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• SpenceP wrote: 93 points

  October 16, 2023 - Immediately after opening the bottle, apricots, oranges, and almonds, with a fairly long aftertaste. After very approximately ten minutes, baked pears and maybe a whisper of cloves join in. A touch of harshness leading into the aftertaste, but with more time in the glass this fades away. Very sweet, with distinct acidity, and just the faintest accent of bitterness. Really very nice. The cork was extremely fragile but the underlying wine was in lovely shape--should be a pleasure for at least four more years, but the cork worries me for the longer term. [Tasted over an hour and a half from the Jancis Robinson glass and from the old (no longer available) Dany Rolland Cristal d'Arques Oenologue glass--the Dany Rolland glass brought out peaches in place of apricots but the results were otherwise nearly identical.]

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• Patethel Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 28, 2023 - Nez d'abricot puissant. Moelleux et long en .très bien équilibré. Pas trop sucré. Le meilleur vin de dessert que j'ai goûté

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• B & B wrote: 93 points

  May 14, 2022 - - Yellow brown color. It's balanced with a full body with a long finish - Delicious, sweet fruits but light and not unctuous. Excellent with blue cheeses.

• cos65 Likes this wine: 91 points

  June 3, 2021 - Medium gold
  Sweet honeyed apricot, white peach, with enough acidity to keep this from getting syrupy.
  In perfect shape and lasting well

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• terry j wrote: 85 points

  January 29, 2021 - Extremely healthy and unflawed, but not much here at this age other than sweetness. Very pleasant as a confection; not impressive as a wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1989
• Type White - Sweet/Dessert
• Producer Domaine Bourillon Dorléans
• Varietal Chenin Blanc
• Designation Moelleux Tris de Nobles Grains 'La Coulée d'Or'
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Loire Valley
• SubRegion Touraine
• Appellation Vouvray

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• In Cellars 77 (48%)
• Consumed 85 (52%)

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