Francois Pinon - Vouvray Cuvee Botrytis 1996 (500ml)
Price: $99.99
| Producer | Francois Pinon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Loire Valley |
| Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Sku | 42304 |
| Size | 500ml |
It is the heady, thrilling combination of acidity, sweetness, botrytis complexity and most of all the ‘liquid stone’ minerality that lifts the 1996 Vouvray Cuvée Botrytis from François Pinon out of the realms of the merely brilliant into the more emotional. In the glass it maintains a moderate golden hue, in itself giving no strong clue to what awaits. The nose is beautifully defined, rich in the scents of sweet pear and dried apple, with threads of apricot, white raisin and white pepper, showing great polish, with botrytis-derived scents of praline and smoke. It offers up the pure essence of Chenin Blanc wrapped in a leafy Vouvray lift, but it also hints of the mineral joy that is to come on the palate. Here the wine is nothing less than electric, combining the sweetly botrytised flavours of dried fruits especially figs, apples and raisins with an incredible backbone of minerality, all grained and flinty, lending the wine a seam of pebbly substance. It holds a very pure style through the finish, where it feels intense, pure, focused, long and vigorous. This is a wine which shimmers with vibrant acidity and perfect balance throughout; it is, all in all, breathtaking.
Wine Doctor 99/100
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