Community Tasting Notes 8

• Norhut Likes this wine: 89 points

  April 14, 2024 - Love the minerality of this wine. Had it with shrimp linguine.

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• Climins Likes this wine: 88 points

  March 28, 2024 - Didn't write down enough for a detailed note. Quite typical Sauvignon Blanc - not very strong on the gooseberry/green notes. Instead, a little more spice and a slight smokiness. Good wine that got even better with a little air. Has a few years of potential.

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• MatVino2014 Likes this wine: 88 points

  March 16, 2024 - Excellent sauvignon blanc avec des notes d'agrumes bien balancées presque rondes. Nez floral sans être trop prononcé. Belle longueur, légère acidité presque discrète. Somme toute très bon vin l'apéro ou pour un poisson à chaire blanche.

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• Norhut Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 6, 2024 - There is a nice fresh minerality on the nose. The taste is fresh, floral. Had it with cheese fondu, accompanied with aged prosciutto, delicious.

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• thesternowl wrote: 90 points

  December 4, 2023 - Presented double-blind at Tasting Group. In the glass the wine is a pale straw color with a silver rim. Medium viscosity with no signs of particles or gas. On the nose, the wine is very expressive or grapefruit, lime, and lemons withs some grassy, herbal qualities, yellow flowers and flint minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with acidity that I perceive as high. Confirming the notes from the nose. Finish is medium+. I don’t get any obvious use of oak…it would have to be extremely judicious if at all.
  
  Initial conclusion: this could be Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chenin Blanc, Albariño or maybe even Chardonnay from France, California, Germany or Spain. But I don’t get the petrol thing I associate with Riesling and it’s missing the white flowers and lanolin for Chenin. Not enough salinity for Albariño and the acid just seems too high for Chardonnay, even from Chablis. I think the structure is the key here.
  
  Final conclusion, this is a Sauvignon Blanc, from France, from the Loire, from Sancerre, 2020 vintage. Welp…at least I was in the right ballpark! This was a wine full of energy and one I would be happy to drink again. Drink now to enjoy its lovely fruit and acid. As a side note, it’s becoming harder and harder to find distinction from Old World and New World (which is probably why the CMS has stopped using the terms altogether), particularly with Sauvignon Blanc. A combination of climate change and winemaking has certainly blurred the lines.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2022
• Type White
• Producer Jean Pabiot
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation Domaine des Fines Caillottes
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Upper Loire
• Appellation Pouilly-Fumé

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• In Cellars 98 (65%)
• Consumed 53 (35%)

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