2004 Domaine des Baumard Savennières Clos de Saint Yves

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.1 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Zweder's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/9/2021 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points

  White fruits, dry, a lot of tart citrus acidity. Tasty wine.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View matage's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/20/2019 - matage Likes this wine: 88 Points

  While showing clear signs of maturity, it's still very fresh and vibrant and evolved nicely over 3 hours in the glass. Would probably benefit from another 3+ years

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View forceberry's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/21/2019 - forceberry wrote: 90 Points

  Aged for 9 months in stainless steel. 13% alcohol. Bottled under a screwcap.
  
  Moderately intense lemon yellow color with light green highlights. Dry, distinctive and rather non-fruity nose with complex aromas of dusty pollen, some nectarine, a little bit of woolly lanolin, light chalky mineral tones, a hint of rowanberry marmalade and a touch of saline ocean air. The nose gains a subtly sweet streak of acacia honey as it opens up in the glass. The wine is intense, crisp and very high-strung on the palate with medium body and very focused, youthful flavors of tangy green apples, sharp citrus fruit tones of key lime, some steely mineral tones, light bitter notes of apple peel and quinine, a hint of woolly lanolin and a touch of pomelo. There's a touch of honeyed sweetness to the wine, but the bracing acidity keeps the taste almost bone-dry. The finish is long, crisp and quite lean with intense, dry flavors of steely minerality, apple peel bitterness, quinine, some key lime, a little bit of chalky minerality, a hint of leesy yeast and a touch of pomelo.
  
  A very crisp, lean and remarkably youthful Savennières with pronounced minerality. In comparison to the Baumard Clos du Papillon 2005 tasted alongside, this wine felt somewhat leaner and slightly more underwhelming in comparison, but also noticeably more youthful in style with tons of potential for future development. Although both the wines show great potential for future development, the Clos du Papillon 2005 felt more approachable and rewarding at the moment, whereas I suspect this wine will turn out more impressive and longer-lived of the two. Fine, mineral stuff. Expect the score to go up with age.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Frederyck's profile
  • Report Issue

  10/31/2017 - Frederyck wrote:

  Crisp chalkiness and lots of acid, but with some muted fruits. This is probably a bit over its prime, but still very nice. Drink now.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View kfinsrud's profile
  • Report Issue

  8/24/2017 - kfinsrud wrote: 88 Points

  Skrukork. Dekantert 1 t. Nesen lukter halm, voks, nytt gulvbelegg og gule epler. I munnen hvit frukt med prikkende sitrus. Litt oksidativ stil. Stor kropp, svakt oljete tekstur. Tørr avslutning. God lengde. Mer balansert nå enn forrige flaske.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 12 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.