Jo Landron's Domaine de la Louvetrie was ecocert in 1993.
This bottle looks like his corking machine wasn't adjusted very well--the top of the cork is a little mangled and a piece pokes up.
This wine is a beautiful clear golden yellow, without any green.
It still smells a bit of SO2, along with some beguiling aromas of maturity--some pollen, some resin, some mixed furniture and wax, really nice.
In the gob, it's a little ungenerous, a little lean. Claims 12% abv, but I bet it doesn't quite get there.
I think that off-vintage Savennieres of this age from a good producer is a really good bet, but that's perhaps an AOC that runs a little high in ripeness. Muscadet may go the other way for long aging. I have better memories than this of '93 L d'Or, unless I imagined it. '93 Briords, ditto.
But it was fun to try this.
This bottle looks like his corking machine wasn't adjusted very well--the top of the cork is a little mangled and a piece pokes up.
This wine is a beautiful clear golden yellow, without any green.
It still smells a bit of SO2, along with some beguiling aromas of maturity--some pollen, some resin, some mixed furniture and wax, really nice.
In the gob, it's a little ungenerous, a little lean. Claims 12% abv, but I bet it doesn't quite get there.
I think that off-vintage Savennieres of this age from a good producer is a really good bet, but that's perhaps an AOC that runs a little high in ripeness. Muscadet may go the other way for long aging. I have better memories than this of '93 L d'Or, unless I imagined it. '93 Briords, ditto.
But it was fun to try this.
