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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.8 pts. and median of 89 pts. in 19 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Pinotfanbg on 12/27/2022 & rated 87 points: Bright golden color. Distinct fermented apple cider and sherry scent. Slightly volatile too. Tastes a bit pear cidery with a rich slightly oily body. Better on the palate than the scent. Finishes creamy and dry with a bit of skin tannin. Seems very advanced. I thought it would have more lemon and acidity at this point. Drink up if you can abide by the style. (470 views) | | | Tasted by gwkozar on 1/7/2020: POP, drank over 90 minutes. Started slightly chilled, then ice bucket, then let it warm up a bit. nose of musty socks to start which morphed into walnuts, lemon, and sherry-like. Palate started subdued with nuts, pear(?). Over time it gained weight and lemon became more pronounced, along with a slightly drier, tarter finish. Preferred at cool room temp (64f?), and I wish that I decanted for at least an hour (perhaps decant and rebottle before work). (1363 views) | | | Tasted by SteveG on 3/25/2019 & rated 92 points: From memory, medium 18k gold, fresh peachy-pear nose, white and yellow palate, ripe medium finish. Distinctly not as tart as most of the Vouvray we have tasted, but slightly rich and very much towards that end of the chenin blanc spectrum. Drier than most "sec", with notable sweet fruit flavors. (1521 views) | | | Tasted by Bourgognefreak on 7/24/2017 & rated 89 points: Almost Sherry-like like a Manzanilla which means quite dry and with a distinct salty taste. A bit oxidised at the outset but this is disappearing soon.
With time this gains weight and one can feel the robust structure and body of the wine. It also becomes more complex.
It is a perfect companion to fresh cow and goat cheeses. (2465 views) | | | Tasted by gwkozar on 5/3/2017 & rated 89 points: Decanted 30 minutes, served cool. Minimal nose. Palate started out dry and hollow fruit, as it breathed it developed some mid palate of pear, honey, dry finish. Saved some for 2nd night experience. (2298 views) | | | Tasted by guitarguy on 8/31/2013 & rated 89 points: A dramatically better wine that the bottle I pulled two weeks ago. While there was still some oxidation in the nose and palate, it was greatly reduced to the point where it was background, not wasteland. Nose included a little Canadian whiskey to go with the oxidation. On the palate a very dry lime, chalk and slight oxidative notes. A bit of chalky mineral finishes with that oxidative fruit note. (4679 views) | | | Tasted by guitarguy on 7/27/2013 & rated 79 points: Not a fan of oxidized wines like this. Second bottle, second wine that is only barely drinkable on day two when the oxidized nature drops a bit. Still, a major disappointment and I remember why I don't like Bourdy-like whites like this. These days, I run as fast as I can away from natural wines and areas that encourage oxidation in their whites. I suspect the future will not be kind to the naturistes...I say be as organic as possible but use all the tools available to make the best wine possible. These non-interventionalistes certainly don't believe this and it tends to show in their wine. (3924 views) | | | Tasted by linserge on 7/25/2012: Slightly oxidized, with intriguing hints of sour or green apple. Well made wine, though. (4651 views) | | | Tasted by bg2167 on 10/18/2011 & rated 91 points: Spectacular and incredibly interesting. Needs a lot of time but full of complexity that will reward. (4302 views) | | | Tasted by CTuttle on 7/31/2011 & rated 92 points: Fantastic stuff. The nose is sweet & floral. A hint of bourbon on the palate. Seems like some residual sugar. Well balanced, with a nice acidic cut on the finish. (4491 views) | | | Tasted by linserge on 6/19/2011: Deep golden color, slight funk, and could that be oak? Overall fascinating, and enjoyable. (2173 views) | | | Tasted by gwkozar on 4/26/2011 & rated 89 points: slightly oxidized, very palatable. slightly sweet nose and palate with Ctirus background. finish with ripe pear and sweetness and mineral. (2109 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 2/22/2011 & rated 89 points: Not nearly as feral as the last bottle. In fact, very nice. Good acidity and typical salt. (2032 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 2/13/2011 & rated 86 points: This bottle was frankly a little challenging to approach. Aggressively saline, with odd notes of gasoline. Mellowed out a bit with some air, and nice Saumer acidity. (2001 views) | | | Tasted by bg2167 on 1/1/2011 & rated 84 points: No signs of oxidation. Quite a bid of oak/wood treatment but a pleasant and interesting balance is reached. (2158 views) | | | Tasted by herberto on 12/29/2010 & rated 90 points: V. nice Saumur brine. (2200 views) | | | Tasted by tcfishler on 10/19/2010: This seems a completely different animal compared to what the previous poster describes. Light pure yellow in color, with a somewhat subtle yet highly pleasing and interesting nose of lanolin, rose, pineapple, and cactus notes. Graceful throughout yet rich with flavor, ending with a perfumed high note. I popped this one based on the previous note suggesting premature aging, but I would be interested in the evolution of this wine years down the line. (2245 views) | | | Tasted by guitarguy on 9/9/2010 & rated 81 points: Too many Loire wines are marred by heavy oxidation and this is one on the verge. I don't know if it is taking "natural" too far or what, but you can take oxidative whites and stick them, IMHO. This wine had a pretty good dose of oxidized apples (cut and left out too long). You can see it in the color of the wine, which is more like carmel apple than the inside flesh of a golden delicious. Oxidative nose, not much else there. This was, at best, disappointing, at worst, a bad bottle of wine. I always wonder whether or not to report these to Garagiste as a flawed bottle? I had a group of bottles from Belliviere's Jasnieres Les Rosiers with the same problem. (2234 views) |
| By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Sep/Oct 2013, Issue #47, Round Two of Recently Tasted Loire Valley Wines Lots More From the 2012, 2011 and 2010 Vintages
(Saumur Blanc- Domaine de Collier) Login and sign up and see review text. | i-WineReview.com, Report 22: Wines of the Western Loire (5/6/2010)
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Vinous, May/June 2010, IWC Issue #150
(Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jon Rimmerman
Garagiste (12/11/2008)
(SAUMUR Blanc COLLIER) Loire Dear Friends, Loire fans, this one's for you. I've been saving this for the holiday season as I knew early on it would be tough to top. It's not often you come across something with the pedigree of a Huet or Clos Rougeard - today we do. Domaine du Collier is the bastion of Antoine Foucault (of Clos Rougeard fame) and his personal winery has become the symbol of good taste in Paris. Expensive and precious to those that are captivated by the elder Foucault's Rougeard, Antoine's wine is already at a level normally reserved for old-time legends in France. To open a bottle of Collier at a tasting brings a hushed response - most other wines are cast aside in favor of Antoine's old-vine dry Chenin and Franc. If you've been waiting patiently for Rougeard's 2005s to debut, you may want to try these first. If it's any show of support, Charly Foucault himself claims Antoine's wine is better than his own and he puts his money where his mouth is by drinking more than his fair share of his son's labor of love - high praise indeed. Featured at some of the finest restaurants in the world (Gordon Ramsay, etc), this is a producer that has not only reached "cult status" in France (as much as I disdain that phrase) for the emphatic rarity of the wines but also for the exhilarating and pure expression of a special terroir around the Saumur town of Breze. Collier's red and white capture the organic sense of place and depth of fruit and minerality others find very difficult to achieve - the greatest terroirs show themselves in the bottle and that's exactly what Domaine du Collier is set to showcase - all without any added yeast, enzymes, treatments or other. Prices are already high but they are heading up as well - take advantage before they are completely out of reach (you should investigate DI out of the UK or France on these if you can find original provenance - the prices may be less than ours). ONE PARCEL ONLY directly from the source - only 10-15 cases of each for the entire US (including restaurants) All are VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: 2005 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc EXTREMELY LIMITED From vines with an average age of 40 years but some up to 72 years of age, this wine has impact as its strategy but impact in a Saumur way - delicate Chenin sap coats the palate and each pebble unfolds like a gentle fleck of glass toying with the first layer of your tongue. Heady (like Montrachet) but piquant (like Muscadet), If purity could be any more robust and restrained in the same sip, I'd like to taste it. Amazing wine from the 2005 vintage that will be talked about in many circles. 2005 Domaine du Collier Saumur Blanc "Le Charpentrie" EXTREMELY LIMITED From a parcel of 100-110 year old vines, this dry Chenin Blanc was a candidate for my 2008 Wine of the Year but I could not bring myself to publicly announce that on a wine with only 60 bottles for the country (maybe I will anyway). It appears to be nothing special upon first opening (and for the first few hours) but a cataclysm of fruit, rock, wood and extract starts to unfurl with exposure and that's where the word "ordinary" ends. This wine requires a full 24 hours of decant (yes, for a white) and it has the chance to age for at least 25-50 years. It is a masterwork of Chenin sec that must be cellared for at least a decade. Only for the most serious Loire collectors. 2004 Domaine du Collier Saumur Rouge "Le Ripaille" EXTREMELY LIMITED Let's get this out of the way first - Foucault prefers 2004 to 2005 for the reds - it is more transparent and full of the character that they go for at Clos Rougeard - the same can be said for Domaine du Collier. This wine is Antoine's top red bottling (there is also a regular Saumur Rouge - we don't have any) and it is hypnotic in its autumnal and idiosyncratic display of Cabernet Franc, soil and cement tones. This wine has structure, gorgeous aromatics that reflect the four seasons around Breze and a powerful persona in the way a top Chambolle such as Bonnes Mares marries masculine energy with the feminine nature of Burgundy. This wine also opens over 12-24 hours and it's as serious as it gets in the Loire. Should age for a long time. 120 bottles for the US. Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Loire7370 Loire7380 Loire7390 |
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| Domaine du CollierAntoine Foucault is the son of the late Charly Foucault of the famed Foucault brothers behind Clos Rougeard. In 1999, with his partner Caroline, he founded Domaine du Collier, which takes its name from Place du Collier where the family home is located.
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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.comLoire 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-infoAnjou-SaumurSee an excellent article on Vinography.Saumur On weinlagen-info |
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