Marc Brédif
Vouvray Petillant Blanc de Blanc
Vouvray, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
NV Petillant from the late 50s/early 60s, tasted alongside the 1961 Moelleux.
The former was an astonishing wine. A fantastically fine but virulent spritz despite it's almost 60'years under cork (which was protected by the mother of all hard plastic capsules). What a drink! Nose of freshly pressed apples, pear drops and blossoms, honeydew melon, and a great yellow floral note that binds it all together. There is a pleasant minerality to the palate which is ever so slightly off-dry, with almost sharp but perfectly balanced acidity.
I was actually dubious about this bottle partly because it had a lowish level (ca 5cm), but this time around it outshone the (also good) '61 Moelleux.
NV Petillant from the late 50s/early 60s, tasted alongside the 1961 Moelleux.
The former was an astonishing wine. A fantastically fine but virulent spritz despite it's almost 60'years under cork (which was protected by the mother of all hard plastic capsules). What a drink! Nose of freshly pressed apples, pear drops and blossoms, honeydew melon, and a great yellow floral note that binds it all together. There is a pleasant minerality to the palate which is ever so slightly off-dry, with almost sharp but perfectly balanced acidity.
I was actually dubious about this bottle partly because it had a lowish level (ca 5cm), but this time around it outshone the (also good) '61 Moelleux.