Clos du Petit Mont, Sélection Balzac, 2003

Wonderful

This Vouvray Moelleux Réserve, a special bottling made only in select vintages, was a personal gift from the vintner Daniel Allias, the former Grand Maitre of the Confrérie des Chevaliers de la Chantepleure.

Still vibrant fruit, now endowed with layer upon layer of complexity, warmth and spice, honeysuckle and quince, rich in flavor yet light on the tongue - tart, yet so, so light. Three days after opening, the wine was even more delicate, the tartness now softened, the color clear golden, the aroma a perfume, and the taste, pure nectar… an indelible memory.