Domaine aux Moines: Tasting & Drinking
The only wine you are likely to encounter from this domaine is the Savennières Roche-aux-Moines, a cuvée which until recently would have had me place the Domaine aux Moines firmly in the old-school, austere-is-best category of Savennières estates, alongside Château d’Epiré for example. The wines came across as a little ungiving and a little challenging at times, with lots of ‘characterful’ aromatic notes to be found especially with the passing of time, including straw, wool and funky cheese, aromas and flavours said to be typical of the variety although I wonder whether some of them do not simply represent questionable viticulture and hygiene. Whatever their origin, they certainly do not necessarily appeal to all-comers.
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