, power, and depth are simply astounding. Fascinating aromas and flavors of grilled nuts, fresh butter, mint, apple butter, and tangerine zest get more and more delicious with air as a sense of spice grows. Mouthwatering and very long on the layered, luscious, finish. A profound Pouilly Fuisse.
“Sweet Spot Outstanding. A slightly smoky and intricately layered nose speaks of dried rose petal, stone, citrus and spice hints that precede the rich, generous and fleshy flavors that are shaped by the firm acidity on the balanced, palate staining and impressively persistent finish. As it often is, this is the best of these 2010s.”Allen Meadows 90-93 points
