Community Tasting Note

• Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 points

  October 31, 2015 - A private dinner (Restaurant im Schiffchen **, Düsseldorf, Germany): Thick plastic capsule (almost impossible to cut through) suggests this was recorked and released in the 1970's. Pale golden colour shot with amber, very bright and lively for age; distinctly Chenin on the nose, linen and chamomile, incredibly fresh and lightly sweet, hints of honey, flowers, orange and spice, touch of old botrytis; the palate is delicately sweet, rounded and juicy, subtle waxy bottle-age, harmonious and completely together, again with good Chenin typicity, energetic, balanced and fresh, bitters in check; notes of yellow apple on the finish, honey, good length. Simply incredible quality for a 94 year old medium-sweet wine.

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• Sven D commented:

  3/21/17, 6:13 AM - I bought 6 bottles at Sylvies few some years ago and they have the same think plastic capsule. Corcked were al in prime shape so they must have been recorcked. At the auction were 100 years of Vouvray present (1911-) from a Belgian Collection that was sold. I bought these and some 1976 (Allas). Great value.

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