Community Tasting Notes 2

• henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:

  April 9, 2024 - This isn't Pouilly Fume - it's Vin de France - producer got fed up with AOC rules, apparently.
  Rich nose, apples, almost smells a bit like a sparkling wine,
  Lean, high acidity but good ripeness here. It's a little like a Chenin Blanc. Nutty with an oxiadtive edge. A little bit wild but not cidery or anything like that.
  Lovely wine.

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• Thomas Fairfax wrote:

  March 30, 2024 - Wow! This is serious stuff. Quince electric - it's sweet, autumnal aroma, its brassy, golden flavours, followed by bracing, vital acidity. Macadamia nuts, too; and honey, and caramel, and pebbles that have been washed up and down a pebbley beach, tide after tide after tide, abraded into perfect smoothness. There is a slight ozone element that puts me a little in mind of Muscadet, but the fruit is completely different, so much more to the fore. I say bracing acidity, but it's very much enveloped within the body of the wine; it's pokey and defiant, but not overwhelming or tart. This is simply wonderful, perfectly balancing richness with tension.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Alexandre Bain
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation La Levée
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Upper Loire
• Appellation Pouilly-Fumé

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• In Cellars 6 (67%)
• Consumed 3 (33%)

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