Burton, Neel. The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting. 2nd ed. Acheron Press, 2016.
Two maps and the chapter compare Muscadet/Nantais, Anjou-Saumur, Touraine and Centre: Melon, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc yield dry, sweet, still and sparkling wines. Lees ageing changes Muscadet texture; Chenin spans austere dry wines to botrytized sweet wines. Similar neighboring appellations can be difficult to distinguish blind.
Neel Burton, The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting, 2nd ed. (Acheron Press, 2016), supplied PDF positions 139–149.
Neel Burton, The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting, 2nd ed. (Acheron Press, 2016), supplied PDF positions 139–149.
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Burton, Concise Guide, PDF 139–149.
Loire profiles show why variety alone cannot settle sweetness or wine style
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Neel Burton, The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting, 2nd ed. (Acheron Press, 2016), supplied PDF positions 139–149.
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Burton, Neel. The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting. 2nd ed. Acheron Press, 2016.
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Two maps and the chapter compare Muscadet/Nantais, Anjou-Saumur, Touraine and Centre: Melon, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc yield dry, sweet, still and sparkling wines. Lees ageing changes Muscadet texture; Chenin spans austere dry wines to botrytized sweet wines. Similar neighboring appellations can be difficult to distinguish blind.
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The pruning donkey story is legend. Direct links from silex/limestone to specific flavors on PDF148 are secondary assertions, not demonstrated mineral transfer. Producer recommendations, maximum-alcohol statements and label rules are dated; descriptive comparisons are not guarantees.
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