2009 Jean François Mérieau Touraine Les Hexagonales

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 88 points

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  10/28/2010 - NickG wrote:

  New vintage, same great value. No nose to speak of, but a lively mouthful of lime, lemon, salt, and herbs make this a very refreshing drink.

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  7/28/2010 - Vinacull wrote: 88 Points

  This summer has just been doggone hot, so I served this colder than it should be at start - perhaps 50 degrees. Color pale yellow, clear, medium body. Bouquet of lemon, light exotic tropical notes of apricot, delicate white flowers, and vanilla. As it warms, there is a trace of spice, like cumin seed, creeping through. On the palate, flowers, light diesel, minerals, and ocean water, with citrus that starts gently and shows more in the finish. The acid is medium - lower than expected. The finish is also medium length but loaded with a touch of green herb, minerals, and saline to the effect that there is a salty aftertaste for a good minute afterward. Overall, an SB with a number of atypical characteristics that might fool you if served blind. Nevertheless, refreshing for its minerality and complexity of flavors, looking past its acidity. Excellent if not outstanding value at around 11. Need to get at least another couple bottles to try, because it's well suited for food but also rather interesting on its own.

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