Community Tasting Note

• Guy Des Rosiers Likes this wine: 88 points

  June 18, 2016 - Tasted from magnum. Medium-lemon core. Shy nose of lemon, lime and mint, showing a bit of age. Fairly round and rich for Muscadet. Not showing very much by way of fruit (mostly lemon and grape). The acidity is balanced. Lacks some of the freshness and crispness of young Muscadet, and signs of age are showing on the finish. Drink up.
  
  Update: Taking Fitzi's advice to heart, I re-tasted this after about 18 hours in the decanter. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the slightly oxidative notes had disappeared, and in fact some of the salinity and crispness of young Muscadet had re-emerged. Based on this, I would agree that the wine merits a higher score (I have adjusted my rating accordingly), and there is no rush to drink this. Still, having had very mixed results aging the 2005s for more than 10 years , I would be cautious about going too long on this. As an aside, I would love to be proved wrong about the age-ability of top Muscadet, as they represent tremendous value.

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• fitzi commented:

  6/18/16, 5:36 PM - I opened one a 750 a few weeks ago and respectfully beg to differ. After a fuzzy start, it improved with air time in the bottle for a few days, increasing in focus and clarity, as good Muscadet is wont to do. In magnum, it may be in a dumb phase, or your bottle may be flawed. Muscadet with a bit of age often tastes a bite oxidized initially. I won't be rushing to finish mine, in any event.

• Hawaiino commented:

  6/10/17, 10:18 PM - J

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