Philippe Foreau Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Moelleux 'Reserve' 2015

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Philippe Foreau Domaine du Clos Naudin Vouvray Moelleux 'Reserve' 2015It is the rare vintage that is blessed with the conditions necessary for Foreau to release a Moelleux Rserve. Wines so declared frequently have levels of residual sugar that are in excess of 150 grams of residual sugar. It is not, however, simply the level of ripeness that creates the Moelleux Rserve; it is as much the conditions of the growing season that produce grapes that have a level of complexity and ripeness that demand this sort of

Curated in-store at Rosenthal Wine Merchant

the entire production is assembled and left for several months in cuve before being bottled

occasionally rustic character backed by rugged

friendly Barolo from the heart of Serralunga d’Alba with all that zone’s lush fruit and generous body

and with no sulfur added at any point

buoying the succulent peach/apricot fruit and counterbalancing the wine’s honeyed qualities

and after 6–9 months in inox

and the freshness that is a hallmark of this terroir keeps the wine’s spice-inflected

The “Cuvée des Félix” is a more tannic and reserved wine than the “Tradition

with an unbelievably fine

Fermentations take place in large cement tanks with no interference

The bunches are manually harvested and lightly crushed