The Wines of Loire
Timed Online Auction, 1 - 8 May 2023
Session 1
About the SessionThe Loire Valley is a large region that follows the longest river of France. The Loire is an exceptional place to find lean, racy, white wines, including those of Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc and Muscadet. Red varieties include Cabernet Franc, Gamay and Cot (Malbec), which produces herbaceous, rustic reds.
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'The 2011 Sancerre Génération XIX preserves a scallop-like sweet and saline savour, with rich though piquant nut oils and decided chalkiness inflecting the foundation of ripe grapefruit, orange, white peach, and quince. This finishes bittersweetly, dominated by citrus and nut oils, with its umami- scallop-side serving for welcome salivation, but with less primary juiciness and consequent brightness than its cellar mates of the vintage and without the delightful sense of surprising levity that accrued to the corresponding Edmond.' - David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, 92/100 (Jun 2012)