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| The Château de Villeneuve Blanc is a lovely, round and aromatic Chenin Blanc. It shows aromas of flower and white fruits, a slight mineral touch and notes of citrus. A great white wine from the Loire Valley for an aperitif. You will not usually find this kind of wine at that price: it is definitely a good bargain! | |||
| Wine Characteristics | Tasting and cellaring | ||
| Producer | Château de Villeneuve | Eye | Pale yellow with green hints |
| Vintage | 2014 | Nose | Flower and white fruits |
| Appellation | Saumur | Mouth | Round and fruity |
| Area | Loire Valley | Drink from | Now |
| Colour | White | Drink before | 2019 |
| Grapes | 100% Chenin Blanc | Open | 30 minutes before |
| Type | Dry | Drinking temperature | 11-12°C |
| Food pairing | |||
| Nice aperitif white to be continued with white fish or cheese. | |||
| What experts say | |||
| Gault & Millau on 2013 vintage: 16.5 “Driven by powerful aromas of flowers, white fruits and wood, this wine is emancipated slowly in order to match with unconstrained our taste buds. A chiselled and dense wine, very fresh, supported by a minty frame.” Bettane & Desseauve on 2011 vintage: 14.5 “Lean and mineral profile, with citrus notes and a smoky touch mounted on springs.” Jancis Robinson on 2009 vintage: 17 "Smells wild and beautiful, like a handful of flowers brought in from a mountain meadow. Dry, slender and fine boned. A soft dustiness, tingling minerality. Precise and transparent." Robert Parker on vintage 2009: 88 “The 2009 Saumur from Chateau de Villeneuve offers pungent citrus rind and snuffed candle wick smokiness in the nose; yellow plum and citrus with saline and pungently flinty mineral notes on a palate of considerable opulence but also bitter concentration of fruit pit and citrus oil; and impressive finishes with grip though also faint heat.” |
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| And finally for the wine geeks… | |||
| Soil | Clay-limestone soils | ||
| Vineyard | Organic | ||
| Harvest | Manual | ||
| Ageing | 4 months on fine lies | ||
| Alcohol | 13% | ||
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