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A few Loire Chenins
La Grange aux Belles "Fragile" 2008 (Anjou) (13,00 euros in shop): honey,
wax, very dry in the mouth with interesting sour notes. Initially a bit metallic in the aftertaste but it cleaned up with honey. 89. Domaine Huet "Clos du Bourg" Sec 2007 (Vouvray) (14,00 euros in the boutique at the domaine): great intensity, pierre de fusil, lots of minerality. A great wine and very happy to have a case. 94. François Chidaine "Les Choisilles" 2004 (Montlouis) (15,00 euros in shop): rounder that the Huet (three years younger also), with very good balance, but perhaps a little les character. 93. Clos de la Royauté 2007 (Savennières) (10,00 euros in the shop at the domaine): a bit reduced initially, I thought it was a good wine in the Savennières style, with that austerity that you usually find in young Savennières. 89-90. La Tour Grise 2007 (Saumur) (12,40 euros in shop): very intense in the nose, and very serious in the mouth, with a vertical dimension around a wild acidity. I liked it more than others. 91. Lenoir Les Roches 2004 (Chinon) (19,90 euros in shop): Very-very reduced, with plenty of dirty notes and not showing for more than 2 hours. Perhaps with 20 years, this ultra-traditional Chinon blanc would be a great wine, but certainly is not showing much now. s. |
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On Nov 18, 3:02�pm, santiago > wrote:
> La Grange aux Belles "Fragile" 2008 (Anjou) (13,00 euros in shop): honey, > wax, very dry in the mouth with interesting sour notes. Initially a bit > metallic in the aftertaste but it cleaned up with honey. 89. > > Domaine Huet "Clos du Bourg" Sec 2007 (Vouvray) (14,00 euros in the > boutique at the domaine): great intensity, pierre de fusil, lots of > minerality. A great wine and very happy to have a case. 94. > > Fran�ois Chidaine "Les Choisilles" 2004 (Montlouis) (15,00 euros in shop): > rounder that the Huet (three years younger also), with very good balance, > but perhaps a little les character. 93. > > Clos de la Royaut� 2007 (Savenni�res) (10,00 euros in the shop at the > domaine): a bit reduced initially, I thought it was a good wine in the > Savenni�res style, with that austerity that you usually find in young > Savenni�res. 89-90. > > La Tour Grise 2007 (Saumur) (12,40 euros in shop): very intense in the > nose, and very serious in the mouth, with a vertical dimension around a > wild acidity. I liked it more than others. 91. > > Lenoir Les Roches 2004 (Chinon) (19,90 euros in shop): Very-very reduced, > with plenty of dirty notes and not showing for more than 2 hours. Perhaps > with 20 years, this ultra-traditional Chinon blanc would be a great wine, > but certainly is not showing much now. > > s. Help! My French isn't what it used to be. Is "pierre de fusil" gunmetal, gunpowder, or flint? |
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"Bi!!" > wrote in
: > > Help! My French isn't what it used to be. Is "pierre de fusil" > gunmetal, gunpowder, or flint? Flint, and actually in french is "pierre à fusil". I always have problems with "de" and "à" in french s. |
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On Nov 18, 3:02*pm, santiago > wrote:
> La Grange aux Belles "Fragile" 2008 (Anjou) (13,00 euros in shop): honey, > wax, very dry in the mouth with interesting sour notes. Initially a bit > metallic in the aftertaste but it cleaned up with honey. 89. > > Domaine Huet "Clos du Bourg" Sec 2007 (Vouvray) (14,00 euros in the > boutique at the domaine): great intensity, pierre de fusil, lots of > minerality. A great wine and very happy to have a case. 94. > > François Chidaine "Les Choisilles" 2004 (Montlouis) (15,00 euros in shop): > rounder that the Huet (three years younger also), with very good balance, > but perhaps a little les character. 93. > > Clos de la Royauté 2007 (Savennières) (10,00 euros in the shop at the > domaine): a bit reduced initially, I thought it was a good wine in the > Savennières style, with that austerity that you usually find in young > Savennières. 89-90. > > La Tour Grise 2007 (Saumur) (12,40 euros in shop): very intense in the > nose, and very serious in the mouth, with a vertical dimension around a > wild acidity. I liked it more than others. 91. > > Lenoir Les Roches 2004 (Chinon) (19,90 euros in shop): Very-very reduced, > with plenty of dirty notes and not showing for more than 2 hours. Perhaps > with 20 years, this ultra-traditional Chinon blanc would be a great wine, > but certainly is not showing much now. > > s. Nice notes. Is the "fragile" a no -sulphur wine or something? Huet sounds great! I like Chidaine, but have never seen that bottling |
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Dale wrote:
> Nice notes. Is the "fragile" a no -sulphur wine or something? Might be! Problem is that I cannot check because I left the bottle at the restaurant that hosted us for the tasting and there is not much information on it. > Huet sounds great! I like Chidaine, but have never seen that bottling Huet is amazing. I have visited three times and the wines are always at a very high level. And they age. Chidaine, it is interesting that you do not know of "Les Choisilles" because I never met another bottle of Chidaine save it. s. |
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