Alphonse Mellot, Sancerre, Edmond

Quek decant, poured a couple glasses, recorked and put in refrigerator for consumption over 2 weeks. Super tight on day 1 with a lot of raw oak masking the fruit. The fruit started to emerge after several days in the refrigerator. Nectarine, white peach, green apple and orchard blossoms. Full and rich in the mouth with a limestone tinged finish. Surprisingly, the last glass was still consistent after the bottle being opened more that two weeks in the fridge. This …

Pale gold. Stone fruits, white flowers. It has layers, depth, complexity, tension and minerality. Round. Full bodied with balanced acidity. Long finish.

Fermented in French oak (multiple sizes and ages) then aged in barrel for 12 months on the lees. The nose shows great intensity of aromas and reveals scents of nectarine, grapefruit zest and mixed citrus with notes of chalk, lemongrass, orchard blossoms and hints of iodine and flint. The palate is well textured and precise, detailed with succulent acidity and richness. The flavors of citrus, nectarine, minerals, delicate florals and spice are long through the finish that goes on and …

Clear, bright, hay-like golden colour. Oxidation has significantly dulled the flavour of this wine, but it's still nice to drink. Marshmallow-soft mouthfeel, with flavours of mineral water, orange blossom, grapefruit and lemon cream. There's moderate crackling acidity, and the floral/citrus flavours are sweet and powerful, but it's all corrupted by a stale oxidative note. Hard to evaluate a wine like this; it's enjoyable in spite of the oxidation, but it's clearly not as its maker intended.

Loire Odyssey, Part I - the Non-Chenin Whites (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon) : Did not know quite what to make out of this wine. It obviously had some quality juice, but was just all that enjoyable, buried as it was under layers of sweet oak. It came about almost as a bit over "made". The nose showed sweet corn galore, almost corn bread-like mixed up with some popcorn scents. Hard to get past that. The palate was a …

My last two bottles of this suggested that this wine was past its prime and really needed to be consumed. “Palomino gold,” proclaims the scion; and so it is with a straw-like yellow blondness. A hint of green comes through on the edges still after all these years. The lsat two bottles of this indicated that the wine had passed its prime and expecting anything more than an old Sancerre. This bottle was a wonderful data point on bottle variation. …

My next to last bottle of this and only to discover it’s a weeper! With my breathe duly held, the cork is pulled. Pale golden moon in the glass. A somewhat muted nose of mineral, smoke and lime. No boxwood and no creamed corn. An initial lemon-lime drop on the attack followed by a bit of flint that fades to some toastiness and a slight oxidation on the finish. Drinkable, but definitely on the downhill slide. 13% alc. With pan …

Reifer Sauvignon. In der Nase immer noch schöne Zitrusnoten. Im Gaumen Nussaromen und reife Quitten. Feiner Wein mit schönem lang anhaltendem Abgang. Menu: Salami, Brot, Schwarzwäldertorte

Reifer Sauvignon Blanc. Alter spürbar. Quitten und andere Reife Früchte spürbar. Trotzdem ein grosser Sancerre. Fein.

Sunday, April 21, 2002 Light yellow gold color. Crisp nose of fruit, pear, boxwood. The wine has a good crispness with balanced acidity and yet a certain creaminess. Classic boxwood with a touch of toastiness from the new french oak on the finish. Not too much. Very well made. 13%. With mustard marinaded swordfish and roasted red pepper/corn relish. Both this and the Pinard Harmonie 99 with dinner. The Harmonie paired with dinner a little better, but this was the …

Ferrieres: Int. oaky nose, vanillin aromas, mixed with some citrus-grapefruit notes; round mth, yellowy gold in color. Good, but on it’s way out.

Ferrieres: Very oaky nose; strong, overpowering a bit. Average mth feel, med. bod, some soft citrus fruit, light minerals; maybe needs more time?

Winery: Oaky, very strong nose, more concentrated, Heavy wood all the way! 6 mo. in oak, old vines.