The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Wines We Loved - Character and Poise
March 27, 2024
White
Premier Cru White Burgundy at a Bourgogne price
2022 Domaine Curveux Pouilly-Fuisse Vignes Blanches 1er Cru;
Aroma: reserved, then strong apple acid, wood, and fruit, later mellows and comes together, pear and apple, wet stone lots of depth; Mouth: well-integrated oak, intense fruit, more delicacy, if not quite the volume of the Menestrieres, nuanced and complex later blooms to a deep purple-tinged apple and pear with underlying notes of wood and acid, complete and satisfying; Excellent $40; Case, $34
A Star of the northern Rhone goes to Languedoc
Domaine Rostaing Puech Noble Blanc Coteaux du Languedoc 2022;
Aroma: delicate wildflower, nectarines and honeysuckle. Mouth: the wine is a balance of fleshy, rich stone fruit, crisp zest of citrus, and crushed rocks. This makes for a juicy, racy texture and mineral white wine that will disappear quickly. We can't recommend this juice enough. Bravo!; Excellent $28.99; Case, $24.99
Red
You've Never had a Malbec like this
2021 Rocher de Violette Cot
Color: medium ruby; Aroma: haunting fragrance, very pretty, very pure and fine; Mouth: v very pretty lighter, lovely intensity, finesse; Very Good - Excellent $32; Case, $26.99
Poised and Pretty Spanish Red
2022 Guimaro Ribeira Sacra Tinto
; Color: medium red black; Aroma: very fresh, very pretty, herbal firm, nutty, piercingly herbal, firm; Mouth: fresh, very clean, fullish, fat, juicy, very intense, very pure rich; Very Good Plus $24.99; Case, $21.50
You Won't Believe It's Not Burgundy
2020 Alphonse Mellot Pinot Noir Cotes de la Charite
Color: very dark; Aroma: heady and sweet, very intense, vibrant, full, a nice sour herbal note, sour plum; Mouth: clean herbal, then acid, good fruit, graphite, some sour plum, very long, sublime and gratifying; Very Good - Excellent $40; Case, $34
The 'Grand Cru' You've never heard of
2018 Dufes Successeurs, Langlade
Color: medium dark; Aroma: very fine herbal dense, spicy with wood elegant, spicy wood; Mouth: smooth, elegant, clean, bright, light and lithe, fine tannins, long, very fresh, creamy in texture and supple; Very Good - Excellent $29.99; Case, $25.49
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