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What a wine! It’s been a long and slow delight we sipped slowly over our quiet evening. It paired especially well with the cuisine from Dawa, the beef momos and even the pork chili (that was slightly less hot as usual 😮💨). The mild tones of the Himalayan spice were perfect companion to this wine, holding everything high in the mouth and soul. The wine is rich, complex, round, ripe, with a lactic touch. Buttermilk? And then the usual flavors and aromas of chenin, honey, pear, peach, bit of exotic lush all conducted with maestria with a backbone that holds things all along never making it heavy or annoying
What a wine! It’s been a long and slow delight we sipped slowly over our quiet evening. It paired especially well with the cuisine from Dawa, the beef momos and even the pork chili (that was slightly less hot as usual 😮💨). The mild tones of the Himalayan spice were perfect companion to this wine, holding everything high in the mouth and soul. The wine is rich, complex, round, ripe, with a lactic touch. Buttermilk? And then the usual flavors and aromas of chenin, honey, pear, peach, bit of exotic lush all conducted with maestria with a backbone that holds things all along never making it heavy or annoying
Positively epic Chenin last night with dinner at @themorris_sf with some friends. Angled towards its mineral core, this wine offered citrus pith and unripe pear flavors with herbal overtones and a hint of flowers. A sappy membrillo note crept into the finish at the end but the pith and wet chalkboard minerality dominated with shimmering subtlety. A knockout from this tiny tiny producer working their 15 acres in Saumur to make 1200 cases per year. The wines are not racked, and have no added yeasts or sulfur, and are often aged for multiple years in the bottle. This particular bottling comes from 100+ year-old vines.
Positively epic Chenin last night with dinner at @themorris_sf with some friends. Angled towards its mineral core, this wine offered citrus pith and unripe pear flavors with herbal overtones and a hint of flowers. A sappy membrillo note crept into the finish at the end but the pith and wet chalkboard minerality dominated with shimmering subtlety. A knockout from this tiny tiny producer working their 15 acres in Saumur to make 1200 cases per year. The wines are not racked, and have no added yeasts or sulfur, and are often aged for multiple years in the bottle. This particular bottling comes from 100+ year-old vines.
Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long
8.9
Took a few hours to open. Nervy, waxy, mineral, I want to enjoy it more than I did. Perhaps it will be more compelling with a few more years in the bottle.
Took a few hours to open. Nervy, waxy, mineral, I want to enjoy it more than I did. Perhaps it will be more compelling with a few more years in the bottle.
Sommelier/Wine Director Momofuku, Vintner Bellus Wines
9.3
'05 and '11 side by side, snapshots of one terroir but two different SO2 regimes. '05 more developed but still bright, w bruised apple. '11 sharp, crisp, focused, with cleaner fruit, zippier acid and more present minerality.
'05 and '11 side by side, snapshots of one terroir but two different SO2 regimes. '05 more developed but still bright, w bruised apple. '11 sharp, crisp, focused, with cleaner fruit, zippier acid and more present minerality.
Saumur, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France
