1997 Domaine Philippe Delesvaux Coteaux du Layon Sélection de Grains Nobles

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  10/20/2023 - stefad Likes this wine: 95 Points

  très beau chenin liquoreux, belle évolution avec robe brillante orangée et reflets ambrés.
  Arômes d'oranges, ananas, miel et une liqueur très digeste à l'acidité agréable rafraîchissante.
  Longueur de 60 caudalies et plus.
  Peut encore se garder en cave. L'unique défaut de cette demie-bouteille est son bouchon : de petite longueur et aux 4/5e imbibés.

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  1/4/2021 - Erik Snel Likes this wine: 93 Points

  After 23 years of waiting, finally it is the day to shine. And it certainly does perform in a passionate tango with a tartetatin with pear, blue cheese and pecan nuts. Orange brown colored. Smell of marmelade, apricot and nuts. And the taste of the same added with salty flavours, honey and ripe figs. A claire obscure in the glass. Close to perfection.’
  
  🍽Tarte Tatin 5🌟
  🛠11.7%Alc 🍇💯Chenin Blanc

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  12/2/2020 - Ara Kafafian Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Blind, honey brown color almost like a Brandy, notes of pear compote, honey, apricots, shaved coconuts, brown sugar, viscous, very complex, rich and thick silent wine with a fantastic lengthy finish. Bottled at 11.7% alc. it should hold until 2035.

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  8/21/2019 - forceberry wrote: 91 Points

  1997 was a very exceptional vintage for sweet wines in Loire, and none less so for Delesvaux. 11,7% alcohol.
  
  Deep, intense reddish coppery color. Very rich, complex and rather unctuous nose with aromas of toast and smoke, some reductive gunpowder, a little bit of bruised apple, light orange marmalade tones, sweet notes of raisins and pear compote and a gaseous touch of SO2. The wine is oily, quite full-bodied and rather oily on the palate with very sweet and unctuous flavors of maple syrup, roasted nuts, some dried figs, a little bit of steely minerality, light raisiny tones, a hint of orange marmalade and a touch of molasses. The overall feel is quite soft and sticky as the relatively high acidity feels rather modest in comparison to this much sweetness; the high residual sugar makes the wine feel pretty cloying and the sweetness is so intense it almost feels like it burns on the tongue. The finish is long, sticky and gentle with intense, super-sweet flavors of syrupy molasses, some caramel, a little bit of roasted nuts, light notes of orange marmalade, a hint of sultana raisins and a touch of butterscotch.
  
  A very rich, complex and unctuous dessert wine with lots of weight, sweetness and botrytized power. The overall feel is rather heavy and ponderous due to the level of acidity that feels just inadequate in comparison to the through-the-roof levels of residual sugar. Nevertheless, a very complex and rewarding wine. The modest acidity makes the wine feel lacking a bit in balance, taking its small toll on the score, but otherwise it is a very lovely and enjoyable effort. Outstanding value at under 20€ for a 500 ml bottle.

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  3/4/2019 - winepog wrote: 93 Points

  Dark color, almost bronze. Nutty flavors. Very well developed.

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