Coravin fun - Alsace, Loire and Random French

My place, Kent Street
Tasted Saturday, March 26, 2022 by chatters with 120 views

Introduction

More cherry picking to ascertain the relative drinkability of my cellar

Flight 1 - Marc Bredif Vouvray (4 Notes)

Wonderful wines, incredible consistency across these four

  • 1985 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Aromas of lanolin, honey, slight lemon, bees wax, a little lemon peel. Juicy, rich, honeyed, a little glycerol fatness to the mid palate, very slight texture, all travel long, tangy finish. Very good indeed.

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  • 2001 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Lemon, bees wax, slight lanolin, clay, umami notes, honey. Medium plus acidity, lemon, honey, slightly buttery almost, mid palate burr, waxy texture, long, very long in fact, that tangy note to the fruit again. Very good indeed.

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  • 2008 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Lemon, a touch of bay leaf and waxiness, there is an underlying savoury quality here as well as a little minerality and honey on the nose. Acid lends juiciness, touch of lemon, textured mid palate grip, waxy breadth, tangy, long, really good.

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  • 2012 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Lemon, bees wax, a little sweet spice, richer on the nose than the others wines in the bracket - tending towards Savinnieres territory. In the mouth it's juicy, super tangy with lemon citrus underpin, textured grip, waxy, fresh, long, a little honey on the finish. Glorious.

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Flight 2 - Vouvray/Alsace random whites (2 Notes)

just a couple here

  • 2005 Domaine Huet Vouvray Sec Le Mont

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Bees wax with a little polish underpin over honey, candy floss, lemon, a little minerality slight herby, green apple quality. Medium plus intensity acidity, burr tugs at the mid palate ,flavours are slightly muted after the Bredif's. Feels like it is more about structure. Okay.

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  • 2004 Louis Sipp Riesling Osterberg

    France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru

    From Coravin. Aromas of honey, clay, slight lime peel, apricot, cream, very slight kerosene. Juicy acidity, cream, apricot, a little bruised apple, honey, slight residual sugar lends a little generosity here and there is a sense of fatness and richness. Nice but drink up.

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Flight 3 - Loire and southern French bracket (3 Notes)

just stumbled across these and thought it best to taste them together

  • 2015 Frederic Mabileau Bourgueil Racines

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Bourgueil

    From Coravin. Slightly bretty, red berry fruit, earth, slightly funky with a very slight volatile note. Juicy, savoury, a little bretty farmyard over red berry fruit, quite fleshy, tannins are rustic but finely textured. Makes me want to eat saucisson. Yum in a dirty way.

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  • 2009 Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot Minervois Les Fontanilles

    France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Minervois

    From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of baked dark hued fruits, a little cream and sweet spice. With agitation the fruit grows but remains a little brooding, leather and alcohol prickle are also evident. The palate is more elegant than the nose implies. Balanced acid & fruit, medium minus intensity textured tannins in support, a little leather. Long. Lithe. Very nice.

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  • 2012 Pierre-Henri Morel Gigondas

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Gigondas

    From Coravin. Red fruits, meaty savouriness, quite gamey in fact with some sweet spice and a little almost baked bean quality. And that meatiness the dominant factor on the palate joined by drying woody tannic grip that closes all the other elements out. Drink up.

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Flight 4 - Loire sweeties (2 Notes)

very nice

  • 1992 Château de Fesles Bonnezeaux

    France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Bonnezeaux

    From Coravin. Honey, almost smoky notes, lemon, a little apricot, sweet spice, a touch of cellar stink. medium plus intensity acidity, sweet but not lusciously so, slight alcohol warmth, tangy, flavours very slightly muted here but lemon marmalade and apricot, a little texture. Probably drink up on this tasting. Nice though.

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  • 1997 Château de Suronde Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru

    France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Quarts de Chaume Grand Cru

    From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of honey, lemon, slight orange and orange blossom, apricot, sweet spice, very slight bruised apple. Medium plus intensity acidity, lusciously sweet, caramel joins honey, apricot orange on the palate, long, balanced sweetness and acidity, textured on the finish. Nice.

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Flight 5 - Alsace sweeties (3 Notes)

the Trimbach has faded quickly, the Sipp Kirchberg de Ribeauville can keep it company

Closing

A few more victims to add to the drinking list...

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