Vouvray Moelleux Redux: Domaine du Clos Naudin (Foreau), 2002; Chateau Soucherie “Chaume,” 2005

Tasting 27 November. Pairing #5

Treasures from the Director’s Cellars
by Dick Sard

Older bottles offered a complimentary experience to the tasting of recent vintages. The Foreau 2002 Moelleux has evolved into something seemingly weightless, pale gold in color and lighter in texture; it drank like a Demi Sec thanks to an underlying, though softened mineral acidity. The Chateau Soucherie “Chaumes” 2005, of noticeably darker golden color, provided a totally different flavor profile of exotic fruits, the liquor of remarkable sweetness and intensity.