2002 Savennieres Clos du Papillon
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The 2002 Clos du Papillon (100% Chenin Blanc aged in stainless steel) offers a complex, layered, yet still vibrant personality to go with terrific notes of stone fruits, citrus, lemon rind, and an incredible sense of minerality. This medium-gold colored Savennières gains depth and richness with time in the glass, has impressive fruit and a clean, dry finish. It’s impressive and shows how well these wines keep and develop.
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The 2002 Savennieres Clos du Papillon explodes from the glass with intense mineral notes. Complex, medium-bodied and profound, its concentrated core displays a panoply of flavors. Honeysuckle blossoms, sun dried spices, almonds, chalk, and white flowers are found throughout its nuanced personality as well as in its prolonged finish. Wow!. Drink it over the next 10 years. Importer: Ex Cellars, Solvang, CA; tel. (805) 686-9153