1997 Coteaux du Layon
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The 1997 Coteaux du Layon is perfectly balanced, sweet but not unctuous with lovely finesse and roundness. There is excellent concentration of fruit as orange and peach mingle with subtle toasted notes, which indicate that it is starting to develop. Still, it remains surprisingly youthful, with freshness, length and delicious clarity.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Starting to take on a deep golden hue, the 1997 Moulin Touchais Coteaux du Layon is a sensuous sweet wine (92g/L of residual sugar) that offers ripe and concentrated flavors of apricot jam, cooked oranges botrytis-derived spices (60% of the fruit was affected by botrytis, a high proportion for this wine). It is intense, rich and honeyed, coating the palate with its sucrosity. There's just enough acidity here to keep things going but it does not have the vivacious refreshment of cooler years, providing a weightier, fully charged expression. The finish is lengthy and fragrant.
The 1997 Coteaux du Layon is rich, creamy and so expressive. Passionfruit, coconut, orange confit, exotic floral notes, spice and butter infuse the 1997 with striking layers of dimension. This heady, luscious sweet white has so much to offer.
Marmalade colour. Round and toasty with just a hint of decay, lots of evolution and surprisingly low acid. (JR)