Community Tasting Notes 8

• andtheodor wrote: 91 points

  March 9, 2023 - Rich, wooly, chamomile, honey, serve me this blind and I'd confidently say a younger vintage of Moulin Touchais.

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• David Paris (dbp) wrote: 91 points

  February 27, 2015 - E&R's 1st Annual Salon des Vins de La Loire-egon et La Dive Bouteille (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): A fun extra pour of an older bottle. This offers rich honey aromas and nice rich intensity; quite deep and complex. Soft and lovely balance of richness and tartness on the palate. Really drinking in a beautiful place today, with a nice rich finish.

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• chefdilletante wrote:

  November 27, 2013 - Second bottle of the night. First was oxidized, which seems to be a recurrent issue for this era of Chidaine wines. He learned that you can only lower sulfur levels so much before the wine suffers in the long term. With that in mind, it's likely that some of the tasting notes below reflect oxidized wines.
  
  The wine has put on some weight, with a prominent wet stone finish. Fruit is predominated by pineapple, with a bit of citrus. It took about two hours of air before this started to show better. This wine was beautiful and vigorous in its youth. It's drinking reasonably but hasn't aged particularly gracefully.

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• winot Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 10, 2013 - Definitely better once it warmed up a bit - medium deep gold, almost alarmingly so - nose is shy, showing burnished, medicinal notes, flan - wonderful, aged flavours - complex orange peel, burnt caramel - v good acidity, and v good length - went extraordinarily well with mid-aged Gouda - elegant, complex, contemplative. Likely demi-sec sweetness but with the acidity it does not come across as sweet at all, just a bit on the sides. If I had more, I'd drink them soon, but no panic.

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• BradKNYC wrote: flawed

  February 19, 2013 - Bo ssam and vino with a visiting John Tomasso. (Christine & Marty's.): Heat damaged, dang it. A shame as this was the wine that got me into Chidaine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2002
• Type White
• Producer François Chidaine
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Clos Habert
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Touraine
• Appellation Montlouis-sur-Loire

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• Consumed 13 (50%)

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