Domaine Delaporte, Sancerre

Domaine Delaporte · Loire › Sancerre › France

White · Sauvignon Blanc
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LWIN 1275111
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89 /100
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Taster #4383 · Feb 11, 2022
93/100
Peach and lemon with acidity; sweet but with some tart; sweet balanced finish.
2015 vintage
Taster #4383 · Apr 28, 2020
88/100
Initially lemony apricot with acidic balance; later became soft and fruity.
2015 vintage
Taster #1204 · Jul 28, 2019
Half bottle at restaurant -translucent light-med gold -mildly grassy citrus fresh -med acidity beautifully balances the med/med- weight crisp fresh delicious citrus and green apple -excellent
2015 vintage
Taster #6617 · Jul 19, 2018
87/100
Light pale yellow. Reluctant nose of grass and lemon leads to a surprising amount of tropical grapefruit in the mouth. Not as sophisticated as many sancerre, rather pretty direct.
2015 vintage
Taster #9038 · Mar 16, 2018
84/100
Nice but not as tasty as the other Sancerre. It had a less mild finish. More acid
2015 vintage
Taster #0340 · Jan 20, 2018
91/100
Very pale gold. Lime, dusty stone, and spearmint on the nose. Lost some of its youthful energy and is rounding a little bit on the edges but still has very nice acidic cut in the mouth- a salty grapefruit feel with a little a hint of something sweet and floral in the back drop. Fair value at $22 but I will not be sprinting out for more. That having been said, it really does hold my interest in the glass. …
2010 vintage
Taster #5416 · Jul 3, 2017
90/100
Light yellow. Very rich intense nose, hints of ripe fruit. Stone fruit, lime and wet rock. Delicious rich flavours and a very refreshing finish.
2015 vintage
Taster #9217 · Jul 1, 2017
85/100
Winewankers BYO; 7/1/2017-7/2/2017 (Tores House) : Clear light yellow. Nose with tropical fruits and hints of butter. Round palate with tropical tones and some minerals. The end of the tastingcurve is bad. Medium plus length.
2015 vintage
Taster #7542 · Mar 18, 2017
92/100
Floral notes and tropical fruits. Chalky minerality and grapefruit. Really pleasing tartness. Delicious. Paired nicely with a whole roasted branzino.
2015 vintage
Taster #8283 · Feb 15, 2017
88/100
Very gritty and aromatic. Flowers, vanilla and Mellon. Not a dry wine at all. But refreshing summer wine, good with seafood
2015 vintage
Taster #0200 · Dec 25, 2016
90/100
Yellow gold color in the glass, bouquet of melons and taste of minerality with crisp acid, smooth finish.
2015 vintage
Taster #3971 · Nov 26, 2016
Thanksgiving 2016
2015 vintage
Taster #3971 · Oct 9, 2016
delicate orange, with good acid to keep it clean and not too sweet - delish
2015 vintage
Taster #5308 · Aug 13, 2016
90/100
drinking perfectly on a 95 degree day here. mango and grapefruit on the nose. great balance of sugar, acid, cream, tropical fruits, lemon zest, and mineral. just right with grilled shrimp.
2015 vintage
Taster #1732 · Jul 31, 2016
91/100
Yummy
2015 vintage
Taster #1875 · Jul 23, 2016
89/100
A nice nose of lemongrass, mineral, and linen. Quite soft on the palate, drinking well now. Tart lemon & more mineral flavors.
2015 vintage
Taster #3828 · Jun 6, 2016
Thrilling for 18 months after release, then seemed shut down. Wrong -- as of today, simply dried out. Barely into light yellow color, young and fresh in appearance, yet hollow. Having followed this wine and the Maxime for a decade now, I feel sure in saying that Delaporte is a producer to be drunk young or never. Most of what comes to USA is sold and consumed in Chicago within 2 years. For good reason, as experience repeatedly confirms.
2010 vintage
Taster #3828 · Mar 4, 2015
Excellent on release, great tension, a coiled spring; then entered hibernation from which it is at last emerging. Always one of the earlier-developing Chavignol whites, but 2010 is a glacial vintage. 90.5 now; could hit 92 in 6 months.
2010 vintage
Taster #7519 · Jul 20, 2013
89/100
Lots of fennel and chive on the nose along with gooseberry and pink grapefruit. This has aged well over the last 2 years. It reminds me of my visit to their domaine 2 years ago and the staying power exhibited by their whites. Still crisp and fresh, this has many years of life left. Vibrant and fresh, picking up a sense of plenitude on the palate if still not quite there yet.
2010 vintage
Taster #5924 · Jun 11, 2013
82/100
Bad cork
2010 vintage
Taster #0475 · Jun 2, 2013
90/100
Had it at Brasserie Max & Julie. No formal tasting notes, but was very pleased with its balance between crisp grapefruit-driven acidity, its relatively creamy mouth-feel and its grounding minerality. Very good. More whites should be like this.
2010 vintage
Taster #2406 · Dec 24, 2012
89/100
Fresh, very crisp with apples, some berries and floral. Good acidic and dryness.
2010 vintage
Taster #2891 · Sep 12, 2012
90/100
- Light gold color and aromas of lemon and melon and has flavours of lemon and apple - Everything working here: integrated acid, lemon burst, great finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #1586 · Aug 31, 2012
90/100
Light notes of citrus with a tart but well balanced finished. Very good.
2010 vintage
Taster #4325 · Aug 16, 2012
91/100
Ripe with ample acidity, briskly scented with pineapple and lemon zest, and a hint of gooseberry. Bright fresh lemon and pineapple juiciness dominates the palate, with a undercurrent of salinity and bitterness by way of its notes of lemon pip and rind.
2010 vintage
Taster #6852 · Jun 24, 2012
87/100
- Light gold color and aromas of apricot and has flavours of apricot and apple - Decent Sancerre...would recommend,
2010 vintage
Taster #2347 · May 25, 2012
89/100
Very crisp, dry with just some hint of lemon and a touch of honey. Almost too much minerality for my taste, but very good for a hot, muggy day.
2010 vintage
Taster #5792 · Apr 10, 2012
90/100
Rich on the nose, but the acidity comes through on the palate. Good. 90
2010 vintage
Taster #7519 · Feb 20, 2012
88/100
Super flintly, smoke, creamy peach, pamplemousse amd chive. Med body. Round. Vibrant acidity. A little linear right now. Needs some time to fill out and with the acidity it shows, a little ageing won't be a problem.
2010 vintage
Taster #9222 · Feb 5, 2012
91/100
Subtle stone fruits and lemon zest on the nose leading to a beautiful rich unctuous mouthfeel with a crushed-rock-laced finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #2975 · Jan 19, 2012
88/100
Not as enjoyable as the '09. Lemon, with notable tangerine and drop of honey, decent acidity and a clean finish.
2010 vintage
Taster #9875 · Dec 10, 2011
87/100
Very disappointed in this for the price. Decent varietal fruit characteristics, but lacked the minerality and structure that we like in Sancerre. I can get something almost as good as this from New Zealand for $8 (not $24). We felt that the Karine Lauverjat 2009 and the Domaine Fouassier Clos Paradis 2009 both blew the doors off of this wine, and those ones cost $5-10 less. The QPR here was poor.
2010 vintage
Taster #0166 · Nov 27, 2011
92/100
Ripe with ample acidity. Really enjoyable
2010 vintage
Taster #2546 · Sep 26, 2011
90/100
Loire Valley Wines Trade Tasting (One Leidesdorff Building, San Francisco, California) : Very light yellow color; focused, tart citrus, grapefruit nose; tight, tart grapefruit, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 90+ points
2010 vintage
Taster #6558 · Sep 17, 2011
90/100
Wonderful minerality, crisp acidity
2010 vintage
Taster #2891 · Jul 24, 2011
92/100
Beautiful, expressive lemons, citrus notes. Bright in mouth and super finish: which means I'd take another sip. I'd take more bottles too
2010 vintage
Taster #7519 · May 26, 2011
92/100
Tasted from a magnum at domaine. Super-complex. I never knew Sauv. Blanc could age like this. Nose of petrol, fennel almond and peach. Waxy texture on palate. Acidity still very fresh, this was a lot more vibrant than the 1994.
1988 vintage