WTN: 2001 H et P Jacqueson Rully "Grésigny"

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Our friend Gary Kahle, of Hand Picked Selections, has been telling us for some time now how good Jacqueson's Rullys are, but this is the first one we've tried, and it's a winner.

2001 H et P Jacqueson Rully "Grésigny," $29.99, 13% alc.: Kim really likes this medium gold colored Premier Cru from Rully, Jacqueson's flagship white, and so do I. It offers up flavors and aromas of tart apple and pear, accented with a streak of butterscotch, the sweeter aspects of which are diffused by an underlying base of minerality and an element of honeycomb - beeswax, all with subtle, creamy overtones of oak. Medium full bodied, with excellent intensity, lemon squirt acidity and good length on the finish, where a little something like detergent emerges. As nice as it is now, this has the structure to improve over the next three to five years.

Imported by Hand Picked Selections, Warrenton, VA

- from Warm Weather Whites

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