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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate #172
The Robert Parker's magazine gives extensive and precise tasting notes on all of our wines, with high marks from 90 to 95... Read the technical wine sheets for more...

Overall comments (extracts):
"Christine and Eric Nicolas has risen to the ranks of the Loire's (and thus the world's) elite white wine practitioners, a tribute to their insight and determination as well as to the inherent potential of this once renowned but for half a century moribund region.
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Not content to craft world class whites, the Nicolas have also elevated the Pineau d'Aunis (a.k.a. Chenin Rouge) to levels no previous Loire grower or wine enthusiast envisioned."

Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2008 by Bettane & Desseauve
"Eric Nicolas is in the process of rewriting the story of Sarthe wines with great style. This ace of the chenin grape has come back to massal selection, and his running of the vineyards is shown to be impeccable. Vinification is carried out in an exemplary manner and the wines are the perfect image of their terroir."
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GaultMillau Wine Guide 2008
"The wines have gained in depth. Perfect maturity gives incredible concentration to the wines. The quality, very high before, improves still further with 2005s that succeed perfectly. (...) Rush out and get them all quickly."
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Classement des Meilleurs Vins de France 2008
(="La Revue du Vin de France" wine guide)
"Uncompromising production methods which anticipate the recognition his wines merit and vinification that is simple but meticulously carried out."
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