Like a lot of Pouilly Fume's recently this has a noticeable but still slight hit of sulphur/cabbage water.

Either very poor or just not to my taste ....

I regret for the growers and the buyers, these characteristics are - The 2011 vintage. Further south and a little east, the situation is not quite so noticeable. More sulphur on this 2011, because the fruit is not as clean or bright.

The cheap '11 Chablis (so far) have not been very exciting More to try though - early days.

Unless you are spending bigger money for the vineyard work - pruning the canopy all season to expose the best bunches, and top fruit selection only for the cuvee'

2012 will be more watery - it's a bummer for us and the growers.

Ya know this stuff G - thanks for trying it out though - cheers

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Duncan

I gave 2011 a good go. I give up now. I shall drink Badger's Hopping Hare and VM WR until 2014.

If anyone wants me i'll be dozing in the corner.

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2012

Mr G, I have a very jolly story to share - but this is the unexpurgated version.

Not all is eau de brassica from your favourite Loire. The good ones though, are getting very dear and pretty variable !

Remember this one, it is vintage 2012 and the best of the bunch at Domaine Hubert Brochard: I've not seen an importer / shipper for this in the UK.

http://www.excellencedeloire.com/vin/44 ... mnes-.html

A long story which starts out with two young and very generous clients who know one another treating me to a a marvellous supper outside in the courtyard at Loch Fyne.

The reason why two bottles of the best sancerre available at Loch Fyne are wheeled out - is due to my teasing the manager about the state of his 2011 Muscadet sevre et maine, which I believed would be satisfactory when their 3 dozen oysters were bought to the table.

We were treated for sure , whether it was intentional or by mistake is not known.
Given the usual mark-up when dining out - the latter has to be presumed.

I was mightily impressed with this one. Naked oysters help to impress, of course.

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Duncan

M&S do a Brochard Sancerre, as do Inverarity. The 'real' one is available here

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Cheers Ba,
You have a knack, a diligent pursuit for doggedly tracking down stuff, the label looks similar, and from the same producer. Cheers for that.

I'd taken off my spectacles by the time the oysters were gone, so more detail was impossible, and possibly off my very relaxed and jolly radar, as the bottles were cleared away.

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