2017 Clos des Lunes Lune d'Or
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Serious density and richness to this wine with a creamy texture and lemon and mango character. Full and textured.
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James Suckling
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The flagship 2017 Clos des Lunes Lune d’Or is a similar blend (70/30 Sémillon and Sauvignon) yet is a selection of older vines and sees a touch of vinification and aging in barrel. It’s a bigger, richer wine yet still has vibrant acidity, sensational purity of fruit, and a great finish. Loaded with notions of ripe pineapple, green citrus, and exotic tropical notes, with solid underlying minerality, it’s a seriously good white that I suspect will keep for 10-15 years. Tasted twice.
The tentative blend of the 2017 Lune d'Or is 70% Sémillon and 30% Sauvignon Blanc. It opens with alluring notes of fresh peaches, lime leaves, lemongrass and Golden Delicious apples with touches of nutmeg and baker’s yeast. The palate is medium-bodied with bags of citrus and stone fruit flavors lifted by refreshing acid and finishing long on an apple-laced note.
The 2017 Lune d’Or felt a little subdued on the nose when I tasted it (unlike the Lune d’Argent this had not been bottled). The palate is well balanced with a touch of lemongrass on the entry, a fine bead of acidity, quite linear in style with an edgy, gooseberry and green apple driven finish. Give this a year once in bottle.