David Kline

9.4

Plantain and lemon verbena. Corn muffin with jalapeño, lemon pith, chive and white grapefruit peel. Powerhouse citrus rush and laser lemon oil expression. Yeasty entry proves feint-worthy as it tightens to key lime and complex lemon pulp iteration, tangerine pulp, unripe pineapple. Rich as madeleine at moments, then racy citrus and pith-dry to finish.
#jeanbaptistejessiaume #jeanbaptistejessiaumemersault #jeanbaptistejessiaumemersaltlestillets #mersault #whiteburg #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #chardonnay — a month ago

David Kline

9.3

Softest golden straw with glints of green gold. Hint of gunpowder melts to reveal a pudding-soft, dried lychee which peels away to white roses, citrus pith and avocado cloud glistening with flintlock shavings in ginkgo shade. Extraordinary palate leans hard into a soft wall of olive, evaporating lemon oils, cottonseed oil, and lime nodules. Tangerine-pear impossibilities flower, riveting the tongue with pithy, zesty, and blossoming evocations. Ginger, tea and nano bits of Wrigley’s original juicy fruit.



#chassangemontrachet #guyamiot #domaineguyamiotetfils #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #burgundy #appellationchassagnemontrachetcontrôlée #whiteburg — 3 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Cherry blossom, lemon zest, whiff of powder, lime pith candied grapefruit nose. Lemon tart, lemon verbena and lemongrass emerge from warm lemon depths. Chalky and precise, this producer delivers a very pointed and yet complex offering evoking salivation and reverberating with cool herbaceous undertones.

#chassagnemontrachet #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #2019 #gagnard #gagnarddelagrange #grandvindebourgogne #misenbouteilleálapropriéte #burg — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.3

2007 Lime, lime pith and lemon peel hold strong despite age. Lemon madeleines, orange oil, tangerine pith, lemongrass, evergreen. Orange peel, lemon oil and lemongrass forefront, while lime neutralizes to background color green olive swims in the lime, chamomile, kefir lime, grape leaf, crystalline salinity. Bright and ripe after 15 years!


#chablispremiercru #chablis1ercru #chablis #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #whiteburg #DanielEtienneDefaix #cotedelechet #appellationchablispremiercrucontrolée #domaineduvieuxchateau #bourgogne — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.0

Ripe lemon, tangerine and lime pith encircle a warm tropical melange. There are endive sentiments and echoes of ocean brine.
lemon is a big player on the palate, showing three faces; zest essence and racy fruit. A touch of lime keeps it clean and the salinity brings it all home. What it lacks in complexity it doubles down on in subtlety. Def for lighter seafood dishes that need to brighten.


#domainpotinetampeau #potinetampeau #mersault #mersaultcharmes #premiercrumersault #premiercru #grandvindebourgogne #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #frenchwhitewine #whiteburg #appellationmersaultpremiercrucontrolée — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.3

2018 vintage. Lemon dough, green grape, lemon zest, gesso, marble chippings, smoky white mulberries, pink orchid, carnation and cherry blossom bouquet shows chive and crisp green pea, but also lemongrass. Big and juicy lemon, lime zest, green pear skin, white pepper, chive, lime pith, lime juice, green apple, and beet greens. Crisp, refreshing, refined.



#chablis #chablispremiercru #chablis1ercru #montmain #1ercruchablismontmain #louismicheletfils #louismichel #burgundy #whiteburgundy #whiteburg #bourgogneblanc — 4 years ago

Todd Scurci

9.4

#lerock #whiteburgundy — a year ago

with Annie

David Kline

9.2

The smoke hasn’t cleared on this battle worn soldier. Really strong sense of gun powder! Volatilize, and peeks of lime pith or lemon verbena squeeze through the cracks like light in your lashes, revealing pepper and pecan shell, black mushroom spores and elm, with cigar sweetness and black lime on a smoky battlefield. Palate is lime pith and zest and oil and candied lime sparkles floating down a lemon juice river, with thick, thick lemon pith banks. Kind of a gangly age here, but showing depth and intensity. Need to see this one when it matures, sculpted like an Olympian.


#hubertbouzereaugruèreetfilles
#hubertbouzereaugruère
#bouzereau #puligny #pulignymontrachet #montrachet #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc — 3 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Pale gold. Slight gunpowder before lemon and lime pith and juices with a spiciness. Racy lemon with white pepper notes and chive essence.


#pierreyvescolinmorey #pycm #chassagne #chassagnemontrachet #montrachet #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #abbayedemorgeot #premiercru #appellationchassagnemontrachet1ercrucontrôlée #grandvindebourgogne — 3 years ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.3

Whiff of gunpowder and lemon oils, lime pith and grapefruit peel. Round lime and lemon verbena, after lemon oil and brioche, toasted sesame and chamomile. Stunner.


#2020 #paulpernot #paulpernotetsesfils #montrachet #pulignymontrachet #1erpulignymontrachet #1ercru #folatières #grandvin #grandvinsdebourgogne #whiteburgundy #bougogneblanc — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Pale golden straw. Immediate whiff of gunpowder wafts past lemon zest and warm juice undercoats; lemon verbena, living sage, chive, and colored pencil. Palatal silk evaporates to spongey pith of lime in a magically, porously, dry transformation shimmering with crystalline suggestions and smoky allusions.long and heartfelt reverberations beyond its last drops.


#aupieddumontchauve #aupieddumontchauvechassagnemontrachetleschenevottesblanc #leschenevottes #premiercruchassagnemontrachet #premiercru #bourgogneblanc #chassagnemontrachet #montrachet #1ercru #whiteburgundy #whiteburg — 4 years ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.2

Young animal showing a woodsy woodsman axe chop of oak; lemon-lime where the lemon is sun-baked, the lime pithy, and living sage, mint and even ripe green apple. Lemon, chamomile and caper intertwine seductively with lime pith, lemon zest, lime zest, starfruit, green grape skin, cedar dust, dried carnation, green olive essence.


#burgundy #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #whiteburg #burg #cortoncharlemagne #grandcruburgundy #arnaudbaillot #arnaudbaillotcortoncharlemagne #grandcru #appellationcortoncharlemagnegrandcrucontrolée #grandvindebourgogne #famillebaillot #misenbouteille — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.5

Young, but accessible. Gun flint nose is instantly seductive descending like smoke onto brioche and twists of impossibly minute lemon peel, lime and tangerine piths, underripe pineapple freshness, Marcona almond, toasted sesame, chalky chunks have absorbed the smoke, and fallen citrus celebrates its rebirth. Lemon pith that oozes lemon skin oils like dewdrop diamonds. Incredible minerality that crystallizes into spines of grapefruit, dandelion, dried gooseberry, and marigold. Shiny, bright, crystal clean, and revelatory. Amazing compilation of parts that remains suspended like a chandelier in ethereal weightlessness.


#françoiscarillon #françoiscarillon1611 #montrachet #chassagne #chassagnemontrachet #1ercru #1ercruchassagne #1ercrulesmacherelles #Appellationchassagnemontrachet1ercrucontrolèe #burgundy #bourgogne #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #misenbouteille #elevéetmisenbouteille — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.4

Rich style from a vintage made for whites! Champagne beurre Blanc, grilled pineapple, lemon panna cotta, brioche soaked in olive oil, magnolia, honeysuckle, yuzu, mirin, and noshi pear give it a Japanese aspect; ginkgo follows mold. Creamy mouthfeel kept honest by nice acid and lime padding with pith the pile lining. Lemon oil, lemon panna cotta and beurre blanc soaked brioche complete the picture from a stellar wine!



#maisonchampy #meursault #appellationmeursaultcontrolée #whiteburgundy #whiteburg #bourgogneblanc — 3 years ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.8

Exquisite lemon-lime interlace couched in pith exemplifies the stated, but somehow simultaneously highlights a rounder, olive-floral, cherry and pear blossom otherness. Rich palate drives an olive and lemon oil union straight into an interesting baked lemon flattening with bright acid dichotomy. Incredible depth and infinite layers of stunning complexity. Needs many more years, but wow.



#batardmontrachet #montrechet #grandvindebourgogne #grandcru #bourgogneblanc #aoc #domainevincentetfrançoisjouard #côtedor #whiteburg #whiteburgundy #2019 — 3 years ago

with Courtney

David Kline

9.2

Sun baked lemon, toasted sesame, light cap smoke, lime pith, lemon zest and dried sunflower. Tertiary smells of mown dry grasses and hibiscus. Fresh lemon juice soaked white gooseberry zaps the palate into salivation even as the gunpowder alights. Lime pith honestly reflects the nose and lemon oils persist. Puréed green mango, and chive butter droplet peer just detectable.


#pierreyvescolinmorey #pycm #morey #bourgogneblanc #whiteburgundy #beaune #pierreyvescolinmoreyhautescôtesdebeaune #hautescôtesdebeaune #pycmauboutdumonde #2020 #vindebourgogne #burgundy — 4 years ago

with Courtney

Todd Scurci

9.1

#whiteburgundy #parcelle — 4 years ago

with Annie

David Kline

9.2

Lemon custard narrows on the nose to Meyer lemon pith, lime zest, pomelo, gun flint glints with alumina, marmalade mix. Tart lemon palate puckers to a kiss of lemongrass awash in a lemon-lime sea of brine; spongey lemon pith finish.

#vincentgirardin #vincentgirardinlesviellesvignes #lesvillesvignes #vincentgirardinpulignymontrachet #pulignymontrachet #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #whiteburg #chardonnay #frenchchardonnay #appellationpulignymontrachetcontrolée #côtedor — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Lemon smoke, pith and zested peel, green beans, wax bean, lime, pestelled chive, chunky seltzer. Speedy and clean palate shows lime and lemon citrus, underripe green pear, lime pith, chalky pink grapefruit, salinity, orchid stem. Great wine with plunging depth, spritely while well defined and deftly crafted. A joy.


#louismichel #louismicheletfils #chablis #chablispremiercru #chablis1ercru #montmain #appellationchablispremiercrucontrollée #burgundy #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #since1850 #chardonnay — 4 years ago

David Kline

9.4

White gold glints over chatelaine. Pineapple peers through a steely mask, jasmine and magnolia softly breathe through winter’s nostrils. Meyer lemon suggestions turn zest and pith on the palate; key lime invoked. Grapefruit veins of pith peel back slowly to reveal lightning streaks of complex citruses, and squash blossom stem.


#pierrequenard #chablis #vaillons #1ercru #premiercru #premiercruchablis #burgundy #whiteburgundy #bourgogneblanc #bougogne #chardonnay #frenchchardonnay #frenchwhitewine — 5 years ago