Thread: TN Moulin Touchais 1959

"cwdjrxyz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The wine is Moulin Touchais 1959 from the Anjou region of the Loire.
> The firm Touchais has large holdings in the region and selects the
> best grapes from various vineyards to make this wine.
>
> This wine is full gold in color with hints of old gold - about the
> same as a top Sauternes at peak. This wine is extremely sweet, but
> there is plenty of clean acidity to balance it. A first sip reminds
> you of a sweet syrup, and then the acidity kicks in to balance it. The
> bouquet and taste are both quite intense with candied pineapple,
> honey, butterscotch, beeswax, and floral hints being suggested, at
> least for me. The wine is mouth coating. The finish is very long. In
> short, this is the best Loire I have ever tasted, but then I have not
> tasted many of the very top sweet ones which are produced only in the
> greatest years.
>
> Michael Broadbent tasted it in 1987, and I have not seen more recent
> tasting notes by him. Then he rated it 5 star out of 5 star and
> suggested it had years more of life ahead. His rating was higher than
> for the 1949 and 1947, and you have to go back to 1945 to find an
> earlier 5 star rating of Moulin Touchais by him.
>
> My guess is that the wine will easily outlast me and the cork. I
> likely will dip the tops of the remaining bottles in sealing wax to
> protect the wine in case a cork fails. The cork of the bottle I opened
> still was sealing well, but the it nearly crumbled at touch. Although
> such a cork could hold a few more decades if properly stored, it also
> could start letting air in or leaking at nearly any time.

After reading a wonderful article in Decanter? entitled something like "The
Hidden cellar of the Loire"? I tracked down the MT 1945 and 1955 vintages
in Melbourne back in the '80s. The '45 was one of the greatest wines I've
ever tasted.

I wrote some years back
"There are few greater delights that drinking a very old wine that has aged
gracefully - despite the considerable odds against it. I can recall some
memorable examples, like a Kopke Vintage Port 1945; a few bottles of Seppelt
Sparkling Shiraz 1946. The Moulin Touchais (chenin blanc) 1945 and 1955.
Yalumba Riesling 1934 and a 1930s blend of Penfolds? Sercial Madeira,
bottled by Jimmy Watson."


Cheers!
Martin

On Dec 29, 2:18�am, cwdjrxyz <spamtr...@cwdjr.info> wrote:
> The wine is Moulin Touchais 1959 from the Anjou region of the Loire.
> The firm Touchais has large holdings in the region and selects the
> best grapes from various vineyards to make this wine.
>
> This wine is full gold in color with hints of old gold - about the
> same as a top Sauternes at peak. This wine is extremely sweet, but
> there is plenty of clean acidity to balance it. A first sip reminds
> you of a sweet syrup, and then the acidity kicks in to balance it. The
> bouquet and taste are both quite intense with candied pineapple,
> honey, butterscotch, beeswax, and floral hints being suggested, at
> least for me. The wine is mouth coating. The finish is very long. In
> short, this is the best Loire I have ever tasted, but then I have not
> tasted many of the very top sweet ones which are produced only in the
> greatest years.
>
> Michael Broadbent tasted it in 1987, and I have not seen more recent
> tasting notes by him. Then he rated it 5 star out of 5 star and
> suggested it had years more of life ahead. His rating was higher than
> for the 1949 and 1947, and you have to go back to 1945 to find an
> earlier 5 star rating of Moulin Touchais by him.
>
> My guess is that the wine will easily outlast me and the cork. I
> likely will dip the tops of the remaining bottles in sealing wax to
> protect the wine in case a cork fails. The cork of the bottle I opened
> still was sealing well, but the it nearly crumbled at touch. Although
> such a cork could hold a few more decades if properly stored, it also
> could start letting air in or leaking at nearly any time.

thanks for note. I have one of these for Betsy's 50th next year, hope
it shows as well!