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Manage Subscriptions2016 Château de l' Eperonnière Savennières Croix Picot
Chenin Blanc
- France
- Loire Valley
- Anjou-Saumur
- Savennières
Community Tasting Notes 6
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dsamuel wrote: 89 points
October 16, 2020 - Tasted single blind
Brilliant gold/ starbright - actually quite beautiful to look at
Medium plus aromas dominated by wet wool and intense minerality - the wet wool aromas took me to Savennieres immediately but these are much more intense than Ive experienced in the past - a bit offputting actually
Really not much fruit on the nose initially, although some pleasant yellow floral and green herbs in the background
Medium fairly broad palate of cucumber/ unripe melon and lemon again with dry rock minerality
High acidity with medium phenolic bitterness and medium plus alcohol - well balanced
This wine is quite monolithic at this time and dominated by this wet wool aroma which is quite intense and only diminished slightly with time in the glass - It was not there in the empty glass, which had more of your honey/ floral minerality
I have faith in this wine based on this and would wait 3-5 yrs before opening another bottle -
S.Wayne Likes this wine: 89 points
October 13, 2020 - Single blind tasting
Pale gold, clear
Aromatics medium. Yellow flowers with secondary minerality
Palate medium +. Acid medium + to high, expected crescendo pattern of Chenin blanc. No phenolics and alcohol medium +. Spice, brief honeysuckle and crisp yellow apples, followed by green melon over time
Finish has a medium + length, but the balance was to the acid despite the above descriptors.
Dry glass aromas of honey
I would hold this a bit longer. Hoping for more intense aromatics. -
cos65 Likes this wine:
January 14, 2020 - Served blind
Bright gold
Funky oxidative notes at first glance,
But then mostly bruised apple/pear with a chalky finish. Dry.
A more oxidative style of Savennieres, NFS -
Joe Kane wrote:
July 30, 2019 - More crisp and chalky in youth. We are looking at this hard for BTG in Fall. Has that honeyed apple character you/ would look for in Savennieres, hay, mushroom. Delicious. I really want to work with this.
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cos65 Likes this wine:
January 8, 2019 - Tasted blind
Light yellow
Light golden apple aromas
Bright acidity with a chalky finish.
Highish alcohol, but nice balance
Lacks some of the oxidative and lanolin notes of many chenins, but eventually got there due to the inability to place it anywhere else.
Very nice, but I’d wait, as the impression now is a bit lean
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2016
- Type White
- Producer Château de l' Eperonnière
- Varietal Chenin Blanc
- Designation Croix Picot
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Loire Valley
- SubRegion Anjou-Saumur
- Appellation Savennières
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- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 8 (33%)
- Consumed 16 (67%)
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