VOUVRAY MOELLEUX 1993 (Domaine François PINON)
LOIRE - AOP VOUVRAY - White - Sweet
Beautifully golden colored wine. The nose is rich and complex. Notes of fruit pasta envelop delicious aromas of candied citrus and honey. In the mouth, the attack is fresh, astonishing by its liveliness and the intensity of its perfumes.
The finish is long, lemony, bringing a nice tension to the finish. It's beautiful, perfumed, and incredibly fresh!
The wine Vouvray Moelleux has been resting for 25 years in the estate's tufa cellars. Preserved in optimal conditions, it has developed tertiary aromas of great complexity.
The harvest is late, and the berries are sorted first in the vineyard, a second time on the sorting table and one last time in the cellar, before pressing. The fermentation is slow, with native yeasts. The must is then aged on fine lees for 4 to 5 months and filtered before bottling.
We tasted this sweet wine at the end of the year 2018. It was a revelation. We had never drunk sweet wines of such an age with such an acidity: is it really a sweet wine? No doubt, the complexity and richness of the candied flavors betray an advanced degree of the grapes maturity. What a liveliness after so many year in cellar! Wonderful!
- Residual sugars: 70 gr/l.
- Acidity: 4.5 gr/l.
| Country | Loire Valley |
| Color | White |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Sweet |
| Vintage | 1993 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Chenin |
| Alcohol rate | 12 % |
| Quality Designation | Vouvray |
| Cellar Potential | From 20 to 30 years. |
| Service advise | 10-12°C (50-54°F). Open the bottle 1h before the service. |
| Culture Methods | Sustainable cultivation method |
| Fining | No |
| Filtering | Yes |
| Comments | Slow fermentation of 2 to 3 months with native yeasts. Ageing on fine lees for 4 to 5 months in barrels. Filtration before bottling. |
La vivacité et la perception très subtile de la sucrosité en font un moelleux d'exception que l'on hésitera pas à présenter sur un foie gras sans risquer d'alourdir la suite du repas. Il fait une merveille sur un fromage à pâte persillée (Fourme d'Ambert ou Roquefort), une tomme de brebis d'estive ou un comté jeune et fruité. Mais par-dessous tout, nous l'aimons seul, en dessert, il nous procure l'immense plaisir de pouvoir le déguster après tant d'années passées dans les caves du domaine...
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