2006 Cave de Saumur Saumur-Champigny La Clotière – France, Loire Valley, Anjou-Saumur, Saumur-Champigny (9/2/2011) Raspberries, strawberries, violets, cherry like acidity; light, but very flavorful wine. Good qpr. (88 points)
Olivier Cousin, a small biodynamic wine producer in the AOC Anjou in the French Loire area, faces a sentence of two years because he labeled one of his wines incorrectly out of protest. Cousin left the AOC in 2005 and his wines have since been released as Vin de Table (VDT). He left the AOC [...]
2007 Domaine des Rouesses Quincy Les Rouesses – France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Quincy (5/21/2009) Honey, flowers and ripe yellow fruit in the enjoyable, fruit-driven nose. Ripe fruit, spicy honey, a hint of slate and [...]
Didier Dagueneau, according to many one of the best winemakers from the Loire, died yesterday in a flying accident. He was 52 years old. Dagueneau was worldrenowned for his white Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé. Yesterday, [...]
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2005 Domaine Fouquet Bonnet Vouvray Sec – France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray (9/15/2007)The nose is rather closed, with a hint of honey and a slight touch of wood. Rather direct on the palate, but very [...]
2005 Domaine Reverdy Sancerre Vielles Vignes Chène Marchand – France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre (4/13/2007)Slightly lactic nose dominated by ripe (melon) fruit. On the palate ripe yellow fruit, orange peel, honey, citrus, … fairly [...]
2005 Cave de Pouilly sur Loire Pouilly-Fumé Cuve no 54 – Terroir de Marnes et Calcaires – France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Pouilly-Fumé (2/4/2007)Nice minerals-dominated nose with a hint of ripe yellow fruit and apple [...]
Vouvray en Montlouis-sur-Loire, de zoete witte wijnen uit Touraine in de Franse Loire-vallei, zullen voortaan worden geproduceerd zonder Chaptalisation (toevoeging van suiker). Het INAO is bezig met het herschrijven van alle Franse AOC-regels. Onder druk [...]
Tasting notes on French wines from other regions than Bordeaux or Bourgogne. For Bordeaux see Dossier Bordeaux. For Bourgogne read Dossier Bourgogne. Dossier: Domaine Charvin verticale proeverij (“Châteauneuf-du-Pape”) Wijnen: Champagne – Alsace- Loire – Rhône [...]