2018 Claude Riffault Sancerre Les Chasseignes

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  7/27/2023 - psi wrote: 83 Points

  Disappointing. I thought a little oxidised, but my very knowledgeable friend turned that down. Too developed then, lack of fruit and charm. Full bodied but clumsy. I'm sure that this cannot be a representative bottle, but it was my only one

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  3/25/2023 - cvst Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Grassy and floral nose. On the palate lemon, elderflower, litchee, gooseberry and a green note like unripe bell pepper with a herbal touch, which goes very well with the high acidity. Vibrant and very delicious

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  3/7/2021 - heegaard Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Great sancerre

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  1/22/2021 - Kepr wrote:

  Næsen skal hives lidt op af glasset, men dufter skønt, frisk og cremet, af hvide blomster og forårsgræs. Masser af syre i munden, sprød syre, her kommer også gule æbler og måske lidt fad (?) og ihvertfald et skud grape-bitterhed. Den er god, ren, helstøbt, hænger længe, men er måske lidt anonym.

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  8/30/2020 - Michael Mackenzie Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Ok get the gripes out of the way. Why, when you have nothing to prove through the stunning quality of your wine, do you put that annoying wax on top of the unnecessarily heavy bottle?!
  So plenty of slick product marketing but then the website has not been updated since 2012. Look at the prices for the 2011s compared to this.
  That said, this is a very exciting wine and a discovery. Worth the premium price too. A good example of a wine from the Caillottes soil type, ostensibly aromatic and early drinking.
  Colour: pale straw with green tinge, bright, clear.
  Nose: Elegant, fresh, ripe fruit yet almost discreet, mown grass, not raw blackcurrants, even hints of chalk.
  Taste: Light body, rounded, ripe, good varietal fruit, citrus, chalky notes, great balance between fruit and acidity, long, very dry finish highlighting both SB and chalk. Great potential visible in the tension between ripeness and acidity.
  Not being a lover of the concept of minerality, this wine does indeed reflect the chalky subsoil of this vineyard.
  Perhaps churlish but I would rate this wine higher if the packaging were not so pretentious. It makes me suspicious.

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