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...barest touch of oak...green fruit, menthol, saline and iodine aromas...extremely stony, concentrated and driving flavors...When Valmur is really good, it rivals Les Clos for the best grand cru in Chablis and this 2008 is really good.
...like an ocean wave suffused with chalk and fresh lime, dramatic in its mineral depth and uncanny in its alliance of density and silken texture with vivacity and levitating buoyancy...more than a decade’s worth of intrigue.
...aromas of lime, powdered stone and quinine. Densely packed and silky but still youthfully taut...This impressively broad yet weightless wine finishes with palate-staining length and grip. A great Chablis grand cru in the making.
Very clean and lemony, yet with roundness and flesh on the palate. Lemon cake, apple and mineral are the main flavors, with hints of flowers and spice.
Aged 12-15 months on fine lees in oak. It’s so hard to describe a wine like this...full of energy, focused, persistent, clean cut and so refreshing, and has great length...(JH)