Foreau - Domaine du Clos Naudin

Réserve Brut Vouvray Chenin Blanc

9.238 ratings
9.320 pro ratings
Vouvray, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
Chenin Blanc
Turkey, Vanilla & Caramel, Fruit & Berries, Exotic Spices, Salads & Greens, Pate, Potato, Tomato-Based, Chicken, Fruit Desserts, Quinoa, Farro, Brown Rice, White Rice, Pasta, Onion, Shallot, Garlic, Pungent Cheese, Squash & Root Vegetables, Goat & Feta Cheese, Cheddar & Gruyere, Sweet Potato, Yuca, Taro, Baking Spices, Chili & Hot Spicy, Nuts & Seeds, Soft Cheese, Salami & Prosciutto, Shellfish, Crab & Lobster, Quinoa, Shellfish, Sweet Potato
Top Notes For
Beau Carson

Absolutely spectacular wine! Rich, unctuous, and ripping acid.

Absolutely spectacular wine! Rich, unctuous, and ripping acid.

May 14th, 2018
Graham Tatomer

Owner/Winemaker Tatomer Wines

9.8

Rich, mineral, earthy, energetic!
Outstanding.

Rich, mineral, earthy, energetic!
Outstanding.

2 people found it helpfulJun 30th, 2014
Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Bottle age makes all the difference!

Bottle age makes all the difference!

Mar 18th, 2017
Matt

Pineapple cake, flint, pollen, poached pear, blossoms, marzipan, ginger. Zippy acid counteracts a rather vinous and weighty mouthfeel. Love the notes the Chenin brings with some age on it.

Pineapple cake, flint, pollen, poached pear, blossoms, marzipan, ginger. Zippy acid counteracts a rather vinous and weighty mouthfeel. Love the notes the Chenin brings with some age on it.

Oct 11th, 2016
Tom Kobylarz

Maybe my favorite bubbles outside Champagne, made in the classic Methode Champenoise. A thick nose of flinty smoke, almond, yeasty bread, and some gingerbread. The palate adds ripe lemon and lime, with clearly present acidity and limestone mineral backbone. My 3rd taste of this in the last year. #sparkling #cheninblanc #vouvray

Maybe my favorite bubbles outside Champagne, made in the classic Methode Champenoise. A thick nose of flinty smoke, almond, yeasty bread, and some gingerbread. The palate adds ripe lemon and lime, with clearly present acidity and limestone mineral backbone. My 3rd taste of this in the last year. #sparkling #cheninblanc #vouvray

Nov 11th, 2015
Tom Kobylarz

Balance and precision on display, this is chiseled sparkling Chenin made in the traditional method. Fresh lime, lemon, and pear with smokey minerality and a touch of biscuit on the finish. Incredible value and can go toe-to-toe with the best value Champagnes and crush most big production NV.

Balance and precision on display, this is chiseled sparkling Chenin made in the traditional method. Fresh lime, lemon, and pear with smokey minerality and a touch of biscuit on the finish. Incredible value and can go toe-to-toe with the best value Champagnes and crush most big production NV.

Jul 29th, 2015
Nicholas Livingston

Foreau 2007 Réserve Brut Vouvray greets the nose with flint and steel, limes leaves and lemon curd and tastes at every corner of one's head of saline seashells, taut skinned orchard fruit, lemon peels of no bitter pith and rises to a crescendo of dry candied lemon rinds if the sweetness of sugar we're but a ghost or memory and leaves us in a wake of oyster liqueur. This glows angelic as if back lit from within -at once calming and invigorating. All the better from #Riedel Veritas Champagne stems -an elegant lightweight wine glass that accentuates Méthode Traditionnelle better than all the crystal I've tried and a stem which looks, feels and behaves the sophisticate amplifier such wines deserve -that we deserve.

Foreau 2007 Réserve Brut Vouvray greets the nose with flint and steel, limes leaves and lemon curd and tastes at every corner of one's head of saline seashells, taut skinned orchard fruit, lemon peels of no bitter pith and rises to a crescendo of dry candied lemon rinds if the sweetness of sugar we're but a ghost or memory and leaves us in a wake of oyster liqueur. This glows angelic as if back lit from within -at once calming and invigorating. All the better from #Riedel Veritas Champagne stems -an elegant lightweight wine glass that accentuates Méthode Traditionnelle better than all the crystal I've tried and a stem which looks, feels and behaves the sophisticate amplifier such wines deserve -that we deserve.

May 20th, 2015
Bill Ward

Lush w/ backbone. Stone-fruit delight

Lush w/ backbone. Stone-fruit delight

Apr 9th, 2015
Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.3

2007 Reserve. Longer lees aging. Plush, toasty, lush, riper, citrusy and pretty.

2007 Reserve. Longer lees aging. Plush, toasty, lush, riper, citrusy and pretty.

Mar 23rd, 2015
Lily Davis

French Wine Specialist at Ottorink Weinbar

9.6

Night cap with max

Night cap with max

Sep 6th, 2014