Tasted double blind from a small capped bottle. We all thought this was the youngest of the 3 (05,07,10). Oops. This one smelled like Riesling to me - with its fresh orchard fruits and stony minerality. graham cracker, some sweetness stony minerals. Palate is flinty, with green apple, some sharp citrus. (Would guess riesling) some tropical.
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Magnum decanted into four half-bottles and imbibed one by one over a week or so. This is a venerable wine, still ample piss and vinegar, that is, it's not near tired or fading. Classic muscadet citrusy flavors and acidity when opened and served cold, with nice purity and precision. With lengthy exposure to air, and served close to cool room temperature - like you might serve a Bordeaux -its briny flavor qualities come upstage, and viscosity develops, so that the texture somewhat balances out the keen acidity. I prefer the briny, viscous presentation of this wine, which is peaking now, as I drink the second half of the third 375 bottle. Three mags left, I'll aim to work through them over the coming two-three years.
Moe-Curly rating for this wine out of the bottle; Larry-Curly for the wine after air and served at cool room temperature. As much as I like these wines, as versatile as they are - and with the exception of some Briordes - they lack the scale and weight to get into double Curly or Larry territory.
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Tasted blind. Very pretty nose of apples, grapefruit, and minerals. Good acidity and surprisingly rich and creamy (but not overly so) with green apple and citrus flavors on the palate. Good finish. Lovely aged Muscadet!
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From magnum. I was fretful about excessive aging, because of the last note by 14Frimaire. I usually decant my magnums into half bottles, drinking the whole amount over the course of a week or so.
I was frustrated, initially, because this wine is always so tight and ungiving on opening, and I began to think was 14Frimaire right, and that this wine would oxidize before it yielded any real flavor. Progressively, however, the wine showed better with each half bottle and each glass. The last two glasses were the best, from a demi poured six days after opening the magnum, and a day after re-opening the half bottle. Only at this stage did the wine really show the dirty, saline brininess that makes mature Muscadet so good - combined, in this wine, with enough body and texture to make it both sumptuous and classy.
Good to be reminded what you are paying for in Clisson, with enough patience. I feel that drinking these wines young is such a forgone opportunity. I have four more magnums and plan to relish every drop.
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Has aged nicely, but was overshadowed by a great magnum of 05 Briords on this day. A little richer, but less zingy and minerally than Briords, the extra lees influence is noticeable in the slightly milky character.
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Seems to be suffering from 2005-itis. As far as I know, I'm the only person with an issue with this vintage from Pépière. I loved the Clisson on release, but it has the same hollow quality I found in multiple bottles of the Briords.
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Not used to drinking whites this old so a little strange for me...Golden color but not caramel...soft on the mid palate, with a finish that just felt like it was a bit eh...
Paired with sushi actually was ok...
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I was a little alarmed at first pour, there was a light sherried note with a touch of VA. But whatever it was blew off quickly leaving a lovely wine. Fuller style of Muscadet, lemons, pit fruits, and oyster shells, there’s a little Chenin-like wool nose with air, quite enjoyable. A-
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Medium yellow. Medium weight, so much more layered than typical Muscadet without tasting of wood. Chalky base. Complex flavors, difficult to pick out any discrete fruit components. The acidity has relaxed a bit at age 13. Excellent.
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Another Blind Sunday (Chez S1): Really drinking well but no hurry. Lots of saline, quince and (preserved?) lemon with a hint of anise and ginger. Honeyed golden--still screaming for food.
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HDH auction tasting at Tru; 9/18/2015-9/19/2015: Almost colourless. So stony and rocky, with a tinge of ripe stone fruit (peaches?). There's a slight bit of sweetness thanks to the ripe fruit that balances with the intense acidity and minerality. This bottle just screams for oysters.
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Peppierre, Saxum, Swift, &Bevan (Our home): Light gold in color. This took a good hour to open up but was fascinating during that time. Then, excellent. The nose starts out tight, but minerals. As it opens, lemons show up, then some vanilla (?, I know this gets no oak, but its there), then it gets deeper and more complex before settling into minerals, shells, and sea air. On the palate, very tight but with air, it gets deep with layered complexity. Slightly oily notes come out later. Not about fruit, but intensity and complexity. Also, fresh. Blind, I would have guessed a couple of years old. Bought on release and stored in my cellar.
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Terrific. This'll knock the socks off any white Burgundy from the same year in the freshness department - it's as bright and pure as a new release, super linear and precise with a gravelly, schisty minerality.
When this is good, it is really good: intense, almost viscous, cerebral - more Savennieres than Muscadet, in fact. White fruit upfront (canned peaches), just a hint of oxidation, and a suggestion of sweetness balancing out the acidity. At 10 years of age, I find that the Trois tastes more like an actual Muscadet (more mineral, more yeast, more salinity, and just a bit lighter on its feet), but the Clisson is more interesting overall. Still, I think this should be enjoyed sooner rather than later.
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Nice wine, lemony, clean, pure, saline, medium-light. Perfect for lunches and aperitifs; good to sip or with light fare. Bit of roundness, not too much. Its refreshing acidity and relatively light body make it a very good spring wine. I liked the wine but think 05 is not a great Muscadet year, and suspect now that Luneau Papin wines are built to age more than these Pepiere ones, as fond as I am of both.
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Medium yellow core. Nose of mint, pineapple puree and fresh apple juice, showing a bit of oxidation. Medium-bodied, with balanced acidity. Slightly oxidized on the palate as well. Ok, but seems on the decline. Bad bottle?
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This is not your avg quaffing muscadet...10yrs and holding in pretty strong...nose was interesting and floral...while not very complex, I felt it was still very fresh and enjoyable w/linguine and clams on night 1 & sushi night 2...
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Wow, this wine remains a tour de force. Typical Muscadet acidic drive and energy, but an utterly seductive, creamy texture which takes it to a different level and makes the experience much more like drinking white Burgundy. Superb.
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To my happiness, shows real muscadet character on the nose - oyster shells and ocean water. There are floral elements too, but the nose is unmistakably representative of place. The palate is almost lush and comes across as a lovely merging of Muscadet and a white Burgundy. Balanced and fresh tasting, and delicious with the mackerel but also with the other savory dishes on our table. In a good place and seems very sturdy indeed.
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Loire Night at Racines (Racines NY - New York, NY): On my first whiff, this reminded me of a Raveneau. So much salty seawater, and lemon zest it’s hard to resist. I drank this so fucking fast…and kept trying to sneak small pours, but shit, it was gone. Was this the first Clisson vintage? I think so. Pepiere’s Briords are all about precision and cut, and this was all about power and elegance. A “wow” wine from start to finish.
Pale yellow. Green citrus. Light, great acidity, lime fruit, stone dust coats the palate. Tremendous. Not tasted in over 5 years, and it would seem that it has slimmed down to become the essence of Muscadet without any extraneous fat. My wife noted the similarity to classic Chablis, and this was entirely true.
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I put off drinking this bottle because my memory of a prior one wasn't that great. Well, the problem may have been my memory rather than that earlier sample. This was excellent: lean and racy, citric, bracing, pure.
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So happy to see that my last btl was not representative. This wine is fabulous. Is there a better QPR in a white wine than a first-rate Muscadet like this? Lemon curd, plenty of minerality and good acid, though not as jagged and bracing as some Muscadets can be. If you are an acid-head, you will probably want to to go for the Briords. This will appeal to a wider audience, though it is in no way flabby...just a little richer than some of its brethren. Great stuff and drinking beautifully now. Held up for 3 days corked in the fridge, too. I'll be drinking this all summer (NB - the 2009 regular bottling from Pepiere is almost as good - fresher, right now, though not as deep and complex).
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Just gorgeous. The acidity seems turned down a notch and the wine shows a great texture right now. Like liquid lemon flavored custard, almost. Fantastic bottle.
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Very enjoyable - with John and Linda over for hot pretzels and surf and turf on the grill. This wine very nice - dry with a flinty aspect not at all overpowering the fruit.
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From magnum. Some pillowy textural smoothness over a line of acid crispness, with light citrus on the nose; but, to me, mostly closed as to aromatics and flavor. From this format, at least, hold for a couple more years, imho.
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A Long Weekend of Burgs and a Few Others; 5/17/2012-5/20/2012 (Scottsdale, AZ): Opened this to show my friend what Marc Ollivier can do with this cuvee. This 2005 is drinking very well right now. The pungency that I found on release has eased a bit, leaving a deliciously balanced mix of citrus and mineral flavors rounded off nicely by a few years of bottle age. Really good. My discrete CT scale: 95-extraordinary; 90-very good; 85-good; 80-fair; 75-poor
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Birthday Wines (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Light gold color. Pop and pour. Drank 2+ glasses over 1.5 hours. Nose is bright, citrus, pear, melon, a little tropical, ripe, spring air, mineral. The palate is fresh, wet stones, citrus, pear, bracing acidity, medium plus finish. Very nice.
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Not sure if this was an off bottle, going through a dumb stage or I just don't like it. However, this btl did nothing for me. I like this producer and this bottling, usually, but this did nothing for me over 3 nights. I hope the rest are better. NR as I am not sure this is representative.
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This was fun to drink. Nothing too complex but had lots of yummy fruit on the nose and on the flavor profile. Fruit almost gave the impression of an off dry white only to give way to a slight bitterness on the back end. Great quaffer and a QPR. Still has life and I estimate it will be drinking well for another 3-5 years.
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Unfortunately this bottle was just not particularly interesting. Very reticent on the nose and lacking any energy on the palate. Hard to say what was going on. Maybe served too warm, maybe slightly corked, but it didn't live up to expectations, or to the '05 Briords drunk the same week.
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This is a lovely drop, for sure. Much more richness than Briords but still retains that lemon vibrancy, seaspray and minerality. Ridiculous value for a delightful wine that will last for another decade.
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Goodness, what a difference a year (or three) makes. Drinking this back closer to its release date was an exercise in mild self-punishment, even if it was the kind of pain that gets you off rather than makes you wish it would end. Still, there's much more simple delight to be had here now than before; if in the past this was wearing spike heels and pouring hot candle wax on your naughty bits, now it's content to lightly bite your lip during a kiss, maybe dig its nails into your back. Sorry, we were discussing the wine... anyway, now this actually leads with some sumptuous yellow fruit to match the brackish minerality and lemon-bright acidity. Smoky, gunflint elements complement a midpalate that's remarkably deep and rich, with that succulent fruit in the upper register while the chalky bright salinity surges back and forth across the tongue like a basketball team running ladder drills. It's towards the end that the minerality finally muscles its way to the top, leaving a sensory impression in the mouth that's literally crunchy, combined with the continued lemon-drop succulence. I dunno about the sub-dom part, but you definitely want some of this wine. No safe words required.
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the most intense 'light bodied' wine you'll ever drink. Where are the oysters? The fruit is there (citrus, peach), but it is overwhelmed by driving acidity, salinity, and minerality. Getting better with each bottle.
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This is really good stuff and I like it a lot. we had intended to save some for tomorrow to see how it aged while open but we couldn't stop drinking it. You were chewing on some fresh lemon zest and an ocean wave splashed onto your face.
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Brooklynguy has it right-- candied violets, highly floral and aromatic, lemon curd on palate with biting acidity. Consumed over two nights, better on second night. An exceptional aperitif, and matched beautiful with rich cheeses.
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Just a terrific wine. So focused. Drank half the bottle, and then the other half two days later. And it was even better then. The acidity softened and the wine developed a more layered feel. Amazing stuff.
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A truly lovely bottle. Deeply floral upon opening, like candied violets on the nose. Citrus, stones, flowers on the palate and with beautiful balance and great intensity. We enjoyed this with fresh fluke, cauliflower with something akin to romanscu sauce, and smashed potatoes with garlic, and the wine was more than strong enough to stand up to everything. Excellent stuff.
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This bottle was very tight and not particularly generous but still impressed. A bit waxy and chenin like. Have just a few left and I will do my best to hold them a few more years.
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A beguiling nose that is showing champagne-like complexity and depth. Certainly austere with massive minerality, but with underlying richness that's showing the way forward. I can't wait to try this at intervals over the next 20 years. Easily one of the best QPR's I've encountered.
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Wow, steely, minerally. I don't think these grapes could pass through an airport metal detector. The minerality comes through on the nose and the palate. Kind of a sharp attack of acid and then a focused lemon zest tartness and a lingering finish. White fruits on the finish. Good stuff, I think it's probably still improving. A Louis/Dressner import.
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This wine hits like a short sharp blast of trumpets, quickly fades, then slowly gains in volume through the lengthy full finish. The middle does fill out over the course of a couple of hours, particularly as it warms. It’s precise, has wonderful depth of minerality, everpresent but controlled acidity, all the lemony seaspray you could want, and is inviting in its fullness. Damn good.
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This is a bit confounding. Maybe the most austere white wine I've ever had. Liquid rocks and seashells with saline undertow, cut grass, and a curiously a hint of coconut milk. Long and dense on the palate and finish. Practically undrinkable on its own, but it shone with some Reblochon. Needs food and/or a few years to soften up. Hard for me to judge this wine at my level of experience.
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X-Mas 2008 (RI): Started the booze off with this fantastic Muscadet for a spinach salad. This is one serious wine, and at $20 is a steal. Pretty focused, with an amazing finish that leaves the mouth almost coated with a chalk feeling. I actually thought of that Cliffs of Dover while drinking this, because of the sea flavors also in this wine. Much richer then I expect in my limited experiences with Muscadets. Great balance, focus, and intensity. Despite this, It drank very easy, and I had to put a cork in the bottle to make sure and try it after a day. Great match with the salad, as well. 91-92, we'll see next day.
Next Day: This is killer stuff. Amazing intensity. Gorgeous. Somehow has a laser like feel while still being medium bodied. Beautiful mouthfeel that seems to manage to caress every taste bud. This could be the best under $30 white I've ever had. 93+
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Strong seashell notes on the nose. More stuffing on the palate than the Briords in this vintage, but then snaps into focus and lots of acidic energy. A lengthy finish echoes the precision of the palate. Outstanding.
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Showed differently but equally spectacularly this time. Much more forthcoming aromatically with gorgeous elements of Chenin-like pear and orange peel. Absolutely creamy feel for a Muscadet while retaining driving minerality. Exhilarating and way above its pay grade. Fantastic white wine.
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nose: wonderfully deep nose that is mineral laced with notes of lemon peels, salt, and floral tones
taste: Very pure and tart with lemon peel tones, loads of minerals and stones with bits of floral tones and some lime tones on the back end
overall: A very impressive wine with good weight and depth that posseses nice purity of flavors. The only dissapointing part of this is the short finish otherwise this would be a ton better
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Wow!! For the 19 bucks that I paid for it, (in a retail NYC shop no less!), I can't think of a better white that I have had for the price. A bit fat, but..oh yum!
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As others have noted, the nose is quietly beautiful, hinting at flowers, almonds, and salt. The action's really on the palate, which features creamy yellow fruits, excellent cut, and a sustained chord of lemony minerals. There are even hints of savory brown spices. Subtle, but not delicate. Still drinking nicely on the 5th day open. I'll wait a few years to open my next bottle.
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Much more approachable at this stage than I would have expected. the nose is all minerals with only hints of flowers and citrus fruit poking through, and there is a full almost yeasty essence too, especially with some air time. the extended lees time is obvious on the palate - the wine has a distinct creaminess. it's focused and cut with acidity, and salty with minerals. broad and mouthfilling. just delicious. and there is better balance and definition on day 2.
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Pale. Not very forthcoming aromatically, but wow, what a tremendous punch it packs for such a lithe wine. Explosive flavors of lemon peel, quinine, and stones galore. Mysterious, bitter, extremely long finish. A spectacular Muscadet with tremendous potential. It easily outshone a Grand Cru Chablis against which it was tasted at a sushi dinner. Both it and the Clos des Briords are great, but the '05 Briords is a bigger, rounder wine, while this one absolutely bowls you over with its linearity, precision, and just unbelievable minerality.
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Scubarex Oyster and Crab Offline (Scubarex house): This was probably the most serious Muscadet that I've had. Medium bodied with deeper and richer fruit notes. A slight fattiness to the wine. Pear, ripe apple and a some saltiness on the finish. 91 points.
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For the first couple of hours this wine is shut down tight and is nothing but a wall of minerality. But with air, lovely floral aromas start to kick in. The entry is round with rich lemon, puckery grapefruit pith, and crisp crisp crispness on the back end. I love Briords but the persistence on this wine is incredible. Merci Monsieur Ollivier. (Thankfully, I have ½ a bottle left to try tomorrow).
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This is just way too young. The fruit is youthful and vibrant, but clamped down with mineral and not showing all that under it’s obvious layers; like a “girl next door” during the coldest months sort of thing going on. With the Scripps while watching the Darlington race.
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Taken to the Young Chef's new house to go with stone crab. This bottle was a revelation for Greenblanket. It carried a subtly nuanced balance between acidity, citrus and delicate apple orchard fruit, and amazing minerality (just like sucking wine through crushed granite). Nothing big here to knock you over the head - except purity. Wonderful.
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I liked the Clisson and agree it seemed like it was just starting to open at the end of the eve. It would be interesting to drink that next to the 04 L d'Or as they struck me as somewhat similar, at least in weight and texture.
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Despite a 6 hour decant, this was very tight. Interesting subtle nose with some floral hints along with the typical muscadet desriptors. The wine seems large and full of body, but needs more time to show its potential. I would love to try a glass on the second or third day.
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Tasted side by side with Pepiere's 2006 Clos des Briords (see TN), the '05 Granite de Clisson was larger-scaled and riper than the Briords - in fact, it's quite full-bodied for the appellation. For me, this is a knock-out Muscadet. Again, relatively ripe and generous, with nice minerality and impressive balance. Delicious. Wow.
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Lived up to it's lofty reputation. A truly stellar bottle of wine. Seems to transcend Muscadet and speak more about it's site and vigneron. It seemed to grow with air like a snowball downhill. Very densely packed with yellow fruit and, yes, granite. Exceptionally long finish, great with food, and just a joy to drink. Marc Ollivier is a genius, but then, you already knew that.
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Very good. Well worth $18. Better when it warmed up. The name is apt, yet less granite than the other Ollivier Muscadet we've had (and drank a lot of). Very soft pepper, gentle minerals, austere depth. Definitely a keeper.
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Wet stone and lemon, a soft nose with a bit of egg cream, pears and oak. Nicely in balance and a good long finish. But the wine felt closed -- it had a major hole in the midpalate, which decanting did not fix. The wine is supposedly built for the long haul, but I didn't see the intensity it would need to get there. But its well crafted for $20.
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Intense minerality on the nose. Body and minerality on the palate, with some petillance. Very good and very young. My discrete CT scale: 95-extraordinary; 90-very good; 85-good; 80-fair; 75-poor
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impossible to score this wine yet because it is so inward. here is what i could tell - intense and energetic, incredibly mineral, the most so of any wine i have ever tasted, i would say. nice fruit character too. lots of tension, there is a lot going on in general. i see why they're saying to just leave this alone for many years. the components still need to integrate and learn to get along.
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Okay, the wine is good. Very good. But what's the deal with the bottle? Does it come from Napa (it's unusually heavy)? The wine was shut down on opening. Decanting helped, a bit. There is obviously great concentration, and I got a hint of salty goodness and seashells. The acidity seems relatively tame for such a young Pepiere.
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Light straw colored. Moderate floral nose. Bone dry. Impressive weight. Prominent minerality, a bit nutty with balance of fruit and acid, if a bit austere. Good length.
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Dinner at Wilfred's (New York City): I don't drink a lot of Muscadet, so please take this note with a grain of salt. Nice wine with a real richness and smokiness that goes well beyond the usual simple "stone and lemon" experience that I have found in other Muscadet. Sur lie presumably and based on what Lyle said, although I don't recall that from the label. Tasted blind I might have been closer to Chablis or some sort of racy Puligny, as this had a surprising amount of heft and body to it. Not heavy though with enough freshness and structure.
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9/15/2022 - Seth Rosenberg Likes this wine:
Tasted double blind from a small capped bottle. We all thought this was the youngest of the 3 (05,07,10). Oops. This one smelled like Riesling to me - with its fresh orchard fruits and stony minerality. graham cracker, some sweetness stony minerals. Palate is flinty, with green apple, some sharp citrus. (Would guess riesling) some tropical.
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12/21/2021 - fitzi wrote:
Magnum decanted into four half-bottles and imbibed one by one over a week or so. This is a venerable wine, still ample piss and vinegar, that is, it's not near tired or fading. Classic muscadet citrusy flavors and acidity when opened and served cold, with nice purity and precision. With lengthy exposure to air, and served close to cool room temperature - like you might serve a Bordeaux -its briny flavor qualities come upstage, and viscosity develops, so that the texture somewhat balances out the keen acidity. I prefer the briny, viscous presentation of this wine, which is peaking now, as I drink the second half of the third 375 bottle. Three mags left, I'll aim to work through them over the coming two-three years.
Moe-Curly rating for this wine out of the bottle; Larry-Curly for the wine after air and served at cool room temperature. As much as I like these wines, as versatile as they are - and with the exception of some Briordes - they lack the scale and weight to get into double Curly or Larry territory.
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3/1/2021 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted blind. Very pretty nose of apples, grapefruit, and minerals. Good acidity and surprisingly rich and creamy (but not overly so) with green apple and citrus flavors on the palate. Good finish. Lovely aged Muscadet!
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6/27/2020 - fitzi wrote:
From magnum. I was fretful about excessive aging, because of the last note by 14Frimaire. I usually decant my magnums into half bottles, drinking the whole amount over the course of a week or so.
I was frustrated, initially, because this wine is always so tight and ungiving on opening, and I began to think was 14Frimaire right, and that this wine would oxidize before it yielded any real flavor. Progressively, however, the wine showed better with each half bottle and each glass. The last two glasses were the best, from a demi poured six days after opening the magnum, and a day after re-opening the half bottle. Only at this stage did the wine really show the dirty, saline brininess that makes mature Muscadet so good - combined, in this wine, with enough body and texture to make it both sumptuous and classy.
Good to be reminded what you are paying for in Clisson, with enough patience. I feel that drinking these wines young is such a forgone opportunity. I have four more magnums and plan to relish every drop.
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9/1/2019 - coremill wrote: 89 Points
Has aged nicely, but was overshadowed by a great magnum of 05 Briords on this day. A little richer, but less zingy and minerally than Briords, the extra lees influence is noticeable in the slightly milky character.
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1/22/2019 - 14frimaire Does not like this wine:
Seems to be suffering from 2005-itis. As far as I know, I'm the only person with an issue with this vintage from Pépière. I loved the Clisson on release, but it has the same hollow quality I found in multiple bottles of the Briords.
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12/7/2018 - wa2ofd Likes this wine: 88 Points
Not used to drinking whites this old so a little strange for me...Golden color but not caramel...soft on the mid palate, with a finish that just felt like it was a bit eh...
Paired with sushi actually was ok...
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5/29/2018 - DaleW wrote:
I was a little alarmed at first pour, there was a light sherried note with a touch of VA. But whatever it was blew off quickly leaving a lovely wine. Fuller style of Muscadet, lemons, pit fruits, and oyster shells, there’s a little Chenin-like wool nose with air, quite enjoyable. A-
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5/13/2018 - djpo wrote: 91 Points
An interesting, conversation-prompting wine.
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1/29/2018 - andtheodor wrote: 91 Points
Smells vividly of the ocean, oysters, tidepools. Hardly any fruit aside from the squirt of fresh lemon. Pretty fascinating wine.
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1/24/2018 - drwine2001 wrote:
Medium yellow. Medium weight, so much more layered than typical Muscadet without tasting of wood. Chalky base. Complex flavors, difficult to pick out any discrete fruit components. The acidity has relaxed a bit at age 13. Excellent.
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6/12/2017 - Milhous wrote:
premoxed. first Muscadet I've had turn. will try another soon
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11/28/2016 - wa2ofd Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinking well right now!
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6/12/2016 - 14frimaire wrote:
Still drinking great. It's in a state of suspended animation. The changes are barely perceptible.
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1/19/2016 - tooch wrote: 91 Points
Lots of lemons, limes, & florals. Tart and balanced.
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1/6/2016 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Drinking nicely as you'd expect. Lots of lemons and oceanic things going on. Layers of florals and minerals, too. Great Muscadet.
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11/8/2015 - S1 Likes this wine:
Another Blind Sunday (Chez S1): Really drinking well but no hurry. Lots of saline, quince and (preserved?) lemon with a hint of anise and ginger. Honeyed golden--still screaming for food.
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9/19/2015 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
HDH auction tasting at Tru; 9/18/2015-9/19/2015: Almost colourless. So stony and rocky, with a tinge of ripe stone fruit (peaches?). There's a slight bit of sweetness thanks to the ripe fruit that balances with the intense acidity and minerality. This bottle just screams for oysters.
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8/29/2015 - fitzi wrote:
Fresh and good; still very young from the magnum format.
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8/29/2015 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 93 Points
Peppierre, Saxum, Swift, &Bevan (Our home): Light gold in color. This took a good hour to open up but was fascinating during that time. Then, excellent. The nose starts out tight, but minerals. As it opens, lemons show up, then some vanilla (?, I know this gets no oak, but its there), then it gets deeper and more complex before settling into minerals, shells, and sea air. On the palate, very tight but with air, it gets deep with layered complexity. Slightly oily notes come out later. Not about fruit, but intensity and complexity. Also, fresh. Blind, I would have guessed a couple of years old. Bought on release and stored in my cellar.
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8/25/2015 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine:
Terrific. This'll knock the socks off any white Burgundy from the same year in the freshness department - it's as bright and pure as a new release, super linear and precise with a gravelly, schisty minerality.
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4/27/2015 - Guy Des Rosiers Likes this wine: 88 Points
When this is good, it is really good: intense, almost viscous, cerebral - more Savennieres than Muscadet, in fact. White fruit upfront (canned peaches), just a hint of oxidation, and a suggestion of sweetness balancing out the acidity. At 10 years of age, I find that the Trois tastes more like an actual Muscadet (more mineral, more yeast, more salinity, and just a bit lighter on its feet), but the Clisson is more interesting overall. Still, I think this should be enjoyed sooner rather than later.
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4/6/2015 - fitzi wrote:
Nice wine, lemony, clean, pure, saline, medium-light. Perfect for lunches and aperitifs; good to sip or with light fare. Bit of roundness, not too much. Its refreshing acidity and relatively light body make it a very good spring wine. I liked the wine but think 05 is not a great Muscadet year, and suspect now that Luneau Papin wines are built to age more than these Pepiere ones, as fond as I am of both.
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3/27/2015 - Guy Des Rosiers wrote: 85 Points
Medium yellow core. Nose of mint, pineapple puree and fresh apple juice, showing a bit of oxidation. Medium-bodied, with balanced acidity. Slightly oxidized on the palate as well. Ok, but seems on the decline. Bad bottle?
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2/28/2015 - wa2ofd wrote: 89 Points
This is not your avg quaffing muscadet...10yrs and holding in pretty strong...nose was interesting and floral...while not very complex, I felt it was still very fresh and enjoyable w/linguine and clams on night 1 & sushi night 2...
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2/15/2015 - drwine2001 wrote:
Wow, this wine remains a tour de force. Typical Muscadet acidic drive and energy, but an utterly seductive, creamy texture which takes it to a different level and makes the experience much more like drinking white Burgundy. Superb.
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1/18/2015 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
To my happiness, shows real muscadet character on the nose - oyster shells and ocean water. There are floral elements too, but the nose is unmistakably representative of place. The palate is almost lush and comes across as a lovely merging of Muscadet and a white Burgundy. Balanced and fresh tasting, and delicious with the mackerel but also with the other savory dishes on our table. In a good place and seems very sturdy indeed.
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5/14/2014 - tooch wrote: 96 Points
Loire Night at Racines (Racines NY - New York, NY): On my first whiff, this reminded me of a Raveneau. So much salty seawater, and lemon zest it’s hard to resist. I drank this so fucking fast…and kept trying to sneak small pours, but shit, it was gone. Was this the first Clisson vintage? I think so. Pepiere’s Briords are all about precision and cut, and this was all about power and elegance. A “wow” wine from start to finish.
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2/27/2014 - drwine2001 wrote:
Pale yellow. Green citrus. Light, great acidity, lime fruit, stone dust coats the palate. Tremendous. Not tasted in over 5 years, and it would seem that it has slimmed down to become the essence of Muscadet without any extraneous fat. My wife noted the similarity to classic Chablis, and this was entirely true.
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1/19/2014 - Serge Birbrair Likes this wine:
Best $20 spent on the white wine.
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1/13/2014 - Serge Birbrair Likes this wine:
in the right place and the right time
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12/15/2013 - 14frimaire wrote:
Delicious, drinking great.
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7/20/2013 - djpo wrote: 90 Points
Great balance between bracing, sweet, rich and racy.
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5/29/2013 - slanum wrote:
I put off drinking this bottle because my memory of a prior one wasn't that great. Well, the problem may have been my memory rather than that earlier sample. This was excellent: lean and racy, citric, bracing, pure.
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5/18/2013 - mdvino63 wrote: 91 Points
So happy to see that my last btl was not representative. This wine is fabulous. Is there a better QPR in a white wine than a first-rate Muscadet like this? Lemon curd, plenty of minerality and good acid, though not as jagged and bracing as some Muscadets can be. If you are an acid-head, you will probably want to to go for the Briords. This will appeal to a wider audience, though it is in no way flabby...just a little richer than some of its brethren. Great stuff and drinking beautifully now. Held up for 3 days corked in the fridge, too. I'll be drinking this all summer (NB - the 2009 regular bottling from Pepiere is almost as good - fresher, right now, though not as deep and complex).
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1/31/2013 - europat55 wrote: 91 Points
This went very well with mussels tonight!
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12/11/2012 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
Tasting menu at La Belle Vie (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Very nice bottle with bright tropical fruit and good minerality. Consistent with previous note. Nice density with a long finish.
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10/27/2012 - marc d wrote:
Just gorgeous. The acidity seems turned down a notch and the wine shows a great texture right now. Like liquid lemon flavored custard, almost.
Fantastic bottle.
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10/6/2012 - eastover wrote:
Very enjoyable - with John and Linda over for hot pretzels and surf and turf on the grill. This wine very nice - dry with a flinty aspect not at all overpowering the fruit.
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7/3/2012 - BillB656 wrote:
Last bottle! No difference from past reviews. Lovely.
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6/25/2012 - fitzi wrote:
From magnum. Some pillowy textural smoothness over a line of acid crispness, with light citrus on the nose; but, to me, mostly closed as to aromatics and flavor. From this format, at least, hold for a couple more years, imho.
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6/20/2012 - 14frimaire wrote:
This is great wine.
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5/20/2012 - joe d wrote: 90 Points
A Long Weekend of Burgs and a Few Others; 5/17/2012-5/20/2012 (Scottsdale, AZ): Opened this to show my friend what Marc Ollivier can do with this cuvee. This 2005 is drinking very well right now. The pungency that I found on release has eased a bit, leaving a deliciously balanced mix of citrus and mineral flavors rounded off nicely by a few years of bottle age. Really good. My discrete CT scale: 95-extraordinary; 90-very good; 85-good; 80-fair; 75-poor
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5/10/2012 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Birthday Wines (La Belle Vie, Mpls): Light gold color. Pop and pour. Drank 2+ glasses over 1.5 hours. Nose is bright, citrus, pear, melon, a little tropical, ripe, spring air, mineral. The palate is fresh, wet stones, citrus, pear, bracing acidity, medium plus finish. Very nice.
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4/22/2012 - hutch wrote: 92 Points
This has barely moved from the last time I tried it. Who knows how long it will show its brilliance.
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2/15/2012 - mdvino63 wrote:
Not sure if this was an off bottle, going through a dumb stage or I just don't like it. However, this btl did nothing for me. I like this producer and this bottling, usually, but this did nothing for me over 3 nights. I hope the rest are better. NR as I am not sure this is representative.
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12/4/2011 - S2 wrote: 89 Points
This was fun to drink. Nothing too complex but had lots of yummy fruit on the nose and on the flavor profile. Fruit almost gave the impression of an off dry white only to give way to a slight bitterness on the back end. Great quaffer and a QPR. Still has life and I estimate it will be drinking well for another 3-5 years.
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11/7/2011 - tooch wrote: flawed
Dressner Dinner (Dino, Washington DC): Corked.
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7/29/2011 - jlm wrote:
Unfortunately this bottle was just not particularly interesting. Very reticent on the nose and lacking any energy on the palate. Hard to say what was going on. Maybe served too warm, maybe slightly corked, but it didn't live up to expectations, or to the '05 Briords drunk the same week.
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7/20/2011 - BillB656 Likes this wine:
This is a lovely drop, for sure. Much more richness than Briords but still retains that lemon vibrancy, seaspray and minerality. Ridiculous value for a delightful wine that will last for another decade.
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5/8/2011 - 14frimaire wrote:
Beautiful. Drink and hold; repeat....
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2/13/2011 - Arinbraghe wrote: 93 Points
Goodness, what a difference a year (or three) makes. Drinking this back closer to its release date was an exercise in mild self-punishment, even if it was the kind of pain that gets you off rather than makes you wish it would end. Still, there's much more simple delight to be had here now than before; if in the past this was wearing spike heels and pouring hot candle wax on your naughty bits, now it's content to lightly bite your lip during a kiss, maybe dig its nails into your back. Sorry, we were discussing the wine... anyway, now this actually leads with some sumptuous yellow fruit to match the brackish minerality and lemon-bright acidity. Smoky, gunflint elements complement a midpalate that's remarkably deep and rich, with that succulent fruit in the upper register while the chalky bright salinity surges back and forth across the tongue like a basketball team running ladder drills. It's towards the end that the minerality finally muscles its way to the top, leaving a sensory impression in the mouth that's literally crunchy, combined with the continued lemon-drop succulence. I dunno about the sub-dom part, but you definitely want some of this wine. No safe words required.
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1/4/2011 - Milhous wrote:
the most intense 'light bodied' wine you'll ever drink. Where are the oysters? The fruit is there (citrus, peach), but it is overwhelmed by driving acidity, salinity, and minerality. Getting better with each bottle.
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7/9/2010 - gordoyflaca wrote: 93 Points
This is really good stuff and I like it a lot. we had intended to save some for tomorrow to see how it aged while open but we couldn't stop drinking it. You were chewing on some fresh lemon zest and an ocean wave splashed onto your face.
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4/5/2010 - jmht wrote: 90 Points
Brooklynguy has it right-- candied violets, highly floral and aromatic, lemon curd on palate with biting acidity. Consumed over two nights, better on second night. An exceptional aperitif, and matched beautiful with rich cheeses.
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4/4/2010 - hutch Likes this wine: 92 Points
Just a terrific wine. So focused. Drank half the bottle, and then the other half two days later. And it was even better then. The acidity softened and the wine developed a more layered feel. Amazing stuff.
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12/12/2009 - brooklynguy wrote:
A truly lovely bottle. Deeply floral upon opening, like candied violets on the nose. Citrus, stones, flowers on the palate and with beautiful balance and great intensity. We enjoyed this with fresh fluke, cauliflower with something akin to romanscu sauce, and smashed potatoes with garlic, and the wine was more than strong enough to stand up to everything. Excellent stuff.
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11/23/2009 - fCOT wrote: 88 Points
focused,a bit tight on the nose,good acids,salt,minerals,lime
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9/10/2009 - 5laton wrote:
This bottle was very tight and not particularly generous but still impressed. A bit waxy and chenin like. Have just a few left and I will do my best to hold them a few more years.
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8/8/2009 - Aaron Finkel wrote: 94 Points
A beguiling nose that is showing champagne-like complexity and depth. Certainly austere with massive minerality, but with underlying richness that's showing the way forward. I can't wait to try this at intervals over the next 20 years. Easily one of the best QPR's I've encountered.
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7/15/2009 - stevetimko wrote:
Wow, steely, minerally. I don't think these grapes could pass through an airport metal detector. The minerality comes through on the nose and the palate. Kind of a sharp attack of acid and then a focused lemon zest tartness and a lingering finish. White fruits on the finish. Good stuff, I think it's probably still improving. A Louis/Dressner import.
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6/7/2009 - BillB656 wrote:
This wine hits like a short sharp blast of trumpets, quickly fades, then slowly gains in volume through the lengthy full finish. The middle does fill out over the course of a couple of hours, particularly as it warms. It’s precise, has wonderful depth of minerality, everpresent but controlled acidity, all the lemony seaspray you could want, and is inviting in its fullness. Damn good.
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5/26/2009 - cma82 wrote: 91 Points
Precise and laser-like focus. Needed a couple hours to really unwind and shine. Needs time.
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3/2/2009 - LPskeleton wrote: 90 Points
I really enjoyed this, loads of mineral well balanced with the fruit. What a food wine. Very nice.
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1/22/2009 - steffenpelz wrote:
This is a bit confounding. Maybe the most austere white wine I've ever had. Liquid rocks and seashells with saline undertow, cut grass, and a curiously a hint of coconut milk. Long and dense on the palate and finish. Practically undrinkable on its own, but it shone with some Reblochon. Needs food and/or a few years to soften up. Hard for me to judge this wine at my level of experience.
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12/25/2008 - hutch wrote: 92 Points
X-Mas 2008 (RI): Started the booze off with this fantastic Muscadet for a spinach salad. This is one serious wine, and at $20 is a steal. Pretty focused, with an amazing finish that leaves the mouth almost coated with a chalk feeling. I actually thought of that Cliffs of Dover while drinking this, because of the sea flavors also in this wine. Much richer then I expect in my limited experiences with Muscadets. Great balance, focus, and intensity. Despite this, It drank very easy, and I had to put a cork in the bottle to make sure and try it after a day. Great match with the salad, as well. 91-92, we'll see next day.
Next Day: This is killer stuff. Amazing intensity. Gorgeous. Somehow has a laser like feel while still being medium bodied. Beautiful mouthfeel that seems to manage to caress every taste bud. This could be the best under $30 white I've ever had. 93+
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10/19/2008 - jlm wrote:
Strong seashell notes on the nose. More stuffing on the palate than the Briords in this vintage, but then snaps into focus and lots of acidic energy. A lengthy finish echoes the precision of the palate. Outstanding.
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10/19/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Showed differently but equally spectacularly this time. Much more forthcoming aromatically with gorgeous elements of Chenin-like pear and orange peel. Absolutely creamy feel for a Muscadet while retaining driving minerality. Exhilarating and way above its pay grade. Fantastic white wine.
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9/18/2008 - 5laton wrote: 92 Points
"Have you ever mistaken Muscadet for Chablis?" "Not since lunch."
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8/20/2008 - KeithAkers wrote: 90 Points
nose: wonderfully deep nose that is mineral laced with notes of lemon peels, salt, and floral tones
taste: Very pure and tart with lemon peel tones, loads of minerals and stones with bits of floral tones and some lime tones on the back end
overall: A very impressive wine with good weight and depth that posseses nice purity of flavors. The only dissapointing part of this is the short finish otherwise this would be a ton better
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8/16/2008 - Sydthesquid wrote: 93 Points
Wow!! For the 19 bucks that I paid for it, (in a retail NYC shop no less!), I can't think of a better white that I have had for the price. A bit fat, but..oh yum!
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8/5/2008 - Wicker Parker wrote:
As others have noted, the nose is quietly beautiful, hinting at flowers, almonds, and salt. The action's really on the palate, which features creamy yellow fruits, excellent cut, and a sustained chord of lemony minerals. There are even hints of savory brown spices. Subtle, but not delicate. Still drinking nicely on the 5th day open. I'll wait a few years to open my next bottle.
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7/27/2008 - brooklynguy wrote:
Much more approachable at this stage than I would have expected. the nose is all minerals with only hints of flowers and citrus fruit poking through, and there is a full almost yeasty essence too, especially with some air time. the extended lees time is obvious on the palate - the wine has a distinct creaminess. it's focused and cut with acidity, and salty with minerals. broad and mouthfilling. just delicious. and there is better balance and definition on day 2.
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7/13/2008 - drwine2001 wrote:
Pale. Not very forthcoming aromatically, but wow, what a tremendous punch it packs for such a lithe wine. Explosive flavors of lemon peel, quinine, and stones galore. Mysterious, bitter, extremely long finish. A spectacular Muscadet with tremendous potential. It easily outshone a Grand Cru Chablis against which it was tasted at a sushi dinner. Both it and the Clos des Briords are great, but the '05 Briords is a bigger, rounder wine, while this one absolutely bowls you over with its linearity, precision, and just unbelievable minerality.
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5/31/2008 - Vino Me wrote: 91 Points
Scubarex Oyster and Crab Offline (Scubarex house): This was probably the most serious Muscadet that I've had. Medium bodied with deeper and richer fruit notes. A slight fattiness to the wine. Pear, ripe apple and a some saltiness on the finish. 91 points.
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5/13/2008 - BillB656 wrote:
For the first couple of hours this wine is shut down tight and is nothing but a wall of minerality. But with air, lovely floral aromas start to kick in. The entry is round with rich lemon, puckery grapefruit pith, and crisp crisp crispness on the back end. I love Briords but the persistence on this wine is incredible. Merci Monsieur Ollivier. (Thankfully, I have ½ a bottle left to try tomorrow).
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5/10/2008 - timewithwine wrote:
This is just way too young. The fruit is youthful and vibrant, but clamped down with mineral and not showing all that under it’s obvious layers; like a “girl next door” during the coldest months sort of thing going on. With the Scripps while watching the Darlington race.
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3/9/2008 - greenblanket wrote:
Taken to the Young Chef's new house to go with stone crab. This bottle was a revelation for Greenblanket. It carried a subtly nuanced balance between acidity, citrus and delicate apple orchard fruit, and amazing minerality (just like sucking wine through crushed granite). Nothing big here to knock you over the head - except purity. Wonderful.
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2/15/2008 - Brad L wrote:
I liked the Clisson and agree it seemed like it was just starting to open at the end of the eve. It would be interesting to drink that next to the 04 L d'Or as they struck me as somewhat similar, at least in weight and texture.
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2/2/2008 - marc d wrote:
Despite a 6 hour decant, this was very tight. Interesting subtle nose with some floral hints along with the typical muscadet desriptors. The wine seems large and full of body, but needs more time to show its potential. I would love to try a glass on the second or third day.
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1/15/2008 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Tasted side by side with Pepiere's 2006 Clos des Briords (see TN), the '05 Granite de Clisson was larger-scaled and riper than the Briords - in fact, it's quite full-bodied for the appellation. For me, this is a knock-out Muscadet. Again, relatively ripe and generous, with nice minerality and impressive balance. Delicious. Wow.
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1/12/2008 - vulgar little monkey wrote:
Lived up to it's lofty reputation. A truly stellar bottle of wine. Seems to transcend Muscadet and speak more about it's site and vigneron. It seemed to grow with air like a snowball downhill. Very densely packed with yellow fruit and, yes, granite. Exceptionally long finish, great with food, and just a joy to drink. Marc Ollivier is a genius, but then, you already knew that.
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12/28/2007 - cab wrote:
Very good. Well worth $18. Better when it warmed up. The name is apt, yet less granite than the other Ollivier Muscadet we've had (and drank a lot of). Very soft pepper, gentle minerals, austere depth. Definitely a keeper.
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12/17/2007 - Clemonster wrote: 89 Points
Wet stone and lemon, a soft nose with a bit of egg cream, pears and oak. Nicely in balance and a good long finish. But the wine felt closed -- it had a major hole in the midpalate, which decanting did not fix. The wine is supposedly built for the long haul, but I didn't see the intensity it would need to get there. But its well crafted for $20.
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12/9/2007 - joe d wrote: 90 Points
Intense minerality on the nose. Body and minerality on the palate, with some petillance. Very good and very young.
My discrete CT scale: 95-extraordinary; 90-very good; 85-good; 80-fair; 75-poor
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11/30/2007 - brooklynguy wrote:
impossible to score this wine yet because it is so inward. here is what i could tell - intense and energetic, incredibly mineral, the most so of any wine i have ever tasted, i would say. nice fruit character too. lots of tension, there is a lot going on in general. i see why they're saying to just leave this alone for many years. the components still need to integrate and learn to get along.
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11/12/2007 - 14frimaire wrote:
Okay, the wine is good. Very good. But what's the deal with the bottle? Does it come from Napa (it's unusually heavy)? The wine was shut down on opening. Decanting helped, a bit. There is obviously great concentration, and I got a hint of salty goodness and seashells. The acidity seems relatively tame for such a young Pepiere.
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11/2/2007 - Demisec wrote: 90 Points
Light straw colored. Moderate floral nose. Bone dry. Impressive weight. Prominent minerality, a bit nutty with balance of fruit and acid, if a bit austere. Good length.
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10/9/2007 - Eric wrote:
Dinner at Wilfred's (New York City): I don't drink a lot of Muscadet, so please take this note with a grain of salt. Nice wine with a real richness and smokiness that goes well beyond the usual simple "stone and lemon" experience that I have found in other Muscadet. Sur lie presumably and based on what Lyle said, although I don't recall that from the label. Tasted blind I might have been closer to Chablis or some sort of racy Puligny, as this had a surprising amount of heft and body to it. Not heavy though with enough freshness and structure.
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