Community Tasting Notes 12

• Zweder wrote: 89 points

  July 9, 2021 - White fruits, dry, a lot of tart citrus acidity. Tasty wine.

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• matage Likes this wine: 88 points

  October 20, 2019 - While showing clear signs of maturity, it's still very fresh and vibrant and evolved nicely over 3 hours in the glass. Would probably benefit from another 3+ years

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• forceberry wrote: 90 points

  August 21, 2019 - Aged for 9 months in stainless steel. 13% alcohol. Bottled under a screwcap.
  
  Moderately intense lemon yellow color with light green highlights. Dry, distinctive and rather non-fruity nose with complex aromas of dusty pollen, some nectarine, a little bit of woolly lanolin, light chalky mineral tones, a hint of rowanberry marmalade and a touch of saline ocean air. The nose gains a subtly sweet streak of acacia honey as it opens up in the glass. The wine is intense, crisp and very high-strung on the palate with medium body and very focused, youthful flavors of tangy green apples, sharp citrus fruit tones of key lime, some steely mineral tones, light bitter notes of apple peel and quinine, a hint of woolly lanolin and a touch of pomelo. There's a touch of honeyed sweetness to the wine, but the bracing acidity keeps the taste almost bone-dry. The finish is long, crisp and quite lean with intense, dry flavors of steely minerality, apple peel bitterness, quinine, some key lime, a little bit of chalky minerality, a hint of leesy yeast and a touch of pomelo.
  
  A very crisp, lean and remarkably youthful Savennières with pronounced minerality. In comparison to the Baumard Clos du Papillon 2005 tasted alongside, this wine felt somewhat leaner and slightly more underwhelming in comparison, but also noticeably more youthful in style with tons of potential for future development. Although both the wines show great potential for future development, the Clos du Papillon 2005 felt more approachable and rewarding at the moment, whereas I suspect this wine will turn out more impressive and longer-lived of the two. Fine, mineral stuff. Expect the score to go up with age.

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• Frederyck wrote:

  October 31, 2017 - Crisp chalkiness and lots of acid, but with some muted fruits. This is probably a bit over its prime, but still very nice. Drink now.

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• kfinsrud wrote: 88 points

  August 24, 2017 - Skrukork. Dekantert 1 t. Nesen lukter halm, voks, nytt gulvbelegg og gule epler. I munnen hvit frukt med prikkende sitrus. Litt oksidativ stil. Stor kropp, svakt oljete tekstur. Tørr avslutning. God lengde. Mer balansert nå enn forrige flaske.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type White
• Producer Domaine des Baumard
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Clos de Saint Yves
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Anjou-Saumur
• Appellation Savennières

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• Consumed 63 (81%)

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