Burghound: Note: from 7 different parcels of 50+ year old vines that total 1.7 ha. This is also highly perfumed with a pronounced floral component dominating the other aromas that are co...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2003 Mr. K. The Nobleman, a 100% Chardonnay made from botrytised fruit, possesses 278 grams of residual sugar per liter and 9.9 grams of acid per liter. There are a whoppi...

Wine Spectator: Light toasty oak and baking spice accents overlay white peach, apple, elderflower and stone flavors in this intense yet elegant white. It's the underlying acidity that keeps i...

Burghound: A highly floral and white orchard fruit nose is trimmed in soft oak aromas that give way to rich, powerful, concentrated and delicious medium-bodied flavors that possess excel...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Quite closed on the nose, hinting at menthol and wet stone. Then juicy and tight in the mouth, more taut and incisive than silky today, and showing superb precision for the v...

About this Wine: From the same hillside vineyards as `Ma Princesse' and `Ma Douce,' this unique cuvée is judiciously blended from a strictly limited number of selected barrels displaying t...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Good bright, pale yellow. Very pure, reticent aromas of lemon, lime and white flowers. Dry and penetrating to the point of painful, with pristine flavors of crushed stone, l...

Wine Spectator: Ripe, broad and powerful, this creamy-textured white packs lime blossom, pear, sweet corn and butterscotch into an ample frame. A mineral note emerges as this glides to the lo...

Burghound: Relatively strong sulfur notes definitely detract from the otherwise complex nose of pain grillé, ripe green apple and wet stone aromas. There is however good volume and mid-p...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Restrained aromas of stone fruits, clove, nuts and minerals. Fruitier and sweeter in the mouth than the Clavoillon, with enticing harmonious acidity but l...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Pale, bright yellow. Reticent nose hints at lemon and baked bread. Rich, powerful and dry, with terrific depth to its lemon, white peach and stone flavors. A densely packed...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Very rich aromas of pineapple, nut oil and smoky oak; the most exotic of these 2008s and the highest in alcohol at 13.5%. Rich, powerful and generous, combining strong acidity...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Knockout nose offers underripe pineapple, ripe peach flesh, pungent wet stone and nutmeg. Dense, sappy and rich, with a lovely juicy quality to the apple and spice flavors. Ul...

Jancis Robinson: 2003 onwards. `From then I had half from Pernand (high) and half from Aloxe (mid). We pick them the same day and blend in pressoir.' Suave and well balanced. Rich and complete...

About this Wine: "...These five-year old vines include clones from Hyde, Hudson Mt. Eden and Calera... crop levels in both of these vineyards were just over one ton per acre in 2003..."

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright, pale yellow. Reticent but very pure aromas of yellow peach, hazelnut and vanillin oak; comes across as riper than the utterly primary basic Corton-Charlemagne. Sweet...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright light yellow. Brisk citrus and grapefruit aromas are accented by ginger and quinine. Sweet, fresh and intense; a step up in concentration and energy from the premier ...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright yellow. Gingery peach, toast, crushed stone and smoky minerality on the slightly reduced nose. Rich, sweet and plush, with a touch of spice to the ripe, smoky stone f...

Jancis Robinson: (1) Quite tight and taut. Impressive. (2) Quite deep gold. Richness plus subtlety and a lovely dry finish. Great pure Meursault weight and butteriness on the palate. Classic s...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Green-tinged color. Spicy aromas of grapefruit, stone, spices and pepper, plus an exotic suggestion of mango. Dense, sappy and very young, with strong acidity enlivening the c...