Domaine du Salvard
Delaille Cheverny White Blend
Cheverny, Touraine, Loire Valley, France
2014 - $17
Here's why I love Sauvignon Blanc so much: you can buy a bottle that hits every mark that the varietal should hit and is a benchmark representation of that style for an entry-level price. This is a perfect, textbook example of SauvBlanc: persistent (but not sloppy) nose balanced equally to the citrus, herbal, and floral sectors of the aroma wheel, but overwhelmingly green and vegetal. Covering all of these scents is a very real clean-linen aroma! The palate has ripe Meyer lemon, canned-peas, honeydew melon, green apple, and white-flower perfume. Tons of minerality! This is wine that should be used to teach French SauvBlanc! Delicieux!
2014 - $17
Here's why I love Sauvignon Blanc so much: you can buy a bottle that hits every mark that the varietal should hit and is a benchmark representation of that style for an entry-level price. This is a perfect, textbook example of SauvBlanc: persistent (but not sloppy) nose balanced equally to the citrus, herbal, and floral sectors of the aroma wheel, but overwhelmingly green and vegetal. Covering all of these scents is a very real clean-linen aroma! The palate has ripe Meyer lemon, canned-peas, honeydew melon, green apple, and white-flower perfume. Tons of minerality! This is wine that should be used to teach French SauvBlanc! Delicieux!
Bouquet of tangelo rind, with a hint of mandarin and rose petals. Mid tongue tangy finish. High acidity without the heartburn. This is the wine the French dab behind their ears and knees after an apres day drink lunch before returning to work.
Bouquet of tangelo rind, with a hint of mandarin and rose petals. Mid tongue tangy finish. High acidity without the heartburn. This is the wine the French dab behind their ears and knees after an apres day drink lunch before returning to work.
1 person found it helpfulDec 25th, 2015Green yet in balance. Nice citrus qualities and a little more full fleshed thanks to the Chardonnay. Great wine for a hot day without going too expensive or too pungent.
Green yet in balance. Nice citrus qualities and a little more full fleshed thanks to the Chardonnay. Great wine for a hot day without going too expensive or too pungent.
1 person found it helpfulAug 20th, 20152014. Nose full of gooseberry and grass, slightly less aggressive in the mouth than the nose promises. Lots of pucker and grapefruit. Slightly round from lees. Atypical for Loire SB.
2014. Nose full of gooseberry and grass, slightly less aggressive in the mouth than the nose promises. Lots of pucker and grapefruit. Slightly round from lees. Atypical for Loire SB.
1 person found it helpfulAug 6th, 2015
gracious and fun with a great deal of personality that is more mineral than fruity.
gracious and fun with a great deal of personality that is more mineral than fruity.
1 person found it helpfulMay 26th, 2015
Bright with lots of citrus and acidity. Great value.
Bright with lots of citrus and acidity. Great value.
Oct 6th, 2016
Tasty, and quite interesting for a value-bottle. Bridges the gap between old/new school SB
Tasty, and quite interesting for a value-bottle. Bridges the gap between old/new school SB
Aug 14th, 2016
Yummy chenin, nice and wool and cheese cloth like
Yummy chenin, nice and wool and cheese cloth like
May 22nd, 2016
Citric like the NZ style but with a touch if creaminess.
Citric like the NZ style but with a touch if creaminess.
Nov 27th, 2015