1999 Henri Bourgeois Sancerre Les Baronnes

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 90 points

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  3/26/2011 - Paul S wrote: 89 Points

  Loire Odyssey, Part I - the Non-Chenin Whites (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): A very decent wine, but I did not like it as much as I thought I would with a Henri Bourgeois. If anything, I thought the oak and fruit here was just a little disjointed. It had a very bright nose with lots of expressive scents - gooseberry, passionfruit, green peppers, green pears, a touch of meadow herbs, grass and a little pee. Pleasant enough, but I could not decide how much I liked it. The palate came across as a bit of a ripe fat variety. It was bright and high-toned with lots of acid that kept it balanced and un-flabby, but there certainly was plenty of plump flesh as well. Flavour-wise, there was an ample amount of grass and spice, but also lots of ripe lemons and grapefruit in there. I thought it was nudging closer to NZ then Sancerre to be honest. The finish was decent enough, with a bit more spice and some capsicum and a strange , slightly disjointed layer of nutty popcorn fand roasty toasty smoke note hints floating around. Lots of acid. Bright. High-toned.

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  6/11/2005 - JuanDomingo wrote: 91 Points

  This is a yellow gold limp palid with tea notes. With yeast, pears, white fruits and toasty notes. obliusly cat piss, citric and lime. Good acidity, light with white fruits retrotaste (green apple and pears). herbal notes with a very good aftertaste.

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