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2005 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Bournais
Chenin Blanc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Touraine
- Montlouis-sur-Loire
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Community Tasting Notes 28
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Chateaunewf Likes this wine: 91 points
May 20, 2022 - Glorious bouquet of fruit salad and honey. A mix of of apple, white peach, pineapple, and Lilikoi. Suprizingly weighty on the palate but good acidity provides focus and delineation. Still clean and fresh with no indication of oxidation. Starting to dry out a bit on the finish so not at all cloying as indicated earlier in life by other CT member previous tasting notes. Probably at peak for good bottles so drink up if there are any others out there. Two bottles remaining in the cellar so I should heed my own advice this Summer.
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Rieslingfan wrote:
August 18, 2020 - Very sweet and very honeyed. Feels like it's one step from oxidizing, but it is not there yet. Unfortunately it also has no "life." It just sort of lays there. Decent foil for spicy Indian fare, but nothing more.
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Mark Larson wrote:
June 7, 2016 - Disappeared through the divorce. C'est la vie.
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brooklynguy wrote:
June 26, 2014 - Good wine, but doesn't feel entirely well composed when it's this off-dry. Lovely aromatics but the wine just doesn't have the complexity to balance the sweetness, which can be almost jarring. Woolly and honeyed - classic, but doesn't follow through on the palate.
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Villon wrote: 88 points
March 14, 2014 - Très bien mais loin d'être sec! Opulent et baroque.
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By Richard Jennings
7/22/2010 (link) 93 points(François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Bournais) Group's #1 (my #2) – 20 pts; 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 1 third, 0 last places – light golden yellow color; white flower, pear, jasmine, ginger nose; pear, rich, ripe apple, white flower, apricot palate; medium-plus finish
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By Richard Jennings
12/21/2008 (link) 91 points(François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Bournais) Bright medium dark canary yellow color; ripe, earthy, peach, mineral and satsuma plum nose; tasty, ripe, minerally, peach and apple palate with good acidity; medium-plus finish 91+ pts.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2005
- Type White
- Producer François Chidaine
- Varietal Chenin Blanc
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Les Bournais
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Touraine
- Appellation Montlouis-sur-Loire
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 40 (36%)
- Consumed 70 (64%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerFrançois Chidaine
- VarietyChenin Blanc
- VineyardLes Bournais
- CountryFrance
- RegionLoire Valley
- SubRegionTouraine
- AppellationMontlouis-sur-Loire
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- AppellationMontlouis-sur-Loire