Louis/Dressner Loire Valley Wines Get Critical Raves!
Finally, our wines are getting a lot of critical raves and the wine trade is talking about the latest reviews hot off the Adobe Acrobat press.
John Gilman's View from the Cellar has just been sent out and many of our wines did great. Inevitably, great press means big sales and these wines will soon disappear. John writes with great enthusiasm and his love for these wines is apparent in his descriptions. Some examples:
2006 Muscadet Clos des Briords "Vieilles Vignes"- Domaine de la Pépière
Marc Ollivier's old vine bottling....Clos des Briords is absolutely stellar in 2006. The bouquet is deep, refined and beguiling complex as it jumps from the glass in a blaze of lime, grapefruit, crystalline minerality, delicate leesy tones, ocean breezes and a gently floral topnote. On the palate the is full, snappy and rock solid at the the core, with a beautiful stoniness, bright acids, excellent focus and a long, complex and soil-driven finish....94
2006 Cabernet France "Le Pépiè"Marc Ollivier
I have tasted few reds from the Muscadet Region, but Marc Ollivier's La Pépiè is a delicious and almost sappy bottle of cabernet franc that offers stunning value The bourquet on the 2006 jumps from the glass in a blaze of red cherries, bell pepper, lovely, stony minerality, tobacco leaf, woodsmoke and a floral topnote.....It should make a glorious restaurant wine....89+
Cuvée Granit Rouge -- Domaine de la Pépière (Marc Ollivier) ....there is brilliance in the glass. The Cuvée granit is a blend of cabernet franc, malbec and merlot, and is planted on granite soils alongside the domaine's fine Muscadet holdings. The bouqet on the 2006 Cuvée Granit is deep and very serious, as it offers up a youthful mélange of pure black cherries, dark berries, tree bark, woodsmoke, espresso, and a great base of stony soil. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and laser-like in its focus, with rock solid core of fruit, brisk acides, a bit of ripe tannin, and a very long, nascently complex and palate staining finish....Can there be a better value for ageworthy red wine in France than this stunner? 92+
Anjou Blanc "La Lune"-- Mark Agnelli
Mark Angeli's "La Lune" 2005 is a big, ripe and beautiful chenin blanc that probably registers between a broad-shouldered demi-sec and a flat our moelleux. The nose is brilliant, as it soars from the glass in a mélange of pear, candied quince, a touch of guava, honeycomb, a touch of hay and a lovely base of chalky soil. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, deep and very gently glazed by botrytis with great mid-palate depth, bright acids, and a very long, soil-driven finish that shows just a kiss of residual sugar on the backend. This is a beautiful wine from a most talented and inspired winemaker....93
Le Tue-Boeuf "Rouillon" - Le Clos de Tue-Boeuf
The nose of the Le Tue-Boeuf is deep and sophisticated as it offers up a mélange of black cherries, dark berries, a bit of blood orange, fresh-roasted coffee beans, smoke, pepper, a great base of soil and a delicate topnote of balsamic vinegar. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, complex and very transparent to the soil, with excellent mid-palate depth, ripe tannins, sound acides and outstanding focus and grip on the long, complex and tangy finsih. There is just a touch of volatile acidity here that may put some tasters off, but I find it simply lifts the aromatics and adds to the overall complexity. 90
L'Arpent Rouge -- Clos Roche Blanche
This is a brilliant wine, as it soars from the glass in a blaze of red berries, cherries, nutskins, fresh herb tones, a bit of marinated orange rind, autumnal smoky tones, dried rose petals and a lovely base of chalky soil. On the palate the wine is fullish, deep and intensely flaovred, with a dancer's step on the attack, a fine core of fruit, stunning transparency and a great long, tangy and superbly complex finish that closes with a note of bitter chocolate. This is a wine that would really bring delight to a dyed-in-the-woold Burgundy drinker, as it shares the same sensibilities of time and space92
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http://viewfromthecellar.com/
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