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• CSteefel wrote: 91 points

  May 19, 2021 - More acidic than I expected following the lush and pliant Menard Pluton, but this is in the style of the 2018 Anjou Blanc a Francois(e) I had earlier. Notes of lemon oil strengthen with time, struggling with the herbal and floral elements that are probably lurking well behind the scenes here. I probably would have identified the Anjou Blanc a Francois(e) as a young Chablis except for the chalky element that seems to contribute to the broadening of the profile, and similar comments on the slightly less acidic 2018 Clos de la Hutte, which is more balanced, lemon oil together with a sappy sweeter mid-palate. This one shows best on the nose right now, where the lemon, verbena, herbs, and floral elements seem to compete... On Day 2, the acidity is still strong, but the lemon oil notes have given away to something more akin to grapefruit, so now the confusion blind might be a young Sancerre. Still a somewhat atypical Chenin in my limited experience...

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