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• eboracum Likes this wine: 90 points

  November 7, 2020 - I bought a couple of bottles of this reputedly poor vintage out of curiosity during a visit to Foreau's estate in the early 00s. He gave some pairing tips, IIRC including cockles, but as the first bottle was thin and ungraciously acidic, I forgot about the second. When my wife asked for a white wine for cooking, I pulled this out but tasted it first in case it spoiled the food. Lo and behold 36 years from the vintage delicious fresh, elegant and fragrant aromas emerged on the nose and carried through onto the palate where they balanced the acidity, brought out fine minerality and sublimated the lightness of body with good length. Too feather weight to stand up to the dish of sandre et beurre blanc but delicious alone. Very good by now in an unusual way.

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• THT wrote: 86 points

  May 17, 2011 - Le vin est toujours très tendu, mais il est quand même devenu beaucoup plus aimaible qu'il y a quelques années. Le nez est superbe, avec des notes de truffe (ça tombait bien, il a tenu compagnie à quelques truffes d'été !), de fruits jaunes, notes d'encaustique discrètes. Il laisse la bouche fraiche et nette, avec une jolie persistance. Loin d'avoir déposé les armes en tous les cas.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1984
• Type White
• Producer Foreau Domaine du Clos Naudin
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation Sec
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Touraine
• Appellation Vouvray

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• In Cellars 5 (71%)
• Consumed 2 (29%)

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