Community Tasting Notes 23

• Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 points

  May 5, 2024 - Late night at home with J. 1 day old bottle. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart. The story, the wine, the history. Poignant that I enjoyed the read of "Godforsaken Grapes" recently.
  Appearance is slightly cloudy, pale intensity, lemon colour. Thin legs.
  Nose medium intensity, with aromas of apple cider, sour lemon, yeasty lees, hint of alpine flowers. Developing.
  On the palate, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of intense sour lemon, apple cider, quince, skin contact lees, sweet refreshing alpine flower juice, minerality. Long zippy acidic finish.
  Very good quality. Refreshing invigorating wine that feels so unique. Feels like it might age well too.

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• Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 28, 2024 - It was great to have tried Eponyme, as sad as the story behind it may be. Very pure, mineral, some citrus and yeasty notes, fresh acidity. Very cool wine.

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• ThijsV Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 28, 2024 - Pale yellow, medium+ intensity with lemon, elderflower, pineapple, minerality, slightly oxidative, grassy. Medium+ acidity, very long finish. 92+
  
  Normally I’m not having great analogies while drinking a wine, but this felt like a fresh spring mountain stream with a unparalleled clarity.
  
  The story behing this vintage is actually quite sad; the 2020 vintage has been made by Ganevat because the winemaker Dominique Belluart took his life.
  
  Only 22ha worldwide planted with Gringet…

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• drrobvino wrote: 89 points

  March 20, 2024 - 1st of 2 bottles. No formal TN, this was a nice wine.

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• geraldsng Likes this wine:

  January 17, 2024 - The Eponyme has a sad story but I suppose that adds to the poignancy of the wine. The first one I’ve actually opened and therefore my first time tasting Gringet. Verbena and elderflower. Slight effervescence and a light touch of VA, perhaps unsurprising since the wine was made by Ganevat after the original proprietor’s (the eponymous Belluard) untimely passing. Interestingly felt quite ferric (as opposed to the salty/chalky feeling from limestone), unsure if that’s anything to do with the terroir. Excellent balance of concentration with tension and persistent without losing energy. A great wine in its own right.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Belluard
• Varietal Gringet
• Designation Eponyme
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Savoie
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Vin de Savoie

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• Pending Delivery 27 (5%)
• In Cellars 370 (67%)
• Consumed 152 (28%)

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