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2010 TOURAINE LES MARCOTTES Domaine de Pierre
Loire France
Light and crisp Gamay with lovely juice, making it a terribly versatile drink, even slightly chilled.
Loire France
Light and crisp Gamay with lovely juice, making it a terribly versatile drink, even slightly chilled.
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2011 CHINON Les Granges Domaine Bernard Baudry
Loire France
From vines in the valley on a free-draining sandy gravel. Bright purple colour. Very precise floral (heady dark roses) and fruit (damson and blueberry) nose and this is followed on palate with a dryly... (more info)
Loire France
From vines in the valley on a free-draining sandy gravel. Bright purple colour. Very precise floral (heady dark roses) and fruit (damson and blueberry) nose and this is followed on palate with a dryly... (more info)
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2010 CHINON DOMAINE Domaine Bernard Baudry
Loire France
The 'Domaine' wine is fermented in traditional cement vats (which gives softer tannins) and matured for some 10 months in large cask and oak barrels. 80% from the chalky plateau, 20% from the sandy... (more info)
Loire France
The 'Domaine' wine is fermented in traditional cement vats (which gives softer tannins) and matured for some 10 months in large cask and oak barrels. 80% from the chalky plateau, 20% from the sandy... (more info)
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2011 SANCERRE Chavignol Rouge Domaine Vincent Delaporte
Loire France
The Delaporte's Sancerre Rouge, a very delicately oak-aged Pinot Noir, is round and juicily fruity with bright and elegant fruit. A strong contender for Burgundy drinkers at this price level. To be... (more info)
Loire France
The Delaporte's Sancerre Rouge, a very delicately oak-aged Pinot Noir, is round and juicily fruity with bright and elegant fruit. A strong contender for Burgundy drinkers at this price level. To be... (more info)
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2010 SAINT NICOLAS DE BOURGUEIL La Mine Domaine Yannick Amirault
Loire France
From a parcel of 35 year old vines, grown on gravelly soils, Yannick left this wine unoaked so as not to mask the naturally pure, fruity aromas.
Loire France
From a parcel of 35 year old vines, grown on gravelly soils, Yannick left this wine unoaked so as not to mask the naturally pure, fruity aromas.
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2009 CHINON Clos Guillot Domaine Bernard Baudry
Loire France
Fermented in wooden tanks with regular soft 'pigeages' (pressing down of the cap by foot) the wine is matured twelve months in oak barrels. From a fabulous vineyard site planted between 1985 and 2000... (more info)
Loire France
Fermented in wooden tanks with regular soft 'pigeages' (pressing down of the cap by foot) the wine is matured twelve months in oak barrels. From a fabulous vineyard site planted between 1985 and 2000... (more info)
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2010 CHINON Clos Guillot Domaine Bernard Baudry
Loire France
Fermented in wooden tanks with regular soft 'pigeages' (pressing down of the cap by foot) the wine is matured twelve months in oak barrels. From a fabulous vineyard site planted between 1985 and 2000... (more info)
Loire France
Fermented in wooden tanks with regular soft 'pigeages' (pressing down of the cap by foot) the wine is matured twelve months in oak barrels. From a fabulous vineyard site planted between 1985 and 2000... (more info)
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2010 SANCERRE ROUGE Cuvée Maxime Vieilles Vignes Silex Chavignol Domaine Vincent Delaporte
Loire France
For the first time this beatifully crafted Pinot Noir from the Delaportes uses fruit grown exclusively on the silex soils famous in Chavignol, but mostly reserved for top Sauvignon Blanc vines. The... (more info)
Loire France
For the first time this beatifully crafted Pinot Noir from the Delaportes uses fruit grown exclusively on the silex soils famous in Chavignol, but mostly reserved for top Sauvignon Blanc vines. The... (more info)
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2010 CHINON Croix Boissée Domaine Bernard Baudry
Loire France
The continuation of the same slope as the Clos Guillot. Much more chalky - the soil here is white. Hence a more mineral wine. Rich and dense, and already more aromatically defined. Strict, good volume... (more info)
Loire France
The continuation of the same slope as the Clos Guillot. Much more chalky - the soil here is white. Hence a more mineral wine. Rich and dense, and already more aromatically defined. Strict, good volume... (more info)
