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• Raage wrote: 90 points

  June 6, 2022 - Agréable Gringet floral, ciré, épicé, mais qui m'a un peu frustré car ce n'est qu'une version modeste du "Feu" à la teneur minérale plus intense.
  En effet, "Les Alpes" manquent (sur cette bouteille) de peps comparé au magique grand frère, il semble en dedans, en retrait, timide, même aéré.
  à boire, peut-être même qu'un an ou 2 de moins aurait été judicieux.

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• Vas19 wrote: 91 points

  May 7, 2021 - A quality wine. Not sure if it's the grape or the terroir but it lacks the cut and focus on the palate to make it really great. But still very nice.

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• Bisou wrote: 91 points

  February 27, 2021 - Lemon, saline mineral, gunpowder. Reminds me a lot of Jura Chardonnay, just a little lower acidity. Delicious!

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• kuumies wrote:

  January 24, 2021 - Very clean and fresh on the nose with notes of elderflower and hay. On the palate dry and easy on the entry but not lacking acidity. Manages to be easy-going and intense at the same time. Nicely savory and tangy, very persistent and lip-smackingly tasty. A wonderful combination of freshness and richness, while being somewhat neutral in style. Pretty complete, delivering tons of drinking pleasure.

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• forceberry wrote: 89 points

  January 16, 2021 - Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts, aged in egg-shaped concrete tanks. 12% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Pale and quite neutral straw-yellow color with a subtly youthful lime-green hue. Cool, fragrant and very Alpine nose that immediately takes me to somewhere around Jura-Savoie-Switzerland-Aosta. Aromas of white flowers, some crunchy green apple, light star fruit tones, a little bit of ripe pear, a hint of fresh whitecurrant and a touch of stony minerality. The wine is bright, intense and structured on the palate with a taste that emphasizes intense neutrality. The light yet not underwhelming flavors follow the nose: whitecurrants, fresh apple, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of tangy salinity, light floral notes of apple blossom and a hint of crunchy star fruit. The high acidity lends good sense of balance and structure to the wine. The finish is long, lively and refreshing with crisp, mouth-cleansing flavors of tart Granny Smith apple, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of gummy candy-like primary fruit, light sappy herbal tones, a hint of star fruit and a touch of tangy salinity.
  
  A nice, fresh and clean wine that was very much unlike the disappointing, heavily mousy vintage 2017 of Les Alpes I tasted last year. My first guess for the wine was Jacquère, due to its rather neutral and noticeably Alpine overall character. After that I guessed Altesse, which goes on to show that the wine definitely shows very typical Savoie character through-and-through. After that my guesses went all over the place, because I just didn't think of Gringet. Nevertheless, a nice, fresh and precise white wine that is still relatively youthful for its age. I'm not sure how much a neutral white wine like this can benefit from further cellaring, but at least the wine isn't going to be going downhill anytime soon. Perhaps a bit pricey for the quality at 30,15€, but not forbiddingly so.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Belluard
• Varietal Gringet
• Designation Les Alpes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Savoie
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Vin de Savoie

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• Consumed 111 (83%)

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