Complices De Loire

Nicolas Joly

Clos de la Coulée de Serrant Savennières Chenin Blanc 2022

I mistakenly selected this bottle of the Moelleux rather than the Sec version of Clos de la Coulée de Serrant. And I gotta be honest, I didn’t even know this wine existed. Oh well, I can’t feel too bad about it, lol!Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2022 “Moelleux” pours a golden color with medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with heady notes of ripe orchard fruit: Gala apple, lemon drop, citrus tree flowers, lanolin and mild eastern spices. On the palate, the wine is off-dry with high acid. Confirming the notes from the nose where the flowers took on more of a honeysuckle character. The finish is long and the texture is wooly and substantial. Not nearly as sweet as I was expecting from a Moelleux and actually comes across more Demi-Sec; a very pleasant surprise since it was picked by mistake anyway! This is better as it warms up and receives air. Can drink now with patience but better after 2032 and through 2052. — a day ago

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@Douglas Braun they are unique/special for sure though, not appreciated by all due to Joly’s more natural, bio approach. Personally, I find Joly’s other two wines, Les Vieux Clos and especially Le Clos de la Bergerie to be thrilling as well.
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@Jay Kline thanks for the recommendations - I met him at a seminar in Santa Cruz and was interested to try his wines - I will soon

Domaine des Baumard

Quarts de Chaume Chenin Blanc 1990

Lyle Fass
9.2

Not bad. Not great. Correct and boring. — a month ago

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Champalou

Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2019

Easy drinking has notes of apple, honey and melon. Medium acidity, some minerals. Any wine from Kermit Lynch is very drinkable — 7 days ago

Clos Rougeard

Les Poyeux Saumur Champigny Cabernet Franc 2016

Outrageously haunting, complex, and undergoes an infinite development over hours showing great mineral structure, strawberry and cranberry fruit, currant, olive tapenade, bell pepper, garrigue, graphite, and a ton of soul. Not just a wine, but a semiotic wound. — 7 days ago

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Agnès et René Mosse

Moussamoussettes Rosé Blend

With mackerel pan con tomate. Quite natural, quite dry, slight tannin — a month ago

Domaine Huet

Clos du Bourg Sec Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2013

This is the ideal personification of Vouvray. The nose is alive with green apple, pear, white flowers, lime zest, mineral and chalk. The mouthfeel is dry, focused and vibrant with sharp acidity, a crystalline texture, and layers of citrus and saline notes that linger. Great in its youth with great aging potential. — a month ago

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Domaine de la Pépière

Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie Melon de Bourgogne 2023

Don’t let the secret out, it’s much too early, they are not ready but the hour is close at hand. — 14 days ago

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Domaine Huet

Le Mont Demi-Sec Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2002

Bruised apples, touch of honey, first hints of oxidation, dry finish.
Not very complex, but tasty all the same.
Drink now.
— a month ago

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