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 VintageN.V. Label 1 of 2 
TypeWhite - Sparkling
ProducerPascal Potaire
VarietyChardonnay
DesignationLes Capriades
VineyardPiège à filles
CountryFrance
RegionLoire Valley
SubRegionTouraine
AppellationTouraine

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Community Tasting Notes (average 88.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 8 notes) - hiding notes with no text

 Tasted by drwine2001 on 8/9/2014: Lightly petillant. Interesting wine with aromatic sense of apples and sweetness but then a quite dry, very mineral palate. Good and refreshing. This apparently has 2012 fruit and is much more successful than the cuvee tried in 2012. (1794 views)
 Tasted by Beerzebub on 2/16/2013: Tasty golden apple and white peach with an herbaceous streak and a bit of minerality, just off dry with good acidity and balance, good on its own and with food, nice bubbly. (2081 views)
 Tasted by Pierre-Yves on 12/9/2012 & rated 89 points: Green apple. Balanced, and way better than their rose indeed. Tasting note of Will Davies nailed it (2009 views)
 Tasted by Will Devize on 12/5/2012 & rated 89 points: The palate starts peachy before showing racy apples and preserved lemons with a herbaceous edge on the finish. Buttery, broad, very tasty but richness checked well by chunky acid. Also a nice iodine note on the mid-palate. This is a hell of a lot of fizz for the money (£13), and has so much character that I am even prepared to forgive the beer bottle top. So much better than their rosé. (2133 views)
 Tasted by drwine2001 on 9/29/2012: Light yellow with some amber, fine bubbles. A strange aromatic topnote that is difficult to identify at first but evolves into profound earthiness. Medium weight, crabapple fruit, slight residual sugar, and then the not completely clean soil tones are reprised in the finish, imparting a certain harshness. Curious and not for me. This seems like another natural wine misadventure. (2309 views)

CellarTracker Wiki Articles (login to edit | view all articles)

Chardonnay

The Chardonnay Grape

France

Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)

Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings

2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.com

Loire Valley

Vins du Val de Loire (Interprofession des Vins du Val de Loire)

Jancis Robinson vintage reports
Wine Spectator vintage reports
Wine Scholar Guild vintage reports

2016 vintage:
"Quality and concentration is good, with Chenin Blanc being particularly noteworthy in 2016 while Sancerre is thought to be the best of the Sauvignon Blanc appellations. Cabernet Franc is 'delicious, ripe and fruity' according to Loire courtier Chris Hardy." - Jancis Roninson

2017 vintage reports:
Jancis Robinson
Vinfolio

"2018 wines will not be typical of the Loire rather they will have the characteristics of wines from much further south" - Philippe Gilbert

2019 vintage:
Academie du Vin report
"the warm 2019 vintage is characterised by a surprising freshness" - Jim Budd

Vineyards on weinagen-info

Touraine

Touraine (wikipedia)

Touraine

Touraine AOC (Interprofession des Vins du Val de Loire)

 
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