Vanessa

9.5

Let’s talk about SAVENNIÈRES!!!! 📣📣

Savennières is a small but mighty appellation (AOC), located in the Anjou subregion of the Loire Valley, France and specializes in still, dry Chenin Blanc wines. 🇫🇷

Its growing environment is apt for producing concentrated and ripe fruit, translating into wines with strong aromatic and flavor intensity and higher alcohol potential. 💪🏻 It’s no wonder this appellation is all about Chenin Blanc; Chenin has naturally higher acidity, which can help lend structure and balance to the final wine. ⚖️ 🙌🏻🙌🏻

The combination of these factors sets the stage for winemakers to produce some truly powerful and age-worthy whites that can improve, gaining complexity (and softening) with some time in the bottle. 🤔 🧐 Savennières has a reputation as a more serious, cerebral wine that is meant to be savored, especially when paired with a creamy seafood dish like Coquilles Saint-Jacques! 😋 🥘

🌿This particular wine is the Nicolas Joly, Clos de la Coulée de Serrant AOC (2019) hailing from the prized enclave of Coulée de Serrant AOC (within Savennières AOC), owned exclusively and farmed biodynamically by the renowned Nicolas Joly.

This wine is surely capable of aging for decades but tonight we opted to sip this golden wine during the golden hour with unseasonably warm, summery temperatures here in Minnesota.

🐝 🍯 In the glass, we found concentrated, layered notes of honey, beeswax, yellow apple, ripe apricot, quince, chamomile, dried & crushed white rose petals, toasted almond, hazelnut, cinnamon stick, nutmeg, acrylic paint, wet stones, salted caramel, & butterscotch.

It has texture (and finish) for days and a coating mouthfeel.

🫣 Its alcohol by volume clocks in at 15%!!! But it’s well-integrated and balanced by a crisp acidity and robust aromas and flavors. 👌 — a day ago

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Neville Weston

9.5

Crisp, dry, nutty. Delicious!
Food and venue not too shabby either.

— 17 days ago

with Marta

Paul J

9.8

Simply awesome! I’m not a big Champagne consumer but this is my fav/go to. Lovely brioche with nice acid and perfect balance and depth. — 13 days ago

with Brooke

Conrad Green

9.4

Touches of sherry and sweet notes. Still a fresh punch but complex and precise. A subtle version of what selosse wants to be — a month ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Another year for the marriage, another lovely bottle of Bérêche, Brut Réserve. Still a benchmark NV for me. Previous notes apply. This bottle was disgorged November 2024 — a month ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Medium lemon yellow . Quite closed at first , with some toasted brioche and touch of lemon peel , white flowers, stem ginger , quite rich impression . On the palate this is quite creamy and rounded , candied peel , honey , rich pastries , with quite high mineral tinged acidity . Good long , mineral tinged finish . Needs a bit more time though I don’t get the feeling this will be as profound or as long lived as the 2012. Better in 5 years and will continue to drink well a further 10. — 2 days ago

Space

9.5

Выпито 06.10.26 на балконе Symbol. Сегодня Свете было бы 60 лет…Как несправедлив этот мир… — a day ago

Neville Weston

9.6

Bit of a champagne binge this weekend! 🙄😬
We love Ruinart Blanc de Blanc so was easy to go for this 2010 vintage, which did not disappoint.
— 17 days ago

with Marta

K L

9.1

Yeasty and bright. Liked the rose better but this was very good — 17 days ago

with Matt

Billy L.

9.7

2016 Louis Roederer Cristal Brut Champagne 🍾 🥂Cheers — a month ago

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

9.8

2000 and 2000 P2 side by side. Ones cork aged post disgorgement, the P2 aged on the lees and was disgorged like 3-4 years ago i think — a month ago

Fin Jams

9.6

Such a special champagne from a special vintage. Who cares if it's a grand Maison and not growers... — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Very enjoyable vintage for Dom — 4 days ago

Dick Schinkel

9.8

Still needs a lot of air ! — 3 days ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Gorgeous delicate dried rose on the nose. Lovely subtle savory strawberry and saline liberality. Delicate. Great — 3 days ago

Stephen Fitzpatrick

9.1

Cracked open The Veuve again. Perfect acidity, complex nose of citrus (lemon, apricot, apple, and pear), good balance of yeast, a hint of brioche and pear on the palate. Solid go-to for the price. Happy Saturday! — 4 days ago

Anthony Pro

9.0

It’s good but nearly past its peak. Picked it up around 8 years ago. — 18 days ago

Louis Martin

9.1

Fresh, bubbly, with a hint of sweetness. Nice way to warm up for a decadent meal. — a month ago

Jol

9.2

Un de mes favoris avec un dosage 1.7 à 2.4 — a month ago

Vanessa

9.2

Always hits the spot 🎯 — a month ago

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