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Loire Region
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Year |
Region |
Description |
Price |
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2002 |
Loire, France |
Baumard Coteaux Clos St Catherine |
$44.99 |
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2004 |
Loire, France |
Domaine des Baumard Quarts des Chaume |
$49.99 |
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2007 |
Loire, France |
Domaine des Trois Toits |
$16.99 |
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2002 |
Loire, France |
Joly Clos de la Coulee de Serrant |
$81.99 |
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2007 |
Loire, France |
Ladoucette "Comte LaFond" Sancerre |
$35.99 |
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2007 |
Loire, France |
Serge Dagueneau Pouilly Fume |
$28.99 |
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![Details](kiosk.asp?picturename=170018.jpg&extdesc=Baumard Coteaux Clos St Catherine&subdesc=2002®ion=Loire, France&name=Chenin Blanc&price=44.99¬es=Domaine des Baumard is tucked away in the village of Rochefort sur Loire, which liest at the northern end of the Coteaux du Layon appellation. The domaine was established in 1634, and at that time Florent Baumard's ancestors were busy cultivating the vine.This was interrupted by the arrival of Phylloxera, also when the family turned their attention to nursery work, rather than viticulture.
It was Jean Baumard, a graduate of both Dijon and Bordeaux Universities who took control of the business in 1955 and steered it back to viticulture. Jean pulled the domaine from obscurity to the forefront of Loire winemaking. As time marches on, his son Florent Baumard took control in the 1990s. There has been no blip in quality and under Florent's control, this domaine continues to turn out fabulous wines. The St. Catherine is sourced from a singly, sandy vinyard just outside Rochefort and is elegant rather than overly rich.
"Lots of mango, peach, green almond and orange blossom notes here, but this stays remarkably fresh, bright and open-knit, with floral notes and lively, almost crackling acidity running through the finish. Drink now through 2020. 500 cases made." 93 Points, Wine Spectator
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![Details](kiosk.asp?picturename=210070.jpg&extdesc=Domaine des Trois Toits&subdesc=2007®ion=Loire, France&name=Muscat&price=16.99¬es= Muscadet is produced in 4 wine terroirs around the city of Nantes in the Loire Valley. The Muscadet Sèvre et Maine is the most important and the best of them. This old style wine upholds the tradition of leaving the grape juice to rest during winter before putting the wine in bottle. Lucien Pauvert the owner of Domaine de la Borne situated just south of Nantes, is set to retire after the 2005 vintage. Rosenthal WIne Merchants who imports the wine had known of Pauvert's plans for quite some time as he struggled to find a young vigneron to take command of his vineyards, the first to come into view as one leaves the growing city of Nantes in a southerly direction. Failing in this endeavor, Pauvert has begun to sell off his valuable vineyard property, progenitor of "true" Muscadet, the stony, piere a fusil Muscadet drawn directly from the lies each spring rather than the forced, fruity juice of the modern day. So, Rosenthal enlisted Pauvert in our search for a complementary grower and, voila, one of his neighbors, Hubert Rousseau pops up to purchase 3 hectare of vineyards; they tasted through a series of cuvees produced at this lovely domaine in the sector known as "La Nicoliere", and are convinced that this wine is the Muscadet savior.
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, yet it has its own appellation. Exclusively white wines are made here, from the Chenin Blanc grape, but perhaps the main reason Coulée de Serrant is so talked about is because its owner is Nicolas Joly, one of the leading proponents of biodynamic viticulture.
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. The yields are limited to between 45 and 55 hl/ha. Serge, Florence and Valerie are also proponents of harvesting late, and their Les Pentes is marked by a distinctly ripe-tasting, rich, melony quality which comes from Sauvignon on calcaire soil, when harvested at its peak maturity.
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