1979 | Moulin Touchais | Coteaux du Layon

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Sweet Wine: 1979 | Moulin Touchais | Coteaux du Layon

A golden yellow robe, surprisingly youthful to the eye. Rich and gourmet nose with notes of hazelnuts, sweet spices, bergamot and candied citrus fruits.

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Producer: Moulin Touchais

Ratings: WS | 90

Vintage: 1979

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc

Country/Region: France, Loire

A golden yellow robe, surprisingly youthful to the eye. Rich and gourmet nose with notes of hazelnuts, sweet spices, bergamot and candied citrus fruits. Powerful on the palate, concentrated with fine acidity. Beautiful flavors of dried fruit, candied apricot and pineapple, honey, quince and sweet spices. Very nice length with a hint of refreshing bitterness.

Reviews:

• Wine Spectator: Fully mature and earthy in flavor, with ripe pear and apple notes lingering on the finish. Round and smooth in texture, full-bodied and well balanced with acidity.

Producer Information

Created in 1787, Domaine Touchais is one of the oldest wine domaine in Anjou and it is still one of the most traditional properties in the Loire Valley today. The same ancestral methods have been used over the generations, both in the vineyards and in the winery, in order to create the fine sweet white wines for laying down for which the domaine is renowned. Back at the end of the Second World War, Joseph Touchais decided that, after bottling the wines immediately after the winter, he would age them in the cellars for at least ten years before releasing them for sale, in order to let time do its work. This long ageing allows the wines to develop a wonderful character in the bottle while preserving the freshness of their youth. Today, the domaine is one of the few (or maybe the only one!) to offer such a wide range of vintages, which are often 30 to 40 years old, or even older. Down in the domaines impressive underground cellars in Dou la Fontaine, there is one of the finest and oldest stocks of wine in the world. Through the wines balance and freshness, the domaine seeks to express the quintessence of its appellation. The wines also possess the power and sumptuousness typical of the finest of fine wines.