lemon, beeswax, and maybe a hint of peaches on the nose. The palate is pretty similar. I like it, but am not wowed. This is a nice wine, but the price isn't working for me.
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Popped and poured. Medium gold colour in the glass. On the nose, stone fruit, florals, red apple, crushed rock, lemon/lime zest, and fresh cut grass. With time, there is some oak on this wine that becomes more prominent as it sits in the glass. On the palate, very lively with medium plus acidity, some viscosity, and just a hint of sweetness. Finishes moderate with tastes of red apple, citrus zest, mineral, dried flowers and stone fruit, with a touch of that wood lingering on the finish. Really nice wine, with quite a bit of complexity. Certainly the best Muscadet I've ever had.
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Year 2 - Super Tasting 5 of 5 - Greg does Loire (Greg's House - Kitchener, ON): Really expressive nose....so floral and perfumed with pure citrus and ripe white fleshy fruit...white peach and acacia flowers. The palate is really complex....honey, white flowers, lime, preserved lemon, oyster shell, minerals, and bitter salted lemon. The finish is medium+ with very good complexity. This is a knockout of a Muscadet. Almost 92
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Year 2 - Super Tasting 5 of 5 - Greg does the Loire (Greg's House): Pours a shade darker than your typical muscadet. Nose is complex and unusual of candle wax, melon, smoke, waxed lemon, white flowers, ocean beach and sea water. The palate has a nice fatness/viscosity about it, repeating the wax and lemon notes. Finishes medium in length. A touch of oak comes across, though certainly not excessive.
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Dinner at Hwa Seafood (Hwa Seafood, Tagore Lane): I may have been over-generous with my praise at the tasting the last time round. To be fair, it was perhaps served rather warmer than optimal, but in real-life conditions, I would say this showed impressively, but not quite as impressively as from my last note. It had a smoky, minerally nose, with chalk and flint notes lining aromas of ripe limes and bright gooseberries, along with a touch of grass and some meadow flowers - very brightly attractive. The palate had a round, creamy texture that was almost more Chard than Muscadet in its mouthfeel, with a crunch of green apples in its flavours and more citrussy notes past the attack with lemons and limes and the forefront. Some sweeter tropical shades then emerged on the midpalate. However, for all the Chardonnay nuances, it was eventually the bright acid spine and nicely savoury, saline mineral undertone of the wine that kicked into gear, bringing it back to Muscadet territory. Still though - a very difficult wine in a blind tasting, especially with that yellow wax seal. As expected, there were quite a few Chablis guesses. Overall, a good bottle, good with seafood, but it still needs lots time - I have a feeling that there is a lot wound up in this wine that will only show after say 5-6 years more in the bottle.
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2010 Muscadet and Burg Tasting (Artisan Cellars, Palais Renaissance): I could not quite figure this out. It was certainly an impressive, even excellent wine, but it just did not taste like a Muscadet to me. If one can put that aside, there really is a lot to admire about the wine, even in its extreme youth. It had a very rich nose, almost like a white Burgundy, with a sweet, almost creamy note and then ripe aromas of red apples, suggestions of stone fruit and a very flowery perfume. I picked up just a touch of chalky minerality at the edges, otherwise, this would have been hard to pick-up as anything akin to a Muscadet on the nose. The palate was almost as confusing. The extended length on lees and barrel-aging that the wine went through shows up in its luscious, fleshy white fruit and rather sweeter, more melon-ish midpalate. It was rich, creamy, almost unctuous in texture, yet it also carried with it Muscadet hallmarks of precision, focus, lovely freshness and a beautiful minerality. Really puzzling. However, all things aside, it is without doubt a solid wine - powerful, ageworthy, with lots of nascent complexity for something so young, and a musuclar strength undergirding the whole package. It had a great finish too, coating the backpalate with a layer of rich white fruit speared through with a boatload of minerality. Great length and grip here - very compelling. It is rather too young to really properly assess I would say, but I liked what we saw on the day. It will be interesting to try this again in 3, 5 and maybe 10 years - it should bloom with time, and could make a truly excellent wine when it does.
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4/22/2015 - prof b wrote: 87 Points
lemon, beeswax, and maybe a hint of peaches on the nose. The palate is pretty similar. I like it, but am not wowed. This is a nice wine, but the price isn't working for me.
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1/17/2015 - alittle wrote: 91 Points
Popped and poured. Medium gold colour in the glass. On the nose, stone fruit, florals, red apple, crushed rock, lemon/lime zest, and fresh cut grass. With time, there is some oak on this wine that becomes more prominent as it sits in the glass. On the palate, very lively with medium plus acidity, some viscosity, and just a hint of sweetness. Finishes moderate with tastes of red apple, citrus zest, mineral, dried flowers and stone fruit, with a touch of that wood lingering on the finish. Really nice wine, with quite a bit of complexity. Certainly the best Muscadet I've ever had.
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1/17/2015 - Dave Canada wrote: 91 Points
Year 2 - Super Tasting 5 of 5 - Greg does Loire (Greg's House - Kitchener, ON): Really expressive nose....so floral and perfumed with pure citrus and ripe white fleshy fruit...white peach and acacia flowers.
The palate is really complex....honey, white flowers, lime, preserved lemon, oyster shell, minerals, and bitter salted lemon.
The finish is medium+ with very good complexity. This is a knockout of a Muscadet. Almost 92
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1/17/2015 - Wine Canuck wrote: 91 Points
Year 2 - Super Tasting 5 of 5 - Greg does the Loire (Greg's House): Pours a shade darker than your typical muscadet. Nose is complex and unusual of candle wax, melon, smoke, waxed lemon, white flowers, ocean beach and sea water. The palate has a nice fatness/viscosity about it, repeating the wax and lemon notes. Finishes medium in length. A touch of oak comes across, though certainly not excessive.
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6/29/2013 - Paul S wrote: 91 Points
Dinner at Hwa Seafood (Hwa Seafood, Tagore Lane): I may have been over-generous with my praise at the tasting the last time round. To be fair, it was perhaps served rather warmer than optimal, but in real-life conditions, I would say this showed impressively, but not quite as impressively as from my last note. It had a smoky, minerally nose, with chalk and flint notes lining aromas of ripe limes and bright gooseberries, along with a touch of grass and some meadow flowers - very brightly attractive. The palate had a round, creamy texture that was almost more Chard than Muscadet in its mouthfeel, with a crunch of green apples in its flavours and more citrussy notes past the attack with lemons and limes and the forefront. Some sweeter tropical shades then emerged on the midpalate. However, for all the Chardonnay nuances, it was eventually the bright acid spine and nicely savoury, saline mineral undertone of the wine that kicked into gear, bringing it back to Muscadet territory. Still though - a very difficult wine in a blind tasting, especially with that yellow wax seal. As expected, there were quite a few Chablis guesses. Overall, a good bottle, good with seafood, but it still needs lots time - I have a feeling that there is a lot wound up in this wine that will only show after say 5-6 years more in the bottle.
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9/28/2012 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
2010 Muscadet and Burg Tasting (Artisan Cellars, Palais Renaissance): I could not quite figure this out. It was certainly an impressive, even excellent wine, but it just did not taste like a Muscadet to me. If one can put that aside, there really is a lot to admire about the wine, even in its extreme youth. It had a very rich nose, almost like a white Burgundy, with a sweet, almost creamy note and then ripe aromas of red apples, suggestions of stone fruit and a very flowery perfume. I picked up just a touch of chalky minerality at the edges, otherwise, this would have been hard to pick-up as anything akin to a Muscadet on the nose. The palate was almost as confusing. The extended length on lees and barrel-aging that the wine went through shows up in its luscious, fleshy white fruit and rather sweeter, more melon-ish midpalate. It was rich, creamy, almost unctuous in texture, yet it also carried with it Muscadet hallmarks of precision, focus, lovely freshness and a beautiful minerality. Really puzzling. However, all things aside, it is without doubt a solid wine - powerful, ageworthy, with lots of nascent complexity for something so young, and a musuclar strength undergirding the whole package. It had a great finish too, coating the backpalate with a layer of rich white fruit speared through with a boatload of minerality. Great length and grip here - very compelling. It is rather too young to really properly assess I would say, but I liked what we saw on the day. It will be interesting to try this again in 3, 5 and maybe 10 years - it should bloom with time, and could make a truly excellent wine when it does.
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5/3/2012 - presterjohn Likes this wine:
unusual and unusually good, appley fruit and acidity, slightly flinty smokiness. very nice
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