Collet Vintage - 6pk 2008

The colour is medium to full yellow with a golden tinge. The bouquet is very mellow and complex, loaded with toasty/bready aromas, and some nutty aldehydes, while the palate is full and rich, ample and rounded, generous and satisfyingly proportioned. The balance of acidity and sweetness with the flavour is outstanding and the harmony of the finish is lovely, leaving a long, clean aftertaste. There's a distinctive juiciness in the mid-palate. This is forward for an '08 but it's a lovely drink. (50% pinot noir, 40% chardonnay, 10% meunier; dosage 7 grams/litre)

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All delivered sotto voce and with freshness, a citrus whiff always not far behind. Rather attractive and showing all the forceful swell on the palate of the very superior 2008 vintage. Showing convincing pungency and length, with a velvetine texture showing early on the palate. Finishes quite long with cream and notes of cooked berries and toffee crisp with a salty sprinkle. This seems a little unresolved, yet youthful and with no doubt much more to come. Eight years on lees. Dosage: 8g/L</div></div></div><div class="detail__tabs__window" style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;"> </div></div></div><div class="detail__tabs__review" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(251, 251, 251);border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(64, 64, 64);font-family:Montserrat;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:0px;orphans:2;padding:15px 0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><div style="border-width:0px;box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;">Mature nose of mushroom and bee wax, this is commercial and flirtatious, a gentle and well-etched example of the vintage's finer points.</div></div>