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• RyanStotz Likes this wine:

  February 17, 2019 - Don't usually choose Saumur-Champigny as a hanging around the house cocktail wine, but I'm doing taxes today and it's a 2015 that should be ripe enough and ready, so I rolled the dice. Glad I did, because this rips. Barnyardy for sure, but pretty classic Saumur cab franc herbal blue/purple fruit, clean floral breeze straight through the middle, and a touch of black pepper just heading into the finish. Stronger aromatics due to the warm vintage, and I'd attribute the slightly weightier body and finer tannins to the same warmth. Thankfully the heat didn't have any discernible effect on the acid, which is as taut and well-placed as one could possibly desire from Saumur-Champigny that's not Rougeard. Crazy value for this, and glad I have more to drink when I grill the first steaks of the year out on the patio.

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• Tony Poli commented:

  5/30/19, 7:20 PM - Opening this tomorrow at a Loire tasting, my first bottle. Great note, I really appreciate it, it will make me seem smart. And I am looking forward to the wine.

• RyanStotz commented:

  5/31/19, 4:14 AM - Thanks! Wish I'd bought more. Delicious stuff.

• Tony Poli commented:

  6/1/19, 7:55 PM - It was indeed delicious stuff.
  I saw on your profile that you like the Piedmont region. Have you ever tried Nebbiolo from Valtellina, a valley in Lombardia near the Swiss border? If I am telling you something you already know, I apologize. But if you haven’t come across these wines, they are worth seeking out. There is even a Nebbiolo made in the appassimento style, the one I found was from Nino Negri, that was really interesting, though his regular Nebbiolo was even better.

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