Musty/dusty nose; slightly reductive with a neutral aroma. Palate offers ripe lemon and nectarine tones with high acid and a balanced malic component. Dry with medium alcohol and no noticeable residual sugar. Unusual in style for Vouvray but enjoyable.
Funky, savory profile with overripe and canned peach, dried flowers, and white pepper. Condrieu-like character (less ripe, less oak). Medium acidity with light bitterness. 14.5% alcohol shows. Interesting but somewhat heavy.
Terpenic and expressive with nectarines and floral aromatics. Very Albariño-like on the nose and palate - I’d blind this as an Albariño. Elevated acidity with a touch of bitterness, pretty texture, and a hint of creaminess suggesting possible malo. Balanced and attractive.
Lightly sweet (≈15 g/L RS) with a gentle frizzante. Clear petrol notes alongside green apple and lemon. Reductive, classic, and uncomplicated Kabinett style. Refreshing and correct.
Citrusy and fresh with Granny Smith apple, light papaya, (including a faint tropical funk). Light-bodied and zippy with high-minus acidity. Simple and straightforward with a short finish but clean and pleasant.
Reductive and savory with candle wax, waxy lemon, and a saline edge. High acidity, focused and energetic. Hints of botrytis or yeast complexity. Lovely and distinctive.
2024 Champalou Vouvray 87 Points
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Musty/dusty nose; slightly reductive with a neutral aroma. Palate offers ripe lemon and nectarine tones with high acid and a balanced malic component. Dry with medium alcohol and no noticeable residual sugar. Unusual in style for Vouvray but enjoyable.
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2023 Alois Lageder Pinot Grigio Porer 85 Points
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Funky, savory profile with overripe and canned peach, dried flowers, and white pepper. Condrieu-like character (less ripe, less oak). Medium acidity with light bitterness. 14.5% alcohol shows. Interesting but somewhat heavy.
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2024 Domaine Zafeirakis Malagousia Microcosmos 88 Points
Greece, Thessaly, Tirnavos
Terpenic and expressive with nectarines and floral aromatics. Very Albariño-like on the nose and palate - I’d blind this as an Albariño. Elevated acidity with a touch of bitterness, pretty texture, and a hint of creaminess suggesting possible malo. Balanced and attractive.
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2023 Groebe Riesling Kabinett 87 Points
Germany, Rheinhessen
Lightly sweet (≈15 g/L RS) with a gentle frizzante. Clear petrol notes alongside green apple and lemon. Reductive, classic, and uncomplicated Kabinett style. Refreshing and correct.
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2020 Broadbent Branco Ilha da Madeira 87 Points
Portugal, Madeira, Madeirense
Citrusy and fresh with Granny Smith apple, light papaya, (including a faint tropical funk). Light-bodied and zippy with high-minus acidity. Simple and straightforward with a short finish but clean and pleasant.
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2022 Barta Tokaji Öreg Király Dűlő Mád 88 Points
Hungary, Tokaji
Reductive and savory with candle wax, waxy lemon, and a saline edge. High acidity, focused and energetic. Hints of botrytis or yeast complexity. Lovely and distinctive.
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