The return of Liquid Gold, as I continue this week's Vouvray theme, with an examination of Vouvray vintages from 2018 back to 1971, with more than 30 moelleux cuvées tasted.
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#vouvray #huet #closnaudin #pinon #aubuisieres
Read my latest Weekend Wine report, as I look back at a 1976 Moelleux from Vouvray, one of several appellations celebrating its 90th birthday this year.
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#vouvray #closnaudin #cheninblanc #domaineduclosnaudin #wine
Kudos to the #Vouvray families and vignerons who donated bottles to the #WineParis Vouvray tastings, marking 90 years since the appellation was created in 1936. Fascinating wines, from largely less familiar domaines. These will be written up on Winedoctor. #wine #loire #chenin
A bottle of Spring Vouvray, a still white wine made from Chenin Blanc in the Loire Valley
I know it's not very spring-like yet (or not where I am) but Vincent & Tania Carême's Spring Vouvray Sec is a beautifully pure, precise example and a bargain on offer until 16 Feb. My latest #wineoftheweek: www.joannasimon.com/post/wine-of... #Vouvray #CheninBlanc #LoireValley
My sommelier Gaston holds a bottle of 2015 Chateau Raymond-Lafon Sauternes on his tray, along with a typically enormous tasting sample in his right hand.
A glass of 2015 Chateau Raymond-Lafon Sauternes pictured alongside tonight’s musical accompaniment, Thelonious Monk’s Big Band and Quartet in Concert. Joyous stuff indeed!
#12bottlesofChristmas #9. Anyone reading these posts has probably noted that I’m a sucker for great sweet white wine. This Raymond-Lafon 2015 #Sauternes is very good, but there’s a lack of acidity against the marmalade sweetness that makes it a little one-dimensional compared to the #Huet #Vouvray.
My sommelier Gaston holds a bottle of 1990 Gaston Huet Clos du Bourg Moelleux Première Trie #Vouvray on his tray along with my glass prior to serving it. Note the generous tasting measure he has poured for himself.
A glass of of 1990 Gaston Huet Clos du Bourg Moelleux Première Trie #Vouvray alongside tonight’s musical accompaniment from the great Jim O’Rourke.
Gaston’s namesake M. Huet provides #12bottlesofChristmas #5. A magnificent sweet #Vouvray that the latter sold me himself at his house in the early 1990s. It’s a long story that I never tire of telling. Although clearly a #cheninblanc there’s a #sauternes style marmalade end too. To absent friends!
On Saturday, from 12-5pm, we will be joined for a tasting by our friends at Franklin Selections!
#wine #spirits #beer #cigars #port #italianwine #vouvray #chateauneufdupape #verdicchio #shiraz #winetasting #brentwoodtn #nashville
Topping up the Chenin levels before I head to Bordeaux. #francoispinon #bernardbaudry #vouvray #chinon #chinonblanc #lacroixboissee #cheninblanc #chenin #wine
In this week's Weekend Wine report I try to avoid excessive use of superatives, as I pull the cork on the 1990 Vouvray Moelleux Goutte d'Or from Philippe Foreau.
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Great visit to see Jean-Philippe Blot at La Taille aux Loups today. A tour of Clos Michet and Clos de Mosny, the cellars, and a comprehensive tasting. #tailleauxloups #montlouis #montlouissurloire #vouvray #cheninblanc #loire #wine
Having a bit of a Foreau week. This evening, the 1976 Vouvray Moelleux, from Armand Foreau. To be written up for Winedoctor, for sure. #vouvray #foreau #closnaudin #cheninbkac #wine #loire
More adventures in 2015; coming back to Philippe Foreau’s Vouvray Sec this evening. Delicious! #vouvray #cheninblanc #drinkchenin #loire #wine
The return of #moelleuxmonday? I dunno. What I do know is that this 2005 Moelleux Réserve from Philippe Foreau is stunning. On a Monday. #vouvray #philippeforeau #cheninblanc #moelleux #wine
An absolute beauty at 20 years. You can sense the future potential here though. Come back in 20-40 years! #huet #domainehuet #vouvray #closdubourg #cheninblanc #loire #loirewine #wine
Read my Weekend Wine report, featuring the words of Thomas Layton, and a 1990 Vouvray Brut Tendre revisited at 35 years of age.
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#vouvray #francoispinon #francoisetjulienpinon #cheninblanc #wine
Bought this well over 12 years ago at the Domaine d'Orfeuilles just north of #Vouvray village. A simple wine in its youth it is now a complex dry tropical fruit, tinned mandarin delight with light oak influence and that gorgeous acidity of a #Loire #Chenin.
And so cheap back then! #Wine
Wine of the week from last Saturday...served with salmon salad. I bought a case at Domaine D'Orfeuilles north of Vouvray village. 1 left now after nearly 15 years 😪
#Loire #Vouvray #Chenin
I know it is like bringing coals to Newcastle, but whenever I head out to the Loire for a few weeks I can’t resist bringing a few bottles from my cellar. Here’s a case in point; I’ll be rounding off this evening with a glass of this (still young) Foreau Moelleux. #vouvray #closnaudin #cheninblanc
I’ve not been posting much recently - too busy building a new team at The Wine Independent, and other things! Let’s put that right with Philippe Foreau’s current-release Brut Réserve. New label looks good. New price (€44 retail in France) a sign of the times. #vouvray #closnaudin #cheninblanc #wine
Sunday evening Vouvray demi-sec options. Foreau 2005 or Pichot Le Peu de la Moriette 2015. Foreau, Pichot, or both? #vouvray #cheninblanc #demisec #philippeforeau #domainepichot #wine
Tip-top dry Vouvray tonight. I have a lot of 2010s lined up for drinking soon - looking forward to them.
#vouvray #cheninblanc #wine #loire #foreau #philippeforeau #domaineduclosnaudin
Just published: My weekend wine, the 2004 François Pinon Vouvray Cuvée Tradition, with reflections on both the 2024 and 2004 harvests.
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#vouvray #francoispinon #cheninblanc #drinkchenin #loire #loirewine #wine
Thursday Treat (doesn’t work as well as ‘Moelleux Monday’, but we are where we are). #moelleux #vouvray #huet #domainehuet #cheninblack #constance #cuveeconstance #wine
Consumed the last bottle of #AlainRohart these last two days. Epic wine that has over 30 years of amazing memories! When #Alain died 10 years ago, his place was taken over by a new generation of wine makers. Good excuse to visit #Vouvray now & see what it's like... #winelovers
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"Les Sens de la Levée" (La Levée de la Loire)
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. Magnifique atelier Poivre(s) Terre Exotique
. Immersion souterraine, Château Gaudrelle, #vouvray + #montlouis
& travaux pratiques nocturnes chez Sébastien David autour de sa réserve perso 😮.
After last night’s 1971 Vouvray, something a little younger. A 2009 Clos du Bourg Sec. #vouvray #huet #domainehuet #stillbanned #cheninblanc #loire #loirewne #wine
