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Friday Night Tasting Lineup
2010 Domaine Tremblay Chablis
With a significant price drop for the same vintage since the last time that we showed the wine - Chalky and bright juicy acids. Clean, young, & fresh. Another keeper. Toasty yeast note and beeswax round out the lemon and wet stone of the mid-palate. A bestseller that has great consistency vintage to vintage. Classic, mineral driven, complex. Balanced and tasty village level wine, for six generations. 80 acres of vines under production, showing typicity, with a gravity fed winery. From 10-30 year old vines growing out of Kimmeridgean marl soils. Great as an aperitif, at an approachable price.
Our Price: 18.97
NV Sieur d'Argues Aimery Limoux Rose
Pretty red berry fruit (strawberry & raspberry) gives nice hints about the fun to come with this delicate, salmon pink wine out of the Languedoc. Delicate mousse & balanced acidity. Nice length on the finish. Pretty vigorous selection based on soil / sub-soil of particular vineyard sites. Benedictine nuns from the St. Hilaire Abbey created the first sparkling wine, a century before Dom Perignon, in 1531. (Blanquette de Limoux). This wine is named after a lord of the region, who drank the sparkling wine to celebrate his victories, in the earliest written references to Blanquette de Limoux.
Our Price: 15.97
2010 Denis Carre Hautes Cote de Beaune Perrieres
We find this a great Burgundy for the money, with balance, light, tangy cherry fruit, and a smoky / earthy mineral undertone. Great balance of fruit, acid, and light tannins - pleasing to find something quite elegant at what is inexpensive pricing for Burgundy. Has enough backbone to go with red meats, but light enough on its feet for a variety of dishes. Medium-Full body, ready to drink, but will improve over the next 3 or 4 years if you have the patience.
Our Price: 21.97
2010 Saumur Les Pouches Red
A drop in price since the last time that we tasted this. Classic Cabernet Franc nose, more juicy and round than expected. Dusty, dark, focused. Dark ruby color goes into pretty deep and dark currant fruit, great acidity, lower tannins, mineral palate. This wine is a steal, again for the amount of fruit that is here, the degree to which the terroir of Saumur comes through in the wine, the balance of the sugars and acidity and tannins, and the delightful finish. If you do not like this, you probably do not like Cabernet Franc.
Our Price: 11.97
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