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Best bottle I've cracked in some time. Even the less savvy wine drinkers at dinner commented on its complexity and ability to pair w food. I did not decant or let it breathe, just pop and pour. Delicious w Olde Salt oysters from the Chesapeake Bay.
Best bottle I've cracked in some time. Even the less savvy wine drinkers at dinner commented on its complexity and ability to pair w food. I did not decant or let it breathe, just pop and pour. Delicious w Olde Salt oysters from the Chesapeake Bay.
I may have to change my opinion of Joly! Everything you want in a Savennieres. Looks like Apple cider, dandelion, honey, wet wool, battery acid and wet rocks. That doesn't sound nearly as amazing as it is!
I may have to change my opinion of Joly! Everything you want in a Savennieres. Looks like Apple cider, dandelion, honey, wet wool, battery acid and wet rocks. That doesn't sound nearly as amazing as it is!
This is a geeky Savennières. Fennel seed, limestone, nutmeg, and bruised pear on the nose and palate. Succulent and precise! Perhaps some skin extraction adding some gritty bite. This will age well.
This is a geeky Savennières. Fennel seed, limestone, nutmeg, and bruised pear on the nose and palate. Succulent and precise! Perhaps some skin extraction adding some gritty bite. This will age well.
A WTF wine. Dark gold color. Night 1: terrible awful funky oxidized nose. Stale peanuts, rotting wood, a whiff of cider vinegar. Hot on the palate. But having read many reviews saying this wine is ALWAYS like that the first day, I stuck it back in the fridge. Night 2: MUCH more pleasant. Nose had only a hint of nuttiness, and honey and minerals were peeking through. Some tight fruit comes out in the mouth, with a hint of a Fino sherry like nuttiness. Still full bodied but not hot. I'm going to stick it back in the fridge and update this tomorrow night. Night 3: On the nose, no more nuttiness, replaced with telltale botrytis scents of honey drenched grapes and bit of chalky minerality. Tastes drier than it smells. Night 4: It's settled in now. Pretty much the same as night three. Bottle killed; experiment over. I've never had anything like this.
A WTF wine. Dark gold color. Night 1: terrible awful funky oxidized nose. Stale peanuts, rotting wood, a whiff of cider vinegar. Hot on the palate. But having read many reviews saying this wine is ALWAYS like that the first day, I stuck it back in the fridge. Night 2: MUCH more pleasant. Nose had only a hint of nuttiness, and honey and minerals were peeking through. Some tight fruit comes out in the mouth, with a hint of a Fino sherry like nuttiness. Still full bodied but not hot. I'm going to stick it back in the fridge and update this tomorrow night. Night 3: On the nose, no more nuttiness, replaced with telltale botrytis scents of honey drenched grapes and bit of chalky minerality. Tastes drier than it smells. Night 4: It's settled in now. Pretty much the same as night three. Bottle killed; experiment over. I've never had anything like this.
I liked this 5.5 times more than I thought I would based on looks, smell, and a downright wonky looking cork (because it is bottled in the German Riesling overfilling style). It hits you with pine, resins and pineapple and is somehow dry but full-bodied and (again) resin-y. As it has been getting air over the last hour it is transforming. After 30 minutes I was getting more spices, honeysuckle and I dunno, chrysanthemum? On top of the pineapple loveliness I'm enjoying. Totally digging this biodynamic idiosyncrasy.
I liked this 5.5 times more than I thought I would based on looks, smell, and a downright wonky looking cork (because it is bottled in the German Riesling overfilling style). It hits you with pine, resins and pineapple and is somehow dry but full-bodied and (again) resin-y. As it has been getting air over the last hour it is transforming. After 30 minutes I was getting more spices, honeysuckle and I dunno, chrysanthemum? On top of the pineapple loveliness I'm enjoying. Totally digging this biodynamic idiosyncrasy.
Savennières, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France
