1997 Clos Rougeard (Foucault) Saumur-Champigny

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  8/13/2012 - MikeATL Likes this wine:

  Lots of Loires: Wow. Just . . . wow. The previous wine was a monument to pure fruit, this was an even more impressive monument to wine's ability to express fruit with flavors and aromas having nothing to do with fruit. The first sign that we were sharing something special was the wave of silence that followed the bottle around the table, in a couple of cases cutting speakers off mid-sentence.
  
  Waves of leather and herbs soar from the glass, and it takes me a few minutes before I can tear myself away and take a sip. It is totally seamless and constantly changing, flashing different expressions of non-fruit elements like an annoyed octopus. A touch of bell pepper, as it does in New Orleans trinity, brings complexity without overwhelming the other elements, then olives and smoke pop in.
  
  I find myself swirling constantly, frequently lifting the glass to inhale another breath of this intoxicating perfume. Words just can't do justice to the experience this wine provided.
  
  After a long stretch of silence punctuated by exclamations of the next glorious non-fruit flavor or aroma to appear, we raised our glasses to toast the memory of Joe Dressner, who was responsible for so many of the wines we enjoyed, and especially for this almost perfect experience.

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