Moulin Touchais Anjou 1969

Wine has been always stored in the underground wine cellar, below ground level, ensuring a steady temperature and humidity. The fill level of the wine bottles is perfect: 2 bottles 3 cm +-/ 1 bottel 2 cm +-/ 1 bottle 2.5 cm +- Grape Sauvignon Blanc Moulin Touchais 1969 Anjou Vintage Critics Scores , Winedoctor 94 / 100 score Symptomatic of the lack of recognition of the Loire Valley generally, in comparison with the far more famous Bordeaux region just down the French coast, Moulin Touchais is without doubt one of the most significant wine producers of France. Rare 1969 vintage wine from famous Chateau Moulin Touchais Coteaux de Layon, Loire France. This is a sweet Anjou white wine that despite it's age has just come to the right time to drink. Reviews: Decanted 90 mins before consumption to filter out split cork remnants and remove residual funk. Deep gold colour with brown tints reminiscent of whisky. Nose of smokey caramel with merest hints of truffle. The flavour is of Bramley apple with warm clove and middle eastern spices. The background caramel sweetness with all the other elements are brought together by a searing core pectic acidity that creates a perfect balance. Staggeringly excellent and extraordinarily long finish (30 mins +). Serve at barely below ambient temperature for maximum enjoyment. This chateau is famous for it's very old vintages. All wines stay at least 10 years in the cellars of Moulin Touchais which stores over 1 million bottles in its miles long cellars. This wine is made from the Chenin blanc grape and is produced in a very special way to produce it's very distinct and unique sweet taste. Remaining family-owned and managed for 8 generations since foundation in 1787, the vast vineyards of the estate are dominated by the Chenin Blanc grape variety. As is this family's stylistic preference, approximately 20% of the grapes are picked early, with the remaining ~80% picked slightly late, resulting in a wine with superior balance between natural sweetness and heightened acidity - enabling extended periods of bottle-maturation.