2020 Château de Plaisance Savennières

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  7/1/2023 - michael@tastingsbymichael.com Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Gold color. Complex nose of lime, pear, quince, orange cest, hints of mango and mirabel. On the palate the wine is dry, fresh (medium+ acidity), with aromatic notes of apple, pear, hazelnut and orange cest and lime. Fresh but with a round mouthfeel. Nice long finish. A very fine wine!

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  3/14/2022 - Julian Marshall Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Made in the same precise style as their other wines. 12 months in oak barrels but I wouldn't have known. The Savennières is a definite step up in quality, with a really attractive nose of hazelnut, orange peel, white spring flowers, spritzy lime and lemon, then a bit of seaspray. The attack is just gorgeous, a blend of apples and pears before a strong wave of hazelnut and orange mid-palate, then wafts of lemon and pear, before the long, crisp finish.
  
  Having had a Baumard Clos de St.Yves very recently, it was interesting to taste the difference. The Plaisance is made much like Epiré, for example, so very chiseled and dry, although with much better fruit, but also much less soft and rounded than the Baumard wines. Personally this is the style of Savennières that I like.

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