Loire tasting - White, Red and Sweet

The focus was Chenin Blanc for the whites and Cabernet Franc for the reds.

• 2009 Domaine Huet Vouvray Pétillant Cuvée Huet Brut 85 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray Pétillant

  Delicate, slightly sweet but dry finish. Nice flavors.

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• 2014 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Mont 90 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

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• 2014 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Clos du Bourg 86 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Dusty, aged apples, slightly oxidated. Harsh and uncharming. Perhaps defective.

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• 2014 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Mont 90 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Pear and quince fruit with a good flavor depth. Slightly sweet but nice and sharp acidity. Nice wine.

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• 2010 Domaine des Baumard Savennières Trie Spéciale 88 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières

  Wet hay, green fermented grass (yeast), sewer and a touch of cheese. Funky wine.

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• 2010 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Bournais 93 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Montlouis-sur-Loire

  Juicy green apple with a piercing acidity and lovely fruit depth. Has a solid mineralic touch. Tastes really good.

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• 2014 Damien Laureau Savennières Le Bel Ouvrage 91 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières

  Lovely perfumed nose. The palate has juicy green apples and pear but also a quite hard structure.
  Stringent and piecing acidity. Nice wine but also not very pleasurable.

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• 2014 Nicolas Joly Savennières Les Clos Sacrés (Les Vieux Clos) 86 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières

  Sewer and sulfur, gun powder, beer yeast. Also has a strange touch of hops which gives it a slight bitterness.
  A funny natural wine but also quite strange.

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• 2013 Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Blanc Brézé 87 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur

  Juicy pear fruit but also a bit of sulfur. The acidity is huge but the wine seems a bit closed down.
  There is also a lot of coconut and the acidity is simply to overpowering to get any pleasure from the wine right now.

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• 2015 Sadie Family Chenin Blanc Skurfberg 91 Points

  South Africa, Olifants River, Citrusdal

  Honey and pear and some white flowers. The alcohol is a bit dominant but overall a nice wine.

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• 2009 Ferme de la Sansonnière (Mark Angeli) Les Vieilles Vignes des Blanderies 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Vin de France

  Mature and overripe sweet fruits but with a solid acidity and structure. Seems off-dry but very nice nonetheless.

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• 2008 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Bournais 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Montlouis-sur-Loire

  Overripe and oxidated with some petroleum and manure. Funky and fun but in a good way. Huge acidity.

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• 2000 Nicolas Joly Clos de la Coulée de Serrant 93 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières-Coulée de Serrant

  Oxidated and fermented honey nose. Lots of complexity.
  Slightly sweet palate with dried fruits and some botrytis. Complex and lovely wine.

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• 2014 Nicolas Joly Clos de la Coulée de Serrant 93 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Savennières-Coulée de Serrant

  Very juicy pear and quince fruit with a touch of glue and white pepper. Pretty and clean flavors with a sharp acidity. Lovely wine.

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• 2010 Catherine et Pierre Breton Bourgueil Les Perrières 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Bourgueil

  Perfumed green bell pepper. Floral and juicy. Pure flavors and delicious. Lovely wine but perhaps a bit singular.

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• 2010 Olga Raffault Chinon Les Picasses 90 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

  Green bell pepper on the palate with a huge acidity. Fresh and "clean" but also light and a bit short on the aftertaste.
  Has a rustic touch and a touch of black pepper.

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• 2012 Dominique Joseph - Le Petit Saint Vincent Saumur-Champigny Les Clos Lyzières 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny

  Perfumed, camphor and just very delicious. Enticing and lovely green bell pepper touch. Lovely structure.

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• 2012 Domaine des Roches Neuves Saumur-Champigny Les Mémoires 93 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny

  Fruity dark plum fruit with a huge acidity and great tannin structure. Only a very slight touch of green bell pepper but overall a lovely wine.

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• 2013 Domaine Guiberteau Saumur Les Arboises Brézé 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur

  Fresh and delicious with a solid fruit.Juicy and balanced acidity.

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• 2011 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny Les Poyeux 95 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny

  Dirt and coffee, complex and juicy but still with a lot of balance. Really a lovely wine with plenty of complexity like manure, black tea and orange peel.

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• 2007 Domaine Huet Vouvray Demi-Sec Le Mont 86 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Quite oxidated, dense sweetness but still a fairly light fruit flavors. Nice but very generic.

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• 2008 Domaine Huet Vouvray Demi-Sec Le Haut-Lieu 88 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Butterscotch flavors with fresh acidity and slight sweetness. Light and elegant.

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• 2003 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Le Haut-Lieu 91 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Super fresh, dense sweetness and complex spicy aftertaste. Nice and clean flavors.

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• 2003 Domaine Huet Vouvray Moelleux 1ère Trie Le Mont 92 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Dense sweetness profile but also very oxidated. Intense with some spicy vanilla.

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• 2003 Domaine Huet Vouvray Cuvée Constance 95 Points

  France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

  Very complex sweetness and just packed with apricots. A very extreme wine that is very compact and dense.
  It has some lovely flavors of coffee, sewer, caramel and hazelnuts but also huge acidity. Impressive wine.

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