Domaine des Baumard Quarts de Chaume 2011
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Bright apricot and zesty quince flavors fill this wine’s full-on density. The texture feels honeyed and the finish has the complex floral notes of honeycomb. This seems to gain richness as it opens with air, still compressed, needing bottle time to reveal its complexity.
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A bright, juicy, lively style, with mango, peach, yellow apple and green fig notes all rippling along, carried by alluring honeysuckle and white ginger notes. This is flattering at first glance but there's fine minerality stitching up the finish. Should unwind nicely in the cellar. Best from 2016 through 2022.
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Light while also intense with good acidity and unctuous honey flavors, this is already a delicious wine, even though it is young. Ripe orange and lemon go with the honey to give a fine wine that could be drunk now, although that would be a shame. It would be much better to wait until 2017. With just over 200 acres of vines, Quarts de Chaume is a tiny enclave in the Layon Valley.
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