2002 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Clos Habert

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  3/9/2023 - andtheodor wrote: 91 Points

  Rich, wooly, chamomile, honey, serve me this blind and I'd confidently say a younger vintage of Moulin Touchais.

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  2/27/2015 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 91 Points

  E&R's 1st Annual Salon des Vins de La Loire-egon et La Dive Bouteille (E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR): A fun extra pour of an older bottle. This offers rich honey aromas and nice rich intensity; quite deep and complex. Soft and lovely balance of richness and tartness on the palate. Really drinking in a beautiful place today, with a nice rich finish.

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  11/27/2013 - chefdilletante wrote:

  Second bottle of the night. First was oxidized, which seems to be a recurrent issue for this era of Chidaine wines. He learned that you can only lower sulfur levels so much before the wine suffers in the long term. With that in mind, it's likely that some of the tasting notes below reflect oxidized wines.
  
  The wine has put on some weight, with a prominent wet stone finish. Fruit is predominated by pineapple, with a bit of citrus. It took about two hours of air before this started to show better. This wine was beautiful and vigorous in its youth. It's drinking reasonably but hasn't aged particularly gracefully.

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  5/10/2013 - winot Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Definitely better once it warmed up a bit - medium deep gold, almost alarmingly so - nose is shy, showing burnished, medicinal notes, flan - wonderful, aged flavours - complex orange peel, burnt caramel - v good acidity, and v good length - went extraordinarily well with mid-aged Gouda - elegant, complex, contemplative. Likely demi-sec sweetness but with the acidity it does not come across as sweet at all, just a bit on the sides. If I had more, I'd drink them soon, but no panic.

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  2/19/2013 - BradKNYC wrote: flawed

  Bo ssam and vino with a visiting John Tomasso. (Christine & Marty's.): Heat damaged, dang it. A shame as this was the wine that got me into Chidaine.

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