2018 Domaine de Rocheville Saumur Blanc "Clos de la Thibaudière" Brézé

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  5/1/2024 - sid_loves_wine Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I was a little blindsided by this; it definitely had more residual sugar than I was expecting. Still a very good wine, and I know Chenin makes wonderful sweet wines, but without much info on the label (unless I missed something) I was expecting more of a very dry, floral style rather than something off-dry, which leaned pretty heavily into that "honeyed" Chenin thing. Yes, it was tasty. Plenty of honeyed lemon bar character, some vanilla, sweet floral tones, decent acidity to hold it together, but not quite enough to make me crave more and more. It became a little too sweet for me about halfway through the second glass. Thinking about similar things, I feel like I prefer the average Kabinett riesling, but obviously that's a broad statement.

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