In article >,
Mark Lipton > wrote:

> DaleW wrote:
> > Monday I opened a 375 of white as an apertif. I have generally liked
> > the Gilbert Picq wines, but the 2005 Picq Chablis wasn't thrilling.
> > Plenty of ripe fruit, but not a lot of minerality, and seemed a tad
> > fat. Tasted on following night it seemed even rounder, without a bit
> > of zip to give it more liveliness. B-
>
> Dale, do you see this as a function of producer or vintage? Is '05
> going to turn out to be a bit too hot for Chablis?
>
> Mark Lipton

From what I have read it may have been and that could have pushed up the
alcohol levels.