Sharon B

9.2

Nice refreshing Chenin Blanc on a beautiful day. Citrus on the nose, apple and lime on the palate. Lots of acidity that just makes my mouth water for more! My first Chenin Blanc. Will definitely buy again! — 4 days ago

Riddley Walker

9.0

Ананас, яблоки, лимон, аккуратный нефтяной тон, сухой мед, битый камень. Средне-полное тело с фруктово-тропическим акцентом, хорошей кислотностью и уверенной, но не слишком напряженной структурой. Ещё молодо. Шлейфовая ароматика, увесистый объём, первичные акценты во вкусе. Глубоко, органично и выразительно. Чуть не хватает микродетализации и комплексности фактуры. — 18 days ago

with Samvel and Rin

Riddley Walker

9.1

Корзина садовых яблок, мягкая груша, абрикос, лимонная цедра, мёд, подсохшая трава, воск, сырая шерсть, осенний ручей, битый камень. Полное, чуть маслянистое тело с хорошей кислотностью и аккуратной минеральной подложкой. Спело и монолитно, с кажущейся сладостью и ультратонким намеком на ботритис. При этом под всей этой массой хорошо структурно оформлено, не утомительно. Не суперкомплексно, но богато и серьезно. — 13 days ago

with Rin

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.6

A brilliant wine. A complex wine. But also a young wine. Like a Loire 1st Growth. Needs 5-6 years. But amazing. And yes amazing in 2014. Can’t imagine 2015. Well yes I can. Anyway, deep nose, ethereal nose, woodland berry, forest, lord of the rings deep thicket forest, spice, herbaceous, tobacco, mineral, so so so deep, so so 1st growth Bordeaux but oddly more left than right bank even tho it’s Cab Franc. Superb but in 5-6 years watch out this will wreck Bordeaux 5-6-7 times more expensive than it. Amazing depth. It’s a substantial wine, with unreal fruit density and small berry fruit intensity and superb balance and length. Blackberry fruit that is so well defined and so vivid. Incredible minerality on the finish. Big structure but also amazing elegant and toothsome tannins. Masterful tannins that master the vintage. The blackberry fruit and minerality just coats your palate and does not quit. Easily best 2014 red Loire I’ve tasted. Brilliant wine. — 16 days ago

Brendan Baker

8.9

Citrus, white flowers, spice, lanolin. Nice acidity, great QPR. Only quibble is that it’s a bit dilute. — 9 days ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

Didn’t notice the vintage till too late, but pleasant surprise: enveloping pillow of a cab franc, seamless soft tannins with the fine grittiness I love about the varietal. So not the end of its drinking window, though closer to it. Some importers’ wines I buy without question: Becky Wasserman (vía Martin Scott) is one of them. — 4 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Grilled nuts, super dank Chenin feral urgent aromas, fresh, mineral, laserlike and focused. Super lean and stern and stark but long and pure. — 9 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

The Baumard family growing the noble Chenin at Rochefort in the Anjou for centuries, in 1953 they acquired a vineyard in the Quarts de Chaume, & in 1968, purchased acreage in Savennieres. Straw with full fruit and light spice aromas. On the palate ripe apple, pear & melon, complex, with vivid acidity. Lingering, ending with mineral and sweet honey character. Wow. A white that should age well.
— 4 days ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.4

Now this was some interesting stuff. Showed really well with sushi — 23 days ago

with Nathaniel

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

So so young. And Dumb. But so much potential. — 9 days ago