Community Tasting Notes 16

• loj wrote: 90 points

  February 12, 2024 - The nose is enchanting, with a light smoke and fresh white flowers.
  
  Lovely golden hue. I was sure that some of that aromatic complexity was going to come through on the palette, but I found a muted rendering dominated by surprisingly fresh melon and apricots. The choice sweetness level is balanced off by a powerful but well rounded acidity.
  
  In short, nose and balance are ++ but detracted by muted flavor.

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• JF Harvey wrote: 90 points

  November 16, 2023 - Un vin sur un plateau présentement… notes de miel, abricot, pommes juteuses, le tout bien balancé a travers une acidité franche et des notes calcaires/volcaniques. Un excellent rapport qualité/prix comme à l’habitude avec ce producteur. Seul bémol, le nez était un peu trop discret, obstrué par un côté souffreux/volcanique justement.

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• azzah Likes this wine: 93 points

  June 14, 2022 - Lots of interest here and nice to have something different. Smoky, vanilla oak, peach, minerals, gooseberry, maybe something like anise. Sparking acidity that really drives the long flavours. So good and sure to age a treat.

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• Panchoricardo Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 15, 2021 - Stunning! Aromas of spice, licquorice and preserved lemons. Huge acidity lifting citrus and more preserved lemon - tannin?

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• janhenro wrote: 90 points

  July 5, 2021 - On why you should drink more Loire Chenin: chalk and flint on the opening, quickly thereafter revealing wax, concentrated pure citrus, yellow apple, nuts, some vanilla and fennel. Pure grapefruit, lemon, yellow and green apple - with richness nicely constrained by the distinct Chenin acidity, mineral notes and a slight peel bitterness. Lovely balanced and long finish, weighted towards minerals, acidity and a whiff of smoke. Coche-ish reductivity. Dig this one.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type White
• Producer Domaine de la Taille aux Loups
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Venise
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Vin de France

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• In Cellars 61 (58%)
• Consumed 45 (42%)

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