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Saphir 2016
Saphir 2016
Jancis Robinson.com – 17 pts Tasted May 2021 byTamlyn Currin – drink to 2024
Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay and Mauzac. Sustainable viticulture. Organic treatments only. 83% of the base wine was fermented in stainless steel, 17% was fermented and aged in French oak barrels. Three years and nine months sur lattes. Zero dosage. TA 3.26 g/l, pH 3.3, RS < 1 g/l. Pressure 6.9 bars.
There is a spring-portal scent that, for me, like no other smell, tells me that the earth is coming alive again; spring is on its way. It is the smell of blackthorn blossom. It is a slender smell; it runs along invisible, spider-spun ley lines. You can’t seek it out, and sometimes you can’t even smell it when you pile your whole face into a bough of the impossibly delicate flowers. You brush into it, advertently. Walk past it, through it, trying to inhale the invisible, ethereal molecules into your winter-weary, flower-starved nose. I have not yet smelt the first blackthorns without the ache of tears, relief, behind my eyes. Because they always break at that point when winter has been too long. Blackthorn blossoms are the first reminder that the earth keeps turning round. That’s Saphir. The wine that tastes of the cusp between winter and spring: cold dark earth, white blossom; green pear, wild mushroom; gyokuro green tea, yuzu peel; shortening shadows, lengthening light. A wine that, for me, symbolises 2021 – the light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. (TC)
GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE La Revue du Vin de France (91 pts)
Des noces de saphir pour les propriétaires leur a inspiré cette cuvée de Crémant millésimé, légèrement toastée. Les bulles sont fines et perçantes et s’accompagnent d’une longueur fruitée
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW author of The Wines of Languedoc and www.tastelanguedoc.com (tasted October 2020)
A special Crémant, made for Jan and Caryl’s 45th wedding anniversary. 17% is fermented and aged in French oak barrels. The wine spends 40 months on the lees of the second fermentation. No added dosage, which makes it something of an acquired taste, compared to some softer Crémants I found this very restrained and elegant. Without any dosage, it lacks the usual rounded creaminess of the average Crémant, and has a firm backbone of acidity and quite a tight knit palate, with good depth on the finish. There are some yeasty brioche notes on the nose. A Crémant to linger over; a wine that gradually reveals itself.
JANCIS ROBINSON Pungent nose. Very tight bead. Fine in texture and just a whiff of Chenin. Quite delicate, more than a nod to the Loire . 16 Drink 2009
GUIDE DES VINS GAILLARD & GILBERT 2011 Robe jaune clair. Nez net mêlant fleurs blanches, chair de poire, note de pain au lait. Attaque charnue, sur le fruit, l’évolution apporte de la fraîcheur et termine sur une note de vivacité. A déguster bien frais à l’apéritif. 86/100
Light yellow colour. Nose blends white flowers with pear, notes of milk bread. Fleshy fruit driven attack. Mid palate freshness leads to lively notes in the finish. Serve well chilled, as an apéritif.
JANCIS ROBINSON PURPLE PAGES (May 2010) Apple-cream rich nose. Long and with real depth. Thrilling acidity and life and a fine mousse. Apple-brioche notes. Absolutely delightful. Who needs champagne?
MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2011
Belle fraîchure de bulle … fin et nerveux
GUIDE HACHETTE 2011
Ce cremant aux parfums de fruits à chair jaune nuancés de touches florales séduit par son attaque franche et sa bouche marquée par la vivacité
Blanc de Blancs 2008
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW TasteLanguedoc.blogspot.com A blend of 60% Chardonnay, with 40% Chenin Blanc. In theory there ought to be 10% Mauzac as well. The wine has spent at least eighteen months, if not 24 months on the lees. It is ripe and rounded, with some attractive fruit and a creamy finish. An elegant, creamy mouthful.
LEON STOLARSKI LeonStolarski.blogspot.com
Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc. Lemon and apple flavours. Lovely acidity, yet very rounded and mouth-filling, with a persistent mousse. Pure and moreish, with good length. Only really beginning to get into its stride
est savoureux, net et mur.
Attractive apple freshness, very decent glass of fizz
ECLAIRCISSAGE Singapore Wine Blogger Chek
Citrus and honeydew fruit with hints of Mediterranean herbs. Shows some weight and presence on the palate.
WINE XIN – THE BLABBER Singapore Wine Blogger
A modernised expression of Languedoc sparkling, this comes under the appellation of Crémant de Limoux using a blend of chenin blanc and chardonnay. Unlike the Blancquette, this was significantly full and juicy. The initial attack focused on fresh acidity, but it didn’t took long before a rounded sensation took over, showing the increased mid palate fullness
PERSWIJN Dec 2013: Licht getoast, peeer en appel, zacht en vol, niet beendroog, fijne moes, lekker. ****(*)
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GUIDE DES MEILLEURS VINS DE FRANCE 2014 (GUIDE VERT) La Revue du Vin de France Un beau crémant au volume frais et savoureux
Pale straw and bright fresh acidity. Just a hint of honey on the finish. but overall very nice texture. Gentle constant bead, and the impression overall is of an appetising, if far from bone dry, wine and crystalline acidity.
GUIDE REVEL CHAMPAGNE ET AUTRES BULLES 2014 D’abord fermentaire, le nez s’exprime rapidement sur des aromes de biscuits secs et de fruits blancs acidulés. L’attaque en bouche est ferme, minérale, croquante, elle précède une tension en belle harmonie avec l’effervescence soignée qu’illustrent des bulles très fines et nouées. La finale dévoile quelques amers qui apportent du corps au lieu de contrarier la dégustation, on est en présence d’un crémant plus autoritaire que charmeur, d’une belle personnalité toutefois.
Rosemary George MW Taste Languedoc Blogspot
Elegantly creamy on both nose and palate. Just as I would expect it to be.
Le Monde Weekend (July 2014)
“Un joli crémant frais et savoureux à boire à l’aperitif”
Le Guide des Vins 2015 Dussert-Gerber
Trés agréable, avec des connotations de fleurs et de pomme, de mousse fine et fruitée, et d’une bonne ampleur au palais.
Jancis Robinson MW Purple Pages September 2014
The sweetness almost reminds me of a sparkling Loire chenin. Vivacious and well made with persistent bead and well-sculpted fruit, but just a tad too sweet for my taste – but it should please many palates. 16
Burghound, Allen Meadows October 2014
Yeasty nose that displays hints of green apple and pear. I like the intensity of the mousse supporting the delineated flavors, though there is a hint of bitterness present on the agreeably dry finish. 86 pts
Wine Spectator Firm and leesy, this open-knit sparkler offers hints of baked apple, praline and lemon yogurt, with an earthy finish of modest length. Drink now. 400 cases made. –AN 83 pts
ROSEMARY GEORGE MW Taste Languedoc
Chardonnay and Chenin blanc, 2 years on lees. Just 1 gm/l dosage
Delicately rounded and creamy, with fresh acidity on the finish. A lovely glass of wine.
JANCIS ROBINSON MW Jancis Robinson.com September 2016 – 15.5 pts
Bubbles are not the tiniest. This doesn’t smell at all champagne-like – and why should it? You are very aware of the Chenin component. Light and delicate. Well-made and well-balanced fizz. Not much evolution or complication. Simple and straightforward.
GUIDE DES VINS DUSSERT-GERBER 2017
Tres agréable avec une bouche intense et des nuances de fleurs blanches et de citronnelle, est une cuvée tres bien équilibrée, de mousse crémeuse
Blanc de Blancs 2016
LA REVUE DU VIN DE FRANCE Novembre 2018 -14/20
A plus de 350 mètres d’altitude, le chardonnay (80%) et le chenin puisent une fraîcheur appétante, grâce à une vinification propre. Sans aucune extravagance, ce crémant est à mettre entre toutes les mains.
JANCIS ROBINSON MW October 2018 16 pts
Pale straw. Appley nose and bursting with ripeness and health. Very exuberant. Acidity seems a little low but this is certainly easy to like. Bounds out of the glass.
WEINPLUS 86 pts
Tart, herbaceous nose. Clear, cool, elegantly juicy fruit on the palate; yeasty and floral notes, quite fine mousse, persistent, light acid bite, not a dry finish with nutty-yeasty notes, some herbs and some tartness
Herbe, deutlich pflanzliche bis kräuterige Nase mit leicht pilzigen Noten. Klare, wieder kühle, feinsaftige Frucht, kräuterig-pflanzliche, hefige und auch florale Noten, recht feines Mousseux, gewisse Nachhaltigkeit, etwas Biss, guter, nicht restlos trockener Abgang mit nussig-hefigen Tönen, etwas Kräutern und gewissem Zug
GUIDE DESSERT GERBER VINS 2019
80 % Chardonnay, 10 % Chenin Blanc, 10 % Mauzac.
Tout en vivacité, élégant, au nez de fleurs, harmonieux en finale, aux notes aromatiques de poire et de narcisse, de mousse crémeuse.
It’s all about vivacity, elegance, floral nose, harmonious finish with aromatic notes of pear and narcissus, a creamy mousse.