Vigneau-Chevreau Vouvray Sec 2007, Loire, France

This biodynamically-produced Vouvray has been in the cellar for about 3 years. I'm trying to drink more good Loire Chenin - I really love the depth and coiled-up intensity of the good ones, and only wish I had enough to be a bit more patient! This displays a clean, sweet-fruited nose of spiced baked apple, apricot, crystallised pineapple, lime cordial, brazil nut, and honey, all tinted with something like the coolness of rain on a pebbly beach.  Ripe citrus peel acidity centres the palate, which is almost pithy with the grip of stone-fruit skins, finishing with a mellow sense of honeyed development which confirms that this wine is not a baby anymore. On the other hand it would have had a while to go. Lovely.