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2011: Vindic d'Or MMXI – 'Meilleur blog anti-1855'

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2012: Born Digital Wine Awards: No Pay No Jay – best investigative wine story

2012: International Wine Challenge – Personality of the Year Award




Saturday 4 December 2010

2009 In Poculis, Sancerre, Olivier Thierriaz


This is another from Wine Rack's Loire list and in comparison to the other three already reviewed I'm not at all enthusiastic about this Sancerre that comes from Olivier Thierriaz, a négociant based in Maltaverne, small village between Cosne and Pouilly-sur-Loire. This 2009 is short, unbalanced with quite harsh, unripe acidity. It is possible that this was a poor bottle, although it wasn't corked. Equally it may reflect the difficulty for négociants to source wine in a severely hail affected vintage. If it was a poor bottle it further makes the case for putting Sancerre into screwcaps.   

The back label

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