Pale yellow. Round and wide, still a little brioche and smooth ripe fruit. There's a fatness that seems borne from less than generous acidity, yet your mouth waters in the good finish all the same. Same as when last tasted, it's very rich but it's sweet and relatively powerful. If anything it's slightly better performing than the last bottle – Yum.
Pale yellow. A round nose that's just fresh enough, has a little brioche and subdued but smooth and seemingly ripe fruit below. Maybe it's just a little fatter, richer that I consider perfect for GC Chablis, but it has the requisite mineral core and a late-arriving mouth-watering finish. Sweetly intense and quite pretty. The purchase price was a bargain and I'd buy more at the price – about half the current Fevre Bougros price!
Medium-pale lemon yellow. The nose is forward and deep, a little vanilla-custard and maybe some background sulfur that seems to slightly dull a citrus edge. The palate is… well… wow! Super-intense. It's hardly at its best given my lack of patience as the impressive parts are not yet a 'whole' but there is reasonable minerality, impressive mid-palate intensity and and a great 'zing' to the acidity. The length is very good rather than outstanding, but clearly a bargain at the price.
Medium yellow. The cooler the wine, the more mineral the aspect, but at the correct temperature, aromatically this is a more about honey than rocks, with just a faint savoury edge. The palate is soft and supple – ripe obviously – good texture and a medium-plus length. The vintage is doing the talking here, so this is not a great Bougros, but it is a great value wine enjoyed in a restaurant.
As the 2003's and 2004's head ever-higher (price-wise), mopping-up 2001's and 2002's is not a bad idea. The colour is still a very pale lemon-yellow. On the nose it's wide, fresh and nicely high-toned but it is underpinned with lovely fruit. The palate has not-yet tightened up, intensely concentrated, falling more into the mineral category than fruit-driven. Lovely balance though just a trace of harshness on the finish – only a minor blot at 65% the price of the 2004!
Pale, yellow coloured. Bright, forward – even effusive – nose, with sweet candied fruit, a hint of salty seashore and lots of precision. Concentrated with a beautiful lingering acidity that pushes the sweet flavours very, very long – the fruit is very ripe, but not so as to spoil the balance. Frankly, apart from that whisp of seashore on the nose, this doesn't say 'Chablis' to me, but it does say 'buy more' – and I will – you can't get this level of value on the Côte de Beaune!