WTN: Szepsy, Gew, Q. de Chaume, Pierre Peters, Dagueneau

Tokaji Furmint Úrágya 2006, Istvan Szepsy, Tokaj, Hungary

Light colour, with green hints. On the nose I find pears and volcanic minerals, then sweet fruits. Full bodied with good acidity. 14% alc, and it shows.. Quite mineral on the palate as well, and the volcanic fingerprint it visible trough the aftertaste and I can feel it the next morning. A little bit rough now, I hope some years will do it good.

Botond Tokaji Cuvée 2006, Istvan Szepsy, Tokaj, Hungary

Quite light colour. Fruit salad Rolls Royse! Explotion of peach, citrus and mineral. On the palate there are spicy muscat, mineral, fudge, butter, papaya and citrus. Great balance and lovely mellow texture. The acidity is totally integrated and the wine is in good balance. Delicious to drink now, will it be even better with time? Lucky is the man who can drink this elixir on a regular basis..

Gewürztraminer 2007, San Michele Appiano, Trentino Alto Adige, Italy

Lichi and apples on the nose. Syntetic and slightly metallic smell. Lacks consentration. Alcoholic finish. Not a good ambassador for italian gew..

Quart de Chaume 2004, Château la Variére, Quart de Chaume, Loire, France

Light golden wine. Generous nose showing peach, triple sec and a underlying core of minerality. Fullbodied sweet wine with some marsipan on the plate. Viscous. 12% alc, 160 g/l RS, not what I had expected. I thought this was in "moelleux" style with typical 50-80 g/l RS. Good wine!

Pierre Peters Cuvée de Réserve Blanc de Blancs Champagne

Fine mousse. Yeast, doug, breadcrust and lemon at first. With air more apples and well done crip breadcrust. Good acidity.

Pouilly Fumé Pur Sang 1999, Didier Dagueneau, Pouilly Fumé, Loire, France.

Very mineral. Smoke, yellow apples and lemoncurd. Also a Chablis-like minerality. Dry wine with very good consentration and oxidative apples in the finish. The nose is best. Very different from sauvignon blancs I have tried before.

Pouilly Fumé Pur Sang 1999, Didier Dagueneau, Pouilly Fumé, Loire, France.

Very mineral. Smoke, yellow apples and lemoncurd. Also a Chablis-like minerality. Dry wine with very good consentration and oxidative apples in the finish. The nose is best. Very different from sauvignon blancs I have tried before.

Had a bottle of this a few weeks ago and could have sworn it was corked because of the absence of the fruit (well that and the wet cardboard cork smells). But, others insisted it was intact and sounds pretty similar to your notes. Strange wine.

Quart de Chaume 2004, Château la Variére, Quart de Chaume, Loire, France
160 g/l RS, not what I had expected. I thought this was in "moelleux" style with typical 50-80 g/l RS. Good wine!

I could be wrong but I thought most QdC was liquoreux rather than moelleux.

I could be wrong but I thought most QdC was liquoreux rather than moelleux.

The minimum legally required is only 34 g/l.

Greetings from Sweden / Fredrik

I could be wrong but I thought most QdC was liquoreux rather than moelleux.

The minimum legally required is only 34 g/l.

Greetings from Sweden / Fredrik

Ok. But isn't most bottled much higher?

I know that much Coteaux du Layon is bottled at moelleux levels because (in part) many of the larger growers are working with higher yields and cheap products. But I thought QdC was pretty small (40-50 hectares) and mostly focused on more botrytis and sweeter stuff.