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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.4 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 257 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cephomer on 2/22/2024 & rated 95 points: Drank at Uncle Ned's OBTN, supplied by Mandy. Yellowish-gold in color. Nose of honey, peaches and quince. Fairly unctuous in weight but not fat or clunky, with exuberant amount of honey, apricot, quince & fig. Solid acidic core, great complexity & richness, and not too sweet. In fact, I'd call this off-dry. Loved this bottle! (896 views) | | | Tasted by Mark1npt on 2/7/2024 & rated 94 points: Wow! First of 12 wines served blind by our host Ken K tonight.....
Dark gold in the glass, oxidized nose.
Palate of sweet oak with a decidedly saline back palate. The perfect balance between salty and sweet. This was one of my wines of the night. I have never been the beneficiary of an old sweet Chenin like this before! It completely confused me..... (1335 views) | | | Tasted by DaleW on 1/2/2024: Honey, quince (someone remarked on its resemblance to the membrillo), sweet apple. Nice. balanced, but not super complex. B/B+ (1062 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 10/10/2023: Opened and poured. Deep yellow. Clean, unbotrytized orchard fruit. Medium body, not that glycerine for Chenin Blanc, and almost off dry rather than exceedingly sweet. Moelleux style wine, more rich than dessert level sweet. Reserved but excellent. I look forward to following this over the next 2 nights.
More liquoreux and high toned after being recorked overnight. Now more of a true dessert wine. (1636 views) | | | Tasted by shza on 2/12/2023 & rated 94 points: Wow, bottle 2 was absurdly better than bottle 1 two months ago. The acid was perfect on this one balancing the richness, raisin, dried apricot, and big caramel. Beautiful; I get it now. (2399 views) | | | Tasted by shza on 12/24/2022: NR because I’m just not a lover of sweet wines, even having tried plenty others of this tier. If rating, I’d give an 88-90. I would have liked more acid. Considerably better the next day and two days later, when it got a really nice caramel note. But I’d still take a good old Sauternes over this - it’s missing the pop (less acidity and maybe lack of botrytis?) I like there, and, to my palate, is thinner. (1965 views) | | | Tasted by tak4 on 10/16/2022 & rated 95 points: At Troquet with Mark and Raj. This was the wine of the night. Perfect balance of sweetness and acidity, a magnificent golden color, lanolin on the nose, and clean chenin blanc notes (not so much the wet wool). (2350 views) | | | Tasted by byzero on 10/15/2022 & rated 95 points: "Slow Decanting" this classic
DAY 1
👃Sweet apricot, tangerine, white flowers, varnish, & manuka honey. Beautiful and very expressive
👅Hits the tongue with honeyed sweetness and bright rich fruit leading the way. Acidity increases next followed by beautiful quince/apricot/tangerines. Finishes long with no unsavory bits. Everything in balance
The remaining wine was Slow Decanted
DAY 12
👃Just wow😮 Fruit, florals, varnish, and honey
👅Sweet rich apricot, smoky orange, honey, mango, varnish, grapefruit, quince, fig, sultanas.... Starts and ends with fruit. Savory in the mid palate. Lovely mouthfeel. Rich but not heavy
-This QdC was stellar and virtually identical on Days 1 and
12. This would likely stay great for much longer with Slow
Decanting but I just couldn't hold off
-This 2002 is in great form and I am sure another decade is
going to be no problem with this level of acidity and balance
Follow "Vinloq.notes" on Instagram (2228 views) | | | Tasted by Scott McDonald on 10/4/2022 flawed bottle: Corked (2150 views) | | | Tasted by AMC Eagle on 10/2/2022 & rated 97 points: Served chilled. Deep yellow-gold in colour. Nose of ripe mangoes, quince, brown turbindo sugar, and a touch of honey. Sweet and sour mangoes, ripe pineapples and apricots with bits of apple cider are noticed on palate; multi layered and sharp. Medium+ bodied with a long finish. Oh yeah, this is some good <bleep>. (1668 views) | | | Tasted by punter on 5/22/2022 & rated 94 points: Deep golden and light orange tint I have not seen before. Pure yellow fruit with pear, light white apple, and quince driven wine with minerality and lightness on the palate with balanced and now relaxed acidity. Not too sweet, waves of rich fruit, delightful mouthfeel and good length. This bottle was a big after dinner hit and evaporated in 20 minutes. Moderately chilled, no decant. Hold 3-4 years. (2148 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 5/19/2022 & rated 91 points: Luis' "Bring a Very Good Bottle" without Luis (The Kenwood, Mpls, MN): Deep gold color. Drank a small glass over 30 minutes. Baked apple, Tart Tatin, honeysuckle, apricot, rich and honeyed, fig, orange bitters. Fairly mature at this point if representative. (2078 views) | | | Tasted by devraj on 1/30/2022 & rated 93 points: Deep orange-gold in color. Lifted classic aromas of orchard pit-fruits, quince paste, marzipan, yellow florals and minerals. Palate shows ripe and sweet crushed pear-peach-orange marmalade buttressed with terrific acidity and a long mineral and floral inflected finish. Very, very good and on point. (2356 views) | | | Tasted by peternelson on 11/4/2021 & rated 90 points: Darker golden-orange; honey, nuts, excellent structure and acidity. NOtes lacking on this one. Interesting next to '89 Vouvray Moelleux Le Mont. DD at Akbar blind--Loire Whites. (2671 views) | | | Tasted by Ianttuck on 10/17/2021 & rated 94 points: Absolutely exceptional. Still has a ton of life. Great acidity and complex combinations of ripe apricots, tropical accents, honey, and honeycomb. (2436 views) | | | Tasted by williamswhine on 5/22/2021 & rated 97 points: Really enjoyed this dessert wine. Great texture, richness, and powerful acidity. Nice balance of flowers, citrus, mango, mineral notes. Light-medium on the palate, this wine drinks effortlessly and has a very long finish. Terrific bottle! (2615 views) | | | Tasted by winemaker on 3/3/2021 & rated 94 points: Beautiful wine. Complete. Enjoyed with a Pear Tart. Acidity has softened significantly from a few years back. (3058 views) | | | Tasted by dke on 12/20/2020 & rated 90 points: Nicely aged with taste of apricots and honey (3031 views) | | | Tasted by dream on 9/25/2020 & rated 91 points: Perfectly-aged and very mineral-driven with delicious flavors of quince and white stones. Finishes smooth and layered with just the right touch of sweetness. (3036 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 8/27/2020: Great Champagne and Burgundy Dinner (Park Ridge Country Club): Lots and lots here but I think it still needs more time for the underlying sweetness to soften slightly more. Very good potential. (3893 views) | | | Tasted by bon vivant on 7/31/2020 & rated 92 points: I fully concur with Burg Mitch's TN yet my score is a bit less generous based on the current showing. I was surprised at the relative dryness/high acidity especially since it didn't seem that way in it's younger days but everything is here for LT ageing and I will keep my bottles deep in the cellar for at least another 5 years and definitely consume the 2000 first. If tempted to drink now I would more likely open one early in a meal with aps. rather then as a finale. (2466 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Mitch on 7/31/2020 & rated 94 points: Not as sweet as a typical QDC from Baumard, this had a bit of steely, nervosity with a firm acidic spine to balance the RS nicely giving this lift and cut I might expect from almost a Demi-sec. Otherwise typical QDC favor profile. Loved it and with its relatively high acidity this is a wine that could pair with a larger range of foods than a typical sweetie. This got sucked down quickly with 8 folks in attendance. (2106 views) | | | Tasted by Border Boss on 7/19/2020: Popped and poured with desserts. The wine has darkened a bit into a golden orange hue. The sweetness and acidity balance really well, so the wine isn't at all cloying. An excellent, but lighter, alternative to a Sauternes. Chenin Blanc from the Loire is so often overlooked, but they are great wines. (2038 views) | | | Tasted by kstoddard on 5/29/2020 flawed bottle: Corked (2298 views) | | | Tasted by BradA on 3/14/2020 & rated 93 points: A bit more caramel in color. Paired with sautéed calves liver. This is a winning wine and grand pairing. Just enough acid to cut the richness of the liver, not too sweet either. A finish that remains clean— not cloying. No need to hurry, but in a great spot if you have them. (2456 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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