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(Vouvray “la Goutte d’Or”- Domaine François Pinon) I had never previously tasted the 1990 Vouvray “la Goutte d’Or” from Domaine François Pinon and this has to be one of my absolutely favorite wines from the vintage! This is not as heavily botrytized as say, the 1990 la Goutte d’Or from Domaine Foreau, but it is so deep, intensely flavored and precise that it has to be ranked at that same exalted level, despite it not being as rich and powerful. In fact, this has more of a 1989 character than a 1990 one, which is as high a praise as I can come up with for Vouvray, as 1989 is unequivocally my favorite vintage in the Touraine in the last forty years! The wine offers up a stunningly beautiful and vibrant bouquet of apricot, tangerine, tea leaves, salty soil tones, barley sugar and a topnote of orange peel. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and laser-like in its focus, with a great core, bright, zesty acids and stunning complexity and balance on the refined and endless finish. Sheer brilliance! (Drink between 2019-2070)John Gilman | 97 JG

The 2019 Vouvray Sec from François and Julien Pinon is a lovely young wine, offering up impressive precision and soil signature on both the nose and palate. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a very refined blend of apple, quince, beeswax, chalky soil tones, lanolin and a topnote of orange peel. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied and zesty, with a superb core of fruit, bright acids, lovely focus and grip and a long, nascently complex and beautifully balanced finish. First class juice. (Drink between 2021-2050)John Gilman | 93 JGThe 2019 Sec has delightful clarity and fruit purity, offering fine citrus and floral notes. While it’s round and seamless in shape thanks to clay soils and fermentation in older barrels, it’s light on its feet, which is no mean feat. Excellent concentration of fruit.Vinous Media | 91 VM