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1989 Domaine du Viking tendre

We are having this tonight with leek quiche but fearful of bottle quality I opened a few minutes ago. The capsule was clean the neck fill about a half inch below the capsule and when the capsule came off quite a bit of black mold was present. I carefully leaned the area as best I could and was happy to see the cork come out clean and in one piece.

Color light golden Nose Figs melon taste I got ripe concord grape, my daughter apricot though we struggled in vain to really identify other than

The acids are holding this together beautifully the wine is balanced ripe and incredibly yummy. My fears relieved, a stopper in the bottle and keeping it cool, looking forward to this wine that I have been craving for ten years. Out on a limb - this is the best thing I have had in a long while wish I could share with everyone. (note to self get more- yeah right I think I paid like $20 for this bottle!) Oh blast it all this gets an A.

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Jcoulter
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oops forgot to mention variety/AOC for those who would otherwise need to scurry. :)

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Jcoulter

I had a couple of bottles of this wine ten years ago. I think it was a late release from the winery which, at the time of purchase, had no website. This has changed (the website part, I mean) and I can see that they are offering the "Tendre" (demi-sec) of vintage 2005 and they even have a cuv?e called "Aurelie" which is a Moelleux they have available back to 1989 (39 euro/bottle).

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My memories of the Tendre 1989/1990 (not sure which one) were good and the wine was in one piece, but I do not think I would score it an A save for the fact that it was a 20 years old white wine that was good to drink. I would say B for the intrinsic quality and B+ taking into account its age.

Obviously, with wines of a certain age, each bottle tells a different story so I am not pretending that yours was not a solid A!.

I would not mind purchasing some bottles, though.

Regards,

s.

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santiago

Right you are. I was a bit overjoyed that it had held together especially given the lowered neck fill and mold around the cork. More to your point at 25 this one fell apart quite quickly once in the glass. It made it through but the last sips were quite muted offering only a trace of the intensity of the freshly opened bottle. so your assessment as to score is probably more accurate. Still it was one of the better wines in a long time And removed from the moment I must confess that it paled to the 6 putt Tokay at Ian Hoare's.

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Jcoulter

Jcoulter wrote in news:m20bhe$jfg$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

"one of the better wines in a long time" looks like a great drink to me. Glad that was the case.

And comparing it to a 6 Putt is not fair... almost any other wine would pale facing such competition.

8 days ago I opened a bottle of the foundational wine of a rather well known vigneron from the Loire. A Bonnezeaux from 1990, no less. It was an emotional moment for all of us around the table. We had it as an aperitif and a problem soon arised: what do you open for a table of 6 thirsty wine lovers after such a wine.

We finally went to Champagne (B?reche NV, really good) to cut on the sweetness and the intensity and we worked from there. Thankfully, it was a successful strategy.

s.

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santiago

Actually I'm not that surprised to see an '89 holding up well, especially given that there's some residual sugar. That was an amazing vintage for the Loire.

Thanks for the tip on Domaine du Viking, I think they'll be at the Salon des Caves Particulieres (or whatever the current marketing label is) so I'll certainly look them up in the beginning of December.

-E

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