GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Domaine de la Rouletiere – Cuvée Terre de Silex
Region: Vouvray, Loire, France
Appellation: AOC Vouvray Sec
Type: Blanc Sec (non sparkling)
Vintage: 2020
Date of Tasting: November 2022 – Bottle
Type of viticulture: Organic (Bio 2016)
Grapes used: 100 % chenin blanc
Blend: hillsides (coteaux)
Winemaking details: No malolactic conversion. Argilo-Silex soil. No acidification. Indigeneous yeasts
Aging: 18 months (oak) old wood (6 years average)
Sugar level: Very Low
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Lemon
- Intensity = Pale
NOSE
- Intensity = Medium+
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary
- Aromas = Peach, Vine Peach, Acacia, Blossom, hints of vanilla
PALATE
- Sweetness = dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = N/A
- Alcohol = Medium-
- Body = Medium
- Flavour Intensity = Medium +
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary
- Flavour details = Peach, Vine Peach, Acacia, Blossom, hints of vanilla
- Other = beautiful minerality & acidity
- Finish = Medium+
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Very Good
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 5-7 years
- Will not gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 14,50 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = Great value for money
- Comparison with same price competition = well placed quality for a Vouvray Sec
- Suitability for Diabetics = Suitable
- Service Temperature = around 8°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = Fish dish / Sea food /
- Comments = Enjoyable quality with great balance, good minerality and acidity together with a nuanced finish
- Final Grade = B+
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale