Jean Macle, Chateau-Chalon
Jean Macle · Jura › Chateau-Chalon › France
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
92
/100
Reviews
12
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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Community Reviews
2020
Reviews
92.3
Avg Score
96
Highest
Taster #8947
· Jan 13, 2025
95/100
Rich gold. On the nose, pronounced aromas of dried figs and apricots, marmalade, orange zest, black currants, sweet chestnuts and hazelnuts. Rich fruit on the palate with notes of honey and nuts, bound in a sweet gripping astringent frame, medium plus acids, very long winding aromatic finish with lovely aromatic back notes. Utterly compelling.
2011 vintage
Taster #0227
· Jan 10, 2025
96/100
Jura night (Won Kok Restaurant) : The oldest vin jaune I've tried to date, and what a special treat. Fino-like nose, but so much more elegant and pure, without any burn of alcohol. Palate is precise, intense, and elegant. Salty minerals flowing through a field of hay, with lemons, green apples, flowering quince. Some chamomile and curry leaf around the edges. This is perhaps the least oxidative Vin Jaune I've had. Amazing that this is 13.3% alcohol - it has …
1996 vintage
Taster #3365
· Jan 10, 2025
96/100
Jura Tasting (Won Kok Restaurant, San Francisco) : Beautiful and complex nose with orchard fruit, hazelnut, lemon, and hay. Great acidity on the palate with great precision, more lemon notes, some nutty flavors, and sherry notes. Long finish. Outstanding wine! This is very complex and beautiful and should actually continue to improve with age. It's very elegant and surprisingly shows quite little oxidative character, compared to other Vin Jaune and especially compared to the 2005 Puffeney next to it.
1996 vintage
Taster #1402
· Nov 9, 2024
92/100
Puissance tout entière bien en place. Un nectar. La noix domine au nez qui emporte tout à l'ouverture, puis le côté sous-bois, mycélien, les fruits secs, des fruits jaunes et le curry s'invitent qui concourent à un vin puissant, énorme... un très grand château chalon. D'un classicisme exemplaire. la tendance actuelle est plutôt à la recherche de plus de finesse et de tension (mais j'imagine pour délicieux qu'ils soient, que leur garde sera moindre)... splendeur whatsoever ! Ces vins sont …
1993 vintage
Taster #8470
· Oct 19, 2024
93/100
As soon as the cork is out, there is a quite intense nose of almond, sherry. Straw-golden in color. On the palate toasted almond, vanilla, lees, smoke. Nice acid in balance with the other components. I am still calibrating to Jura wines: while the flavor profile is not to my personal taste, this is a well-crafted glass of wine and the age has mellowed an integrated its components well.
2011 vintage
Taster #9035
· Sep 5, 2024
94/100
Oxidative on nose. Wallnut, apricot, dough, whisky on nose. Palate wallnut, bready yeasty dough, some mandarin skin. Nice balance and good complexity. Not a crowd pleaser for the modern palate but clearly excellent quality.
2011 vintage
Taster #6299
· Feb 5, 2024
92/100
A mostly Jura night : Probably the first vin jaune that I liked. Fresh and not too oxidative, the high acidity brought a sharp focus to the wine that I liked. Very quaffable and thought it would've been perfect with some cheese (got some durian instead, not complaining!).
2011 vintage
Taster #9038
· Sep 25, 2022
Lovely vin jaune, first sip was a little cold (cellar temp). Didn't quite have the aromatic sparkle of some of the other vin jaune I have had. Let's see how it evolves.
2011 vintage
Taster #5830
· Dec 9, 2021
95/100
Decided to purposefully enjoy my first bottle of Vin Jaune with two good friends and the pairing of quality cheese. For cheese, we had on hand DiBruno Brothers' aged Gruyere (great pairing) and Adarre (goat/sheep mix). The Chalon was decanted 1.5 hours before first sip, which emphasized its sharp flavors of oxidation, like a smoky fino sherry. It became beautifully smooth as it warmed to room temperature and our mouths were repeatedly coated with the salt and fat of the …
2011 vintage
Taster #9875
· Nov 5, 2021
Hairy crab pairing, served blind. Not much flavor here despite being an RP99; an acquired taste just not mine. NR
2011 vintage
Taster #6171
· May 15, 2021
Delicious and powerful, alive.
1993 vintage
Taster #4860
· May 8, 2021
It's a Chateau-Chalon. "Oxidised" is its raison d'etre.
2011 vintage
Taster #1202
· Apr 1, 2020
80/100
This bottle tasted oxidized. Drank with fried chicken, which it worked with pretty well, but as an aperitif, wasn't enjoyable.
2011 vintage
Taster #7916
· Dec 14, 2019
Repas entre amis : Le héros de la soirée. Nez très ouvert, noix et curry avec une pointe de douceur qui donne sa cohérence à l'ensemble. En bouche, c'est l'équilibre qui frappe, un mariage de puissance et de finesse avec une balance parfaite entre acidité et rondeur. Une très grande bouteille.
1996 vintage
Taster #0341
· Jan 18, 2018
89/100
Steely and oxidative. Reminds me of fino sherry but with a lot more going on.
2011 vintage
Taster #5028
· Oct 28, 2016
94/100
Lunch at Caffe Macaroni. Outstanding, very sherry-like, many years ahead of it.
1996 vintage
Taster #7916
· Dec 29, 2013
Rien à voir avec la bouteille précédente : le vin était magnifique de densité, de complexité et de puissance. Il a dominé tous les autres vins de la soirée. Fabuleux !
1996 vintage
Taster #7916
· Aug 12, 2011
Semble entré dans une phase intermédiaire : encore des souvenirs de la facilité et buvabilité, presuqe légèreté initiale, mais commence à montrer des signes d'évolution vers la noix prononcée. Toujours très bon, mais pas complètement en place à ce stade. Oublier les autres bouteilles 3/4 ans avant de regoûter.
1996 vintage
Taster #7916
· Dec 26, 2009
Très beau, grande concentration et longueur. Toujours au top.
1996 vintage
Taster #3068
· May 25, 2008
91/100
Very nice, but so young and just too expensive (around $200 in Arbois at Jeunette).
1996 vintage