2005 François Chidaine Vouvray Clos Baudoin

Community Tasting Notes (33) Median Score: 90 points

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  2/19/2024 - drfloyd wrote:

  From a magnum - needed a bit of air to unwind. Not many signs of age - nose was a bit muted - white flours, beeswax, honeysuckle - maybe a bit of plastic - very subtle but nice. It was firm on the palate with its 14% alcohol weight - acidity was enough and it had an almost grainy texture - I kept thinking of guava. In a great place and enjoyable - definitely a food wine.

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  7/31/2023 - Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Robe or évoluée.Bouquet exceptionnel d'intensité fait de senteurs de poire,pêche,miel,mangue,tilleul.C'est enivrant et on ne se lasse pas de humer.La bouche suit parfaitement avec une belle trame conservée tout auréolée d'une élégance superlative.Les mêmes arômes rendent la bouche heureuse de voir défiler un tel festival.Et cela finit long,long....Un 2005 dans toute sa splendeur.De mémoire, à l'origine un demi-sec qui depuis a bien mangé ses sucres comme disent les vignerons.Vin qui depuis la fameuse décision du comité de Vouvray est désormais étiqueté Vin de France.Quel arrêté stupide !!! Cela n'empêche pas ce grand vigneron d'encore produire de fabuleux nectars !!!!

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  9/18/2021 - centropomus Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Well, this wasn’t awesome, but it wasn’t awful either. Muted floral nose with some ripe pear and quince up front and decent length. Lacks acid, but has some subtle sweetness that seems to attack the roof of the mouth more than the tongue. Maybe some underripe persimmon lingering in the medium long finish. Not bad.

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  8/16/2018 - gordoyflaca Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Fascinating nose and palate of tropical fruits, mango, papaya, beeswax, lemon pith. Wish it had a bit more acidic cut; not sure if product of age or vintage.

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  2/11/2018 - Julian Marshall wrote: 85 Points

  The colour is burnt gold, the nose is mainly honey and butterscotch. In the mouth, it starts quite well, with an attack of citrus fruits and a mineral base, but then it veers off into sweet, cloying honey with a hot finish. Perhaps time will sort it out because there is an improvement over the last bottle, but once again, I get the impression that they could and should have done better with the terroir and the vintage.

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