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Côte de Beaune “Les Pierres Blanches” Reviews

Score: 88 | September 30, 2015 | Wine Spectator

This enticing white, offering apple, lime, floral and mineral aromas and flavors, with a touch of oak spice, is balanced, with moderate length. Drink now through 2018. –BS

Score: 88 | June 11, 2015 | Burghound

A slightly more elegant nose offers up a broader array of lemon peel and soft oak nuances. The delicious and nicely vibrant middle weight flavors evidence more depth on the equally forward but not really soft flavors that should also drink well early on. 

Score: 90 | December 31, 2013 | Vinous/Antonio Galloni
Dark red cherries, smoke, iron and wild flowers are some of the many notes that inform the 2012 Côtes de Beaune Les Pierres Blanches. There is plenty of tannin in support of the fruit, yet the 2012 remains impeccably balanced throughout. This mid-weight B
Score: 90 | April 1, 2014 | Wine & Spirits
Year's Best White Burgundy. A formal, old-fashioned style of Burgundy, this wine's oak age contributes the scent of hazelnut butter. It's oxidative, with umami mushroom notes and mouthwatering acidity. The flavors will meld with roast salmon.
Score: 90 | April 1, 2013 | Wine & Spirits
Airy and fresh, with creamy notes of vanilla and the crust of crème brulée, this has tart acidity to spark up the finish, bringing out bright orange citrus flavors that last. Oak brings a puff pastry richness to the wine, but it’s balanced by all the citrusy fruit. Decant it for a cream-based seafood stew.
Score: 89 | January 14, 2013 | Burghound
Outstanding Top Value. An exceptionally pretty nose blends floral nuances with red currant and ripe cassis aromas. There is a discreet hint of minerality to the detailed, textured and solidly well-concentrated flavors that possess good complexity on the ever-so-slightly rustic finish that displays fine focus and persistence. This is really quite good for what it is and worth your consideration.
Score: 87-89 | June 1, 2012 | Burghound
A background note of pain grillé adds to the breadth of the pretty and very fresh aromas of pear, apple and various white flowers. There is equally good freshness to the racy and lightly mineral-inflected flavors that possess plenty of energy on the balanced, agreeably dry and delicious finish.
Score: 88-91 | February 1, 2012 | The Wine Advocate
The 2010 Cotes de Beaune Les Pierres Blanches is flat-out delicious. Crushed rocks, slate, citrus peel and smoke are some of the many notes that flow from this wiry, beautifully articulated white. The 2010 possesses gorgeous length and a long, creamy finish. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2018.
Score: 88 | May 1, 2011 | The Wine Advocate
The 2009 Cotes de Beaune Les Pierres Blanches shows good intensity in its dark fruit, smoke and incense. The warm, radiant fruit flows through nicely on the finish in this graceful, mid-weight red. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2019.
Score: 85-88 | February 1, 2011 | Burghound
An exuberantly fruity and mildly exotic nose leads to delicious and easy-to-like middle weight flavors that exhibit a light touch of minerality on the sappy and citrusy finish. This is refreshing as there is good vivacity if limited complexity. (85-88)/now