1997 Foreau Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Demi-Sec

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 89.2 points

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  4/11/2024 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: 88 Points

  Tasted double blind from a small capped bottle as part of a zoom tasting Really wooly. Damn. Nose has something steely and chemically along with honey and pollen and other floral elements. Dried apricot smells like a lot of extect powder and dry. Dry and funky. Cheesy and bitter with apricot pits and some dried apricot. Pollen and flower components. Finish is bitter and apricot. Maybe better when first poured? (Took this note about 2 hours after pouring). Nose - 5/6, Palate - 4.5/6, Finish - 4.5/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1/2 = 15/20.

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  12/25/2018 - bhouk wrote:

  I have a very strong emotional attachment to this wine related to my grandfather who passed away 20 years ago today. Putting aside as much as possible how much I wanted to enjoy the wine . . . it was a great bottle. Deep golden color, raisins and herbs, and very lively acids. I don’t know that there is a compelling reason to hold, it is so delicious now, but despite the advanced depth of color I also wouldn’t see any urgency to drink now. Still, it’s fully mature at this age and good bottles like this one are profound (though in fairness there has been some inconsistency in the case and a half I’ve drunk through).

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  5/23/2017 - fCOT Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Textured and vibrant with honey, quince, lemon preserve with tons of acids left. As a demi-sec, just a touch of sweetness .Paired beautifully with some creamy VT goat cheese and foie gras ! Pour ma puce...

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  4/26/2016 - BradKNYC wrote:

  Two visitors, three birthdays and seventeen wines from all over. (ABA Turkish Restaurant): Alright. False alarm. This bottle, from the same source as my previous bottles, was terrific and the best bottle of it that I've had in years. It did take a little while to get going, but it blew up big. Fresh, vibrant and with an intensity that the past few bottles have lacked. It shows ripe quince with orange citrus and a hint of stone fruits and candied ginger along with the usual mineral notes. Terrific length and showing firmer acids than usual that balance out the light sweetness perfectly. A wonderful showing. A/A-.

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  3/18/2016 - BradKNYC wrote:

  TN: Terrific wines (Loire, Germany, Austria, Alsace & Rioja) as Jeff & Dena Morris return to NYC. (Royal Seafood, NYC): My last bottle and a disappointing showing. This bottle was even more advanced than one two years ago. Oxidized flavors dominate, though one can see that there's some apricot fruit trying to punch its way out, but it's losing the battle and there's no freshness whatsoever. Air didn't help it rally either, as it often does for the '95 and '96 Huet Sec and Demi-Sec when they start off a little oxy. Perfectly stored since release and bottles opened in the past have shown beautifully. When I visited Foreau in 2010, he blind tasted me on the '97 Moelleux Reserve as he was concerned it was advancing quickly. It was and now, it appears, so is the Demi-Sec. B/B-.

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