Community Tasting Note
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bevetroppo Likes this wine: 92 points
May 11, 2023 - Note this wine is labeled "sec." The relatively pale gold color belies the majestic expression of chenin blanc that awaits. The nose contains multitudes, dancing from beautiful yellow orchard fruit and green gage plum to hints of wet wool, honey and a beguiling salinity on the back burner, just starting to show glimmers of petrol. There is, oxymoronically speaking, weightless heft on the palate, the tension so precise between acidity and fruit it's almost painful on the tip of the tongue and you could bounce a quarter off it. Texturally it's of the mouth coating ilk, yellow apple fairy-dusted with honeycomb, contributing to a finish for this relatively inexpensive wine that is so charming and long it's like an extended warranty. Clearly someone agrees because as I type I can see the drinking window pegged at 2040. Impeccably stored it could be longer.
Chenin blanc has gotten a lot of somm love in the past few years but it's all an understatement when applied to this beauty. I don't know what more we could ask of it.2 people found this helpful 759 views