Community Tasting Notes 5

• StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 7, 2021 - Was hoping to HOLD for another 10 or 20 years, but the hot and humid weather forgoing the typhoon made me eager for a Sancerre with some maturity.
  
  This is deep, rich and slowoxed for two days.
  Wonderfully balanced acidity and subdued greatness that grows with each sip and with each glass. Can't have enough of this ambrosia.

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• StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 12, 2021 - This is a very young Sancerre and, as such, difficult to assess properly. However, I'd say that the very gentle warm tonality here makes for happy encounters, already.
  
  Straw yellow.
  The nose is big, floral, ethereal, with red fruits and citrus. (None of that NZ BS)
  In the mouth it has a distinct acidic profile with ripe and sun-drenched fruit shining through. Very mild pineapple, mandarines, Tutti Frutti pastillas, mild lily of the valley (Convallaria) and lively FREE BIRD happiness and sense of freedom.
  
  This is an absolutely lovely and brilliantly made Sb, showing the majesty that is available for those with the skills and the terroir.
  
  This wine honestly spreads happiness.
  Extra much so as I have another btl that I intend to keep for as long as I can. Hopefully for at least 20 more years.

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• nwebstar Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 3, 2018 - A truly X factor experience. I was intrigued when I came across this bottle in my cellar recently because my sense was the colour seemed remarkably pristine for its age. My hunch proved more right than I could have imagined. The wine was so gently evolved, so smooth, so elegant, so floral, so enticing and so moorish. The colour (unsurprisingly) showed a little yellowing depth of age but more youthful than expected. Flavour spectrum was floral and gentle melons. I can’t pretend it isn’t probably beyond peak. Perhaps my score reflects the surprise and relative to expectation out performance but every guest was jumping back for more and the bottle was emptied in a flash. It was just such a delightful experience.

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• Pedro G wrote: 88 points

  May 18, 2009 - Cor dourada opaca, em nariz expressivo e variatal, aromas a fruta, mineral. Em boca amplio, complexo, quizá um pouco gordorento e volumoso. Necessita comida apropriada e mais tempo em garrafa.

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• peternelson wrote: 90 points

  April 10, 2008 - Winery: Very gras, fat, a little swt; tons of rich frt, trop, but lychee, etc.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type White
• Producer Lucien Crochet
• Varietal Sauvignon Blanc
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Le Chêne Marchand
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Upper Loire
• Appellation Sancerre

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• In Cellars 3 (7%)
• Consumed 40 (93%)

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