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• clalt says:

  11/2/2023 8:53:00 AM - Bonjour mon ami, désolé de te déranger et salutations d'Italie... J'ai vu que tu es français et que tu es collectionneur. J'ai une question à vous poser, si possible: pourriez-vous, par hasard, me renseigner sur les circuits de vente des vins français, au-delà des différents sites Internet connus? Même les chaînes Telegram, WhatsApp ou assimilées, spécialisées dans les ventes privées, bref, pas les sites e-commerce habituels... Il y aura sûrement aussi en France un ou plusieurs lieux virtuels où passionnés, collectionneurs et vendeurs non officiels vendront et achèteront leurs bouteilles, peut-être à des prix plus accessibles. Merci beaucoup pour votre temps.

• honest bob says:

  2/9/2014 3:38:00 AM - (Huet Vouvray Le Mont 2010, my TN 08.02.2014) Hallo accorinne, thanks for your comment! Yes, I asked myself the same question both times I tasted this wine (in 2012 and last night)! Well the cork was pretty rough, but there were no obvious flaws. The shop I bought from (in August 2012) has no a/c, so summer heat damage is possible. However I think it's much more probable that great French Chenin Blanc simply needs a very long time to mature. Certainly that is my experience of sweet CBs (dating back to a sensational 1959 Coteaux du Layon). I recall tasting very pleasant cheap dry CBs on holiday in the Loire region, so perhaps the sweetness and bitterness which I identified last night is in fact the puppy fat, or "camel's hump" which will enable this wine to mature into something great in 20 years time. And I am absolutely prepared to respect the experience of the professional tasters who have given it an outstanding mark, looking forward to a great future! What I find surprising is that other amateur tasters on CT should find it so delicious in its present stage of development, and am interested to see whether anyone else agrees with my impression, or whether I just have a blind spot for this wine.