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2003 Bouchard Pere et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru Chardonnay
Chardonnay: 750ml
$85.99
points awarded:
ST 93 ST 93-96 WE 9493 -96 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, October 2004
Very pale, green-tinged color. Exotic aromas of lime, apple, coconut and oak char. Wonderfully superripe yet racy, with terrific verve. The juicy, penetrating flavors of lime, apple and minerals get the salivary glands pumping. A wine of superb class and thrust, and yet there's also major underlying fat for this grand cru. Finishes with palate-staining length and cut. The vines here run north-south, noted Hervet, and thus the fruit was not burned by the hot August sun. 93-96 points
93 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, October 2005
($120) Very pale color. Discreet nose offers underripe pineapple, baking spices, menthol and crushed stone. Very intensely flavored and tightly wound, with a penetrating minerality giving powerful spine to the grapefruit and pineapple flavors. Steely, gripping and unevolved. This is an infant today. 93(+?) points
94 points,
Wine Enthusiast, September 2005
A wine that has the structure, freshness and green tannins of a 2002, but the richness of a 2003. There is a great mineral character to the flavors, which gives it a steely, piercing profile that suggests great aging potential.

