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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.8 pts. and median of 91 pts. in 45 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by viniferatu on 1/15/2023: la Gloire de la Loire...
so rich and complex on the nose: apricot jam, honey, myriad spices and herbs, cooked citrus, petrichor... dense and layered on the palate, long honeyed finish, residual sugar is still quite apparent, but I can see it turning quite dry in the next decade, this will be worth following many more year
I would like to know if any botrytis affected fruit went into this cuvee... (1213 views) | | | Tasted by IJC on 7/18/2020: Outstanding.
Brilliant apricot golden color, a nose redolent of quince, apricot, and nectar. On the tongue, all of those flavors came through, layer upon layer of fruit, with supple acidity which kept the taste lively and light. An absolutely perfect balance. Delicious.
Perfect to drink now, but these wines last forever... no rush.
Rated +3 on a scale of -1 to +3. (1956 views) | | | Tasted by Tubulus on 4/22/2020 & rated 93 points: Opened out of the fridge and showed absolutely nothing, just sweet. An hour opened though and this totally transformed, honey and wooly, really the ur-chenin. A bit sweeter than I thought it would be but (after a few hours opened) there was great balance with nice acidity. (1848 views) | | | Tasted by glou.sf on 9/19/2018 & rated 93 points: Melon, nutmeg, honey, and orange flavors on the nose. Beautiful palate with flavors of citrus, honey, spices, and cantaloupe. Long finish. (2162 views) | | | Tasted by decaturwinedude on 8/23/2018 & rated 90 points: Really fine bottle. Deep, gold-ish color. Balanced, lively acidity. Packed with baked apple and honey notes, but not at all overdone. Really nice balance and energy. Drinking well, no signs of slowing down. (2206 views) | | | Tasted by rsharma on 5/12/2018 & rated 85 points: Drank at Corey's house, with dessert. Golden color. Not cloying. (2011 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 12/24/2017: This is a really good bottle, although the appearance is golden and had me worried before tasting. Great balance, vibrant acidity, this is sharp and fresh, not oxidized at all. Beautiful and typical aromas of wool and tree fruit like pears and peaches, honey, and smoke and stone, and these things carry onto the palate, which shows great balance and energy. Excellent wine, what these should be like. (2652 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 11/3/2017: i don't know. Enjoyable and some of the wool and herbal honey aspects are recognizable. But the wine also just seems kind of tired, and it shouldn't, it's a baby. (2695 views) | | | Tasted by T.E.D. on 7/8/2017 & rated 91 points: Perfect color, medium amber, no signs of ox. Very classic orange marmalade, quince, honey, and wet oak. Hints of white flower. DrInking at peak (1647 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 4/2/2017 & rated 93 points: Bevan and Huet (and watching the Final Four) (Home): Of course, one always opens these with trepidation. This was a good bottle. Golden in color. How dark should a sound 15 year old Chenin be? This was a bit darker than I expected but within reason. The nose is very nice. Orange peel, salinity, a slight oxidation (normal amount at 15), and a Bit O' Honey candy bar. On the palate, this is slightly viscous. Slightly sweet. Plenty of orange rinds. Slight crushed shell note. Good acidity. Nice finish. It took me a glass to accept that this was a good bottle (I almost felt like Woody Allen trying a wine), and then this was quite enjoyable. No hurry on sound bottles. (2400 views) | | | Tasted by 14frimaire on 5/2/2016: Pristine and beautiful (2512 views) | | | Tasted by IJC on 9/10/2015: Golden color; quince and floral nose; just a hint of honeyed fruit, the acidity well balanced. Long, soft finish. Beautiful.
Rated 2 on a scale of -1 to 3. (2463 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 12/25/2014: Light golden. Gorgeous combination of quince and lively citrus. Moderately sweet, pristine, almost crystalline quality of the fruit with even more orange on the palate than the nose. The usual fantastic texture and exceptional acidic backbone but perhaps a little less of the Clos du Bourg soil component than in many bottles of this. Last bottle of this and perhaps the best of the lot-on to the '05! (2950 views) | | | Tasted by brooklynguy on 12/16/2014: No pre-mox with this bottle. Wonderful wine that expanded and improved over two hours. Detailed and articulate in its expression, lush but controlled, full in body but also elegant. Wool, thyme, honey, spring water, rock. Lovely, lovely wine. (4235 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 10/29/2014: Deep yellow. Very fresh aromatics of pear, honey, and spice. Lush with zingy acidity, layered feel, pure fruit with less soil than usual for this site. Marvelous bottle. I'm getting to the bottom of the pile; over the past few years, each time I've opened one dreading oxidation, it has performed brilliantly. (2762 views) | | | Tasted by Pknut on 8/17/2014: I opened this at noon and brought it to dinner seven hours later. The color is noticeably deep yellow, so already I'm suspicious in light of the ongoing premox debate which seems focused on 2002 vintage especially. We all agree that this is not oxidized, but it does seem advanced, Greg noting the caramel in the back of the palate. Returning to this wine after dinner, again it doesn't seem oxidized, but it's not especially expressive and Brad notes that it's not on point for a Chenin. This was a disappointing bottle. With Greg, Jayson and Brad at L'Apicio in the East Village. (2481 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 6/23/2014: Medium to deep yellow. Fresher, more airy aromatics than Le Mont, brighter citrus, more honey. Textural Chenin, moderately sweet, very fresh, zingy acidity. Really superb tonight. (2248 views) | | | Tasted by 14frimaire on 5/25/2014: Infanticide. No oxidation here. (1995 views) | | | Tasted by tooch on 4/11/2014 & rated 91 points: Let's Open Some Wines From 2002 (Palena - Washington, DC): Really liked this with its coolish fruit and crisp finish. Went nicely with our cheese and desert. (2689 views) | | | Tasted by salil on 1/19/2014 flawed bottle: Oxidized. Bah. (2548 views) | | | Tasted by eoinhharkins on 12/30/2013 & rated 93 points: Nose is wonderfully expressive that evolves so much with an hour decant, nice mix of honeyed orchard and tropical fruit palate has a robustness tp it but beautifully balanced it's hard to put your glass down. Given the structure of he wine I feel this is only the beginning (1987 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 12/25/2013: Light golden. Much as described this summer. Combination of citrus and pear with honey. Lush feel, moderately sweet (actually on the Moelleux end of Demi-Sec), good acidity and that inimitable soil finish of Clos du Bourg. Wonderful and mature. (1945 views) | | | Tasted by BillB656 on 11/25/2013 flawed bottle: premox (2182 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 11/13/2013 & rated 94 points: Sharon's Birthday (Kapcsandy, Rhys, Huet, Pape Clement, +++) (GHT): Awesome. Perfect condition. Light golden in color. A nose of orange rinds, some mineral and saline. On the palate, this is layered, complex and delicious. Slightly sweet. Viscous texture. Great balance. So smooth. Long finish. Love this wine. Hard not to chug it. (2454 views) | | | Tasted by drwine2001 on 8/7/2013: Full yellow. Lavender and honey. Medium weight, great, carressing Chenin texture, moderately sweet, bright orange fruit and clove spiciness. Typical Clos du Bourg terroir on the finish. Utterly delicious, as it has been on pretty much every occasion over the past 2 years. (2782 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, May/Jun 2020, Issue #87, Recently- Tasted Loire Valley Wines Spring 2020 In The Garden of France
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View From the Cellar, Jan/Feb 2011, Issue #31, Recently Tasted Loire Valley Gems Superb 2009s and Plenty of Excellent Recent Vintages
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View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2009, Issue #23, The Annual Loire Valley Report- Plenty of Fine Wines Abound Amongst Current Releases from the 2008, 2007 and 2006 Vintages
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