2016 Domaine du Collier Saumur La Charpentrie

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  2/17/2024 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 95 Points

  OK, I'm averaging about a bottle a year of this vintage and every one has been better than the last. The fruit is really deep on this with classic lanolin notes, flowers and a chalky base. The fruit edges up to, but doesn't cross, a tropical line. It's the density of it that creates that impression. The fruit seems to linger indefinitely on the palate. The oak is a feature here, not a bug, but if you're oak-phobic, you should either wait until it goes away (a recent 2012 showed little to none) or maybe head in a different direction.

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  9/25/2022 - Hanibal wrote: 89 Points

  Seemed a little too sweet to me

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  4/17/2022 - Jonathanmustang Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Jeune mais expressif et approchable! Délicieux
  Mineral, salin, citron/ agrumes, floral

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  5/29/2021 - Palisades57 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Agree with VLM below. Expressive and complex with good minerality, holding the Chenin Blanc acidity a bit in check.
  
  ….3 hours in, the wine stepped up another gear. Bigger nose and more rounded — yet still clearly defined — with citrus and quince marmalade. Buying more.

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  11/7/2020 - vulgar little monkey wrote: 93 Points

  Dense, deep, mineral driven yellow fruits. Flowers in a spring meadow with that haze of greenery around them and a beehive not far away. More reserved than the 2015 version of this but certain to be stunning. Might be my favorite white wine right now.

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