Some Adventurous Loire Wines

SF Wine Trading Company
Tasted Saturday, May 16, 2015 by drwine2001 with 398 views

Introduction

Quite an entertaining flight of wines that cut a broad swath through this large region

Flight 1 (8 Notes)

  • NV Domaine de Nerleux Crémant de Loire Brut Rosé

    France, Loire Valley, Crémant de Loire

    Frothy light pink. Medium weight. Dry, flavors of bark and tobacco. Tannic finish. Pretty interesting stuff, I'd say, not having run into many sparkling Cabernet Francs.

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  • 2014 Pierre Riffault Sancerre Les 7 Hommes

    France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre

    Light amber orange. Herbal aromatics. Light body, some glycerine. More herbs than fruit in the mouth, strong, rising acidity. Serious, dry rose.

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  • 2009 Domaine Michel Bregeon Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Reserve

    France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine

    Full yellow. Very full and lush for Muscadet yet good acidity. More vegetal than fruit elements. Dry and long with lots of stone throughout. Certainly atypical in its weight and feel, but pretty admirable nonetheless.

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  • 2012 Domaine Bernard Baudry Chinon Blanc La Croix Boissée

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Chinon

    Bright yellow. Lots of pear and peach scents. Rich stone fruit, just off dry. Great caressing texture and finishing soil with adequate but not scintillating acidity. Drinking splendidly now. Its shape and length actually remind me of Grand Cru white Burgundy.

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  • 2010 Champalou Vouvray Le Clos du Portail

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    Medium yellow. Citrus notes. Medium weight (not nearly as full as the Baudry). A hint of residual sugar, quince, clove spice, a dash of herbs, and an earth filled finish more evocative of Savennieres than Vouvray. Extremely fascinating wine that seems like a hybrid between Chenin Blanc and Sauvignon, the same sense I have when drinking Romorantin.

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  • 2011 Puzelat-Bonhomme KO In Côt We Trust

    France, Vin de France

    Medium ruby core, lighter edge. Wild aromatics of brettanomyces, herbs, graphite, and stewed tomato. Equally eclectic on the palate-medium weight, the question of some carbonic elements, oregano, red cherry, and a tannic finish. Who knows what to make of this or tell where it is going, but it is singular and unique.

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  • 2012 Domaine de Nerleux Saumur-Champigny Clos des Chatains

    France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny

    Clear ruby core. Gently herbal nose. Light weight, clean, herbs, tobacco, and significant inner mouth perfume. Lightly tannic finish. Lovely example of lighter Loire Cabernet Franc for early drinking since not overly assertive varietal elements and well balanced.

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  • 2012 Alphonse Mellot Sancerre Rouge Les Herses

    France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre Rouge

    I had never heard of this red Mellot wine. Pretty deeply colored for Pinot Noir. Fragrant, stone tinged dark red fruit. Earthy, herbaceous entry followed by a transient burst of candied red fruit and then a lean, dry, almost astringent finish. Voluminous for Loire valley Pinot but essentially austere and full of soil. Not great today-will that hint of great fruit blossom and fill out the wine?

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