20 years old, surprisingly fresh! Tasted like Sauternes light. Peaches, honey, some white flowers and a touch of candied orange peel and some very light forest floor notes in the far distance. Medium finish with some oxidation notes on the end. First time trying this style and wanted to try a younger one because I have some 80s vintages in the cellar that I'm still aging. Not disappointed at all and can't wait to try and 40 year old ones soon!
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Home of Food Festival (Lord's): A big wine - epic nose, a lot going on, expansive on the palate - one can feel the heat of the vintage, one just feels that a bit more acidity would bring it into line.
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Gosh, this is very impressive wine. Generous, warm blood orange, red cherry compote, peach jam, real intensity here and the acidity is in balance and well handled in my hedonistic viewpoint. Slight torréfaction on the back end but this comes across well and very fresh. Full on fat texture.
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Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon Vertical Tasting (Le Petit Sommelier): Very restraint nose, ripe orange zest and flesh, sweet floral notes and ripe pear. The palate is rich again but balanced, following the profile of the nose, pear, lime, citrus, very light notes of red apple, long finish. Outstanding
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From a multi-vintage assortment case. Was really curious to try this wine in its youth (just two years after release). Nose of bubblegum, flowers, honey, spice; a little closed compared to other vintages I have tried, but still expressive. In the mouth it is nicely poised with great freshness, but less acidity than I was expecting given the very high acids of other vintages. Quite different to what I was expecting but still a wine of great class and promise.
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Moulin Touchais - Liquid Gold from the Loire (LSE): Slightly greenish intense gold. Delicate honeyed nose, some fruit and blossom. Medium sweet, honeyed, fresh, good acidity, slightly bitter finish, medium length.
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Visit to Vignobles Touchais (Doué-la-Fontaine, Loire Valley, France): Nose with smoke and some hazelnuts (but not any oxidation notes), yellow apple, some spice. Sweet on the palate, with balancing medium acidity, spice, yellow apple, some dried fruit, some honey, slightly oily, good mint notes. 90+ p. By Moulin Touchais standards, the 2003 doesn't seem quite "ready" yet, but it is balanced and will be very long-lived. The heat of the vintage can be somewhat felt in the character of the wine. It comes across as a little sweeter and less acid-dominated than a representative vintage, but the acidity is definitely high enough for balance, so I wouldn't want to exaggerate the difference. The hot vintage also gives a concentrated wine.
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11/28/2023 - DevenStephens Likes this wine: 92 Points
20 years old, surprisingly fresh! Tasted like Sauternes light. Peaches, honey, some white flowers and a touch of candied orange peel and some very light forest floor notes in the far distance. Medium finish with some oxidation notes on the end. First time trying this style and wanted to try a younger one because I have some 80s vintages in the cellar that I'm still aging. Not disappointed at all and can't wait to try and 40 year old ones soon!
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9/11/2023 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Home of Food Festival (Lord's): A big wine - epic nose, a lot going on, expansive on the palate - one can feel the heat of the vintage, one just feels that a bit more acidity would bring it into line.
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6/27/2018 - VinoVeloVinyl wrote: 93 Points
Moulin Touchais: A retrospective tasing conducted by Frederik Wilbrenninck and Richard Kelley MW; 6/26/2018-6/27/2018 (The Institute of Masters of Wine, London SW11): 100% passerillage grapes, no botrytis in this heatwave vintage. 'It would have been fantastic with just a bit more acidity.' says Frederik Wilbrenninck.
Gosh, this is very impressive wine. Generous, warm blood orange, red cherry compote, peach jam, real intensity here and the acidity is in balance and well handled in my hedonistic viewpoint. Slight torréfaction on the back end but this comes across well and very fresh. Full on fat texture.
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4/26/2016 - kostaslonis wrote: 92 Points
Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon Vertical Tasting (Le Petit Sommelier): Very restraint nose, ripe orange zest and flesh, sweet floral notes and ripe pear. The palate is rich again but balanced, following the profile of the nose, pear, lime, citrus, very light notes of red apple, long finish. Outstanding
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7/17/2015 - Poussin wrote: 92 Points
From a multi-vintage assortment case. Was really curious to try this wine in its youth (just two years after release). Nose of bubblegum, flowers, honey, spice; a little closed compared to other vintages I have tried, but still expressive. In the mouth it is nicely poised with great freshness, but less acidity than I was expecting given the very high acids of other vintages. Quite different to what I was expecting but still a wine of great class and promise.
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4/27/2015 - tendring Likes this wine: 89 Points
Moulin Touchais - Liquid Gold from the Loire (LSE): Slightly greenish intense gold.
Delicate honeyed nose, some fruit and blossom.
Medium sweet, honeyed, fresh, good acidity, slightly bitter finish, medium length.
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1/21/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points
Ripe, honeyed stone fruit, baked apples, quince. Fresh, lots of sweet fruit, round and forward, approachable, long. Still a baby, great future. 91++
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6/28/2013 - Vintomas wrote: 90 Points
Visit to Vignobles Touchais (Doué-la-Fontaine, Loire Valley, France): Nose with smoke and some hazelnuts (but not any oxidation notes), yellow apple, some spice. Sweet on the palate, with balancing medium acidity, spice, yellow apple, some dried fruit, some honey, slightly oily, good mint notes. 90+ p.
By Moulin Touchais standards, the 2003 doesn't seem quite "ready" yet, but it is balanced and will be very long-lived. The heat of the vintage can be somewhat felt in the character of the wine. It comes across as a little sweeter and less acid-dominated than a representative vintage, but the acidity is definitely high enough for balance, so I wouldn't want to exaggerate the difference. The hot vintage also gives a concentrated wine.
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