Quince, browned apple, spice, honey, and oats. Medium full body with crisp acidity and very dry. All that aside, it's chenin and bubbles, what's not to love?
Quince, browned apple, spice, honey, and oats. Medium full body with crisp acidity and very dry. All that aside, it's chenin and bubbles, what's not to love?
Feb 7th, 2016
Some solid sparkling Vouvray here. Plenty of rich Chenin-y varietal character here. Pours a medium (-) to medium gold-yellow hue. Medium (+) concentration of aromatics of slightly bruised yellow apple and Anjou pear, alfalfa honey, crushed chalk, a bit of chamomile, lanolin, and a very subtle yeasty leesy character. On the palate, there's again ripe yellow apples and Anjou pear, as well as a bit of slightly underripe pineapple, more pronounced crushed chalk minerality, alfalfa honey, beeswax, underscored again by a bit of yeasty leesiness. Medium (+) to high acid, medium (-) body but with a nice slightly oily lees influence and an incredibly fine bead of bubbles. Just a touch of balancing RS apparent but still pretty much dry. Good stuff. Definitely a fan of this.
Some solid sparkling Vouvray here. Plenty of rich Chenin-y varietal character here. Pours a medium (-) to medium gold-yellow hue. Medium (+) concentration of aromatics of slightly bruised yellow apple and Anjou pear, alfalfa honey, crushed chalk, a bit of chamomile, lanolin, and a very subtle yeasty leesy character. On the palate, there's again ripe yellow apples and Anjou pear, as well as a bit of slightly underripe pineapple, more pronounced crushed chalk minerality, alfalfa honey, beeswax, underscored again by a bit of yeasty leesiness. Medium (+) to high acid, medium (-) body but with a nice slightly oily lees influence and an incredibly fine bead of bubbles. Just a touch of balancing RS apparent but still pretty much dry. Good stuff. Definitely a fan of this.
Jul 22nd, 2017
Vouvray, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
