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"The 2019 Saint-Véran Les Crèches delivers aromas of pear, cirrus oil and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, textural and gourmand palate that's girdled by bright acids. This nicely balanced wine is already drinking well. - William Kelley"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (August 2021), 91 pts

"The 2019 Saint-Véran Les Crèches, from vines in Davayé, has a taut and focused bouquet with stuck flint complementing the Granny Smith apple and fresh pear aromas. The palate is crisp with a saline entry, modest depth, touches of ginger enlivening the finish. This should age well in bottle. - Neal Martin"

- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (November 2021), 90 pts

"The 2017 Saint-Véran Les Crèches has a wonderful, expressive bouquet of yellow plum, mirabelle and Golden Delicious apple, underpinned by a subtle mineralité. The palate is fresh and vibrant with crisp acidity and real flintiness coming through toward the finish, which shows great persistence. Saint-Véran at its best. - Neal Martin"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (January 2019), 92 pts

"From rocky soils high in active limestone, the 2017 Saint-Véran Les Crèches unfurls with scents of citrus fruit, crisp yellow apple and a deft touch of new oak. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and textural, with considerable concentration, a bright spine of acidity and a long finish. This is a muscular wine this year, and it should evolve with interest for a decade. - William Kelley"
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #244, August 2019), 91 pts

"Bright medium yellow. Ripe apple and white peach aromas are complicated by cooler notes of menthol and white pepper. In a fleshy, smooth style, conveying a fine-grained texture to its orchard fruit and apple flavors. This wine is from a southeast-facing site on degraded powdery calcaire at the foot of La Roche de Vergisson, which Christine Saumaize says produces wines that are light and full at the same time. Finishes dry in a positive way, with some youthfully stony bitterness to resolve. - Stephen Tanzer"
- Antonio Galloni's Vinous (November 2017), 89 pts

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"(just racked and sulfured but still has about 60% of its malic acidity; Saumaize will filter the wine and add a bit more SO2 than usual, noting that he doesn't have any choice): Cool aromas of mirabelle, menthol, citrus fruits and ripe apple. Fat and powerful in the mouth, with a distinct malic note to the apple and spice flavors. Finishes saline and long. This wine will need a year or two in bottle to harmonize. - Stephen Tanzer"
- Vinous (October 2016), 88-90 pts

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"A pure, lemon-drenched white, backed by apple and honey accents. Vibrant and lush, presenting fine balance and a lingering, focused finish. Drink now through 2018. 150 cases made. –BS"
- Wine Spectator (June 30th 2016), 90 pts

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"(assembled in cuve, on its finings; from vines in Davayé on what is essentially a prolongation of the hillside from La Roche, but east-facing, at lower altitude and on "softer rock"): Pale yellow-green. Lemon, lime and crushed rock on the nose, along with hints of licorice and spearmint. At once thick and crystalline in the mouth, with good density and a hint of sweetness leavened by firm acidity and underlying chalky character. Still a bit tart but finishes with noteworthy intensity and lift. This wine will be bottled without filtration. - Stephen Tanzer"
- Vinous (December 2015), 88-89 pts

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"Initially soft, the wood and the ripe fruits of this wine develop slowly in the mouth. Then it becomes rich, generous, although with great acidity from the green plum and pink grapefruit freshness. A balanced wine, it will develop well into 2016 and can be drunk now. - RV"
- Wine Enthusiast (October 2015), 90 pts

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"The 2011 Saint Veran Les Creches offers attractive pear and nectarine scents on the delineated nose. The palate is fresh and vibrant with a crisp citric thread and a nicely poised, harmonious finish. This is a well-crafted Saint Veran surfeit with joie-de-vivre. Delicious! - NM"

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate (Issue #208, August 2013), 90 pts

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"An intensely floral nose benefits from the added breadth of apple, pear and citrus peel scents. The appealingly rich and round middle weight flavors possess plenty of palate coating dry extract before terminating in a vibrant and persistent finish that delivers fine cut and punch.

Allen Meadows' Burgound.com, 89-91 pts

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