Gérard Boulay
Clos de Beaujeu Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc
Sancerre, Central Vineyards, Loire Valley, France
2022 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 with several members of our Tastevin crew and extended friends.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy. Notes may be light, scores will be honest.
750ml
2022 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 with several members of our Tastevin crew and extended friends.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy. Notes may be light, scores will be honest.
750ml
This is liquid stone. Sure, there is some pear-inflected green apple fruit, and a hint of pineapple, but screaming amounts of crushed rock, especially on the palate. Nice, but not overpowering, acidity. Lengthy finish. This is a graduate seminar in Loire geology in a glass.
This is liquid stone. Sure, there is some pear-inflected green apple fruit, and a hint of pineapple, but screaming amounts of crushed rock, especially on the palate. Nice, but not overpowering, acidity. Lengthy finish. This is a graduate seminar in Loire geology in a glass.
Jun 27th, 2022
Great over 3 nights. Rich in green fruits, fines herbs, chalk and subtle lees. Round and creamy almost, balanced though. Greengage plum, honeydew, tarragon, chervil, wet chalk. Joyous!
Great over 3 nights. Rich in green fruits, fines herbs, chalk and subtle lees. Round and creamy almost, balanced though. Greengage plum, honeydew, tarragon, chervil, wet chalk. Joyous!
Mar 8th, 2021Take two. Nose has intense and very high toned minerality, along with piercing gooseberry fruit. A hint of greengage. Intense in the mouth. Very intense. Strikingly mineral, but with a round texture. It’s got fruit and great minerality in equal measure, along with zinging acids. Great Sauvignon. Will age effortlessly for several more years.
Take two. Nose has intense and very high toned minerality, along with piercing gooseberry fruit. A hint of greengage. Intense in the mouth. Very intense. Strikingly mineral, but with a round texture. It’s got fruit and great minerality in equal measure, along with zinging acids. Great Sauvignon. Will age effortlessly for several more years.
Oct 11th, 2020
Past peak and lacked the usual zip and acidity. Still good and showed some stone fruit, and peach but finish fell short. Held too long.
Past peak and lacked the usual zip and acidity. Still good and showed some stone fruit, and peach but finish fell short. Held too long.
Jul 24th, 2020
Mild lemon, sweet ocean water, crushed shells. Smooth.
Mild lemon, sweet ocean water, crushed shells. Smooth.
Jul 12th, 2020Hard to stop drinking. What I love about it is that it tastes like gun flint before it tastes like SB stank. So versatile. This reminds me that I need to have even more respect for well-made SB.
Hard to stop drinking. What I love about it is that it tastes like gun flint before it tastes like SB stank. So versatile. This reminds me that I need to have even more respect for well-made SB.
2 people found it helpfulJan 31st, 2015
Really fun wine. Some usual tropical notes, Def still has kicking acid and salinity, but loved the Burnt marmalade and like lemon bar thing going on. Thanks @Kit H !
Really fun wine. Some usual tropical notes, Def still has kicking acid and salinity, but loved the Burnt marmalade and like lemon bar thing going on. Thanks @Kit H !
1 person found it helpfulFeb 2nd, 2016
Oldster talking here.... when I started tasting wines from Chavignol back in the 80s young wines did not taste like this, but this is gooooood! We used to have to wait for this opulence! Now here it is in a 2015. Good and not good . But really this is showing well and I think will be great for another 10 years. Question: can it hold like 89 and 90 Chavignol could?
Oldster talking here.... when I started tasting wines from Chavignol back in the 80s young wines did not taste like this, but this is gooooood! We used to have to wait for this opulence! Now here it is in a 2015. Good and not good . But really this is showing well and I think will be great for another 10 years. Question: can it hold like 89 and 90 Chavignol could?
Dec 3rd, 2016
Beaucoup d'éclat aromatique mais sur un même registre... enfin pour le moment! Superbe tension et énergie en bouche. Ça claque le palet en finale.
Beaucoup d'éclat aromatique mais sur un même registre... enfin pour le moment! Superbe tension et énergie en bouche. Ça claque le palet en finale.
Nov 13th, 2016