Princes De Loire

Domaine Huet

Le Mont Sec Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2023

2023 Le Mont Sec is so full of golden Chenin character despite its pearly glint.

Close your eyes and its thick pierced red apple skin, browning cores and buckwheat honey with a strong floral character.

My favorite dynamic of sweet suggestions, dry deliverable.
— 7 days ago

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Jay Kline

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One of the best!

Clos Rougeard

Saumur Champigny Cabernet Franc 2008

Beautiful wine with black fruits, spice box, dried herbs, earth & violet — 7 days ago

Ira, Shay and 10 others liked this

Champalou

Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2022

Great wine with seafood dinner. Beeswax, lemons, honey, saline, maybe some other citrus. Really lovely. — 19 days ago

Scott@Mister, Tom and 9 others liked this

Domaine Vacheron

Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Good but not wow. Not that interesting at this point. — 15 days ago

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Louis-Benjamin Dagueneau

Silex Pouilly-Fumé Sauvignon Blanc 2016

Pale lemon in color.

Medium in body with medium plus acidity.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing limes, lemons, green apples, light wood, earth, herbs and minerals.

Nice finish with limes and almonds.

This is a very young Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire Valley in France.

I had a few vintages of this wine and it is definitely better with age. Needs 5 years in the bottle to mature properly, but starting to drink nicely now.

This 9 year old Sauvignon Blanc drinks very fresh and young. Elegant and easy drinking.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 45 minutes of airtime.

Good by itself or with food.

13% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$250.
— 19 hours ago

Vanessa, Jay and 15 others liked this

Domaine Les Roches (Alain et Jérome Lenoir)

Chinon Cabernet Franc 2005

Forest floor, some leather aromas and flavors, lovely, crisp redfruited core, great acidity and balance, long, lingering finish, great juice!! — 21 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Nice! And cool label!
Vin d’Ottawa

Vin d’Ottawa

Aged Loire Can Franc is a dream.

Moulin Touchais

Coteaux du Layon Chenin Blanc 1984

Ron R
9.4

Superb with Foie gras. No rush to consume this at all. — 11 days ago

Juan, Tom and 28 others liked this
Tom Casagrande

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Love Moulin Touchais!

Olga Raffault

Les Picasses Chinon Cabernet Franc 2017

Wine 1, with rack of lamb. As my drinking history shows, Raffault is a perennial favorite. 2017 is easy access with medium weight, wild red berry fruit, tomato leaf, and earth. Drink over the next five years. Holding ‘09, ‘14, ‘15, and ‘18 with patience. — 10 days ago

romo, Andrew and 5 others liked this

Domaine Huet

Le Haut-Lieu Sec Vouvray Chenin Blanc 2010

Prodigious stuff—acid is absolutely ripping and the color is the only hint that this is a 15 year old wine. Long, long life ahead — 4 days ago

Tom, Ceccherini and 10 others liked this
Ely Cohn

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These wines are so special.

Domaine des Baumard

Clos du Papillon Savennières Chenin Blanc 2002

So good with 20 plus years of bottle age. — 12 days ago

Stephen, Scott@Mister and 1 other liked this