The harvest has begun in the vast majority of French vineyards. Thanks to a hot and dry summer 2009 is expected to be a plentiful vintage of high quality. Expectations are that French vintners will harvest more grapes than in 2008, but less grapes than predicted by the five or ten years averages. In Bordeaux, hopes are high for a > Read more …
2004 Domaine William Fèvre Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume Vignoble de Vaulorent – France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru (9/5/2009) Wet stones, lemon peel, orange peel and ripe white and yellow fruit on the nose and the palate; has come around nicely, starts to drink well, much better than a few years ago. Blind I probably would’ve guessed Corton Charlemagne, because > Read more …
2006 M. Chapoutier Coteaux du Tricastin Château des Estubiers – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Coteaux du Tricastin (9/6/2009) Meat, leather, smoke and ripe black fruit on the expressive nose. Slightly sweet black fruit, cherry-like acidity, leather, espresso coffee and a touch of minerals/stones on the balanced, tasty, manly palate. If you like the Northern Rhone style, but cannot or will > Read more …
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2pclMeOrA8
2007 Bodegas Rafael Palacios Valdeorras As Sortes – Spain, Galicia, Valdeorras (8/18/2009) Toast, minerals, citrus fruit, lemon peel and ripe white fruit in a balanced, long and complex package. A serious wine; reminds one of an exotic Grand Cru Chablis or even more a good, but modern styled Corton Charlemagne, albeit with a twist. (I also tasted a somewhat simpler, > Read more …
2006 Celler del Roure Valencia Les Alcusses – Spain, Valencia (8/30/2009) Spicy red fruit, refreshing cherry-like acidity, some cherry liqueur; good balance, 14% alcohol but doesn’t show it. Not very complex, but a good qpr and better with some air. No signs of oxidation even on the third day after opening the bottle. (88 pts.)
After two years experimenting, the Dutch entrepreneur Taner Tabak has managed to produce a 100% halal wine. This reports the site Wereldjournalisten.nl. His Kevser Helal Wine has been awarded the Halal Quality Control (HQC) certificate. This implies that there is zero percent alcohol in it. So called alcohol-free wines such as the wines of Domaine de Fleur we reported earlier > Read more …
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6B4cB3oEjI
Wine producers in Bordeaux are optimistic about the quality of the harvest in 2009. Comparisons are made with 2005, one of the best vintages in recent decades. After the hot summer everything is well on its way to a perfect Bordeaux harvest. In May and early June the weather was not quite ideal, but from mid June to today Bordeaux > Read more …
The eleventh edition of the Megavino wine fair in Brussels is dedicated to the wines from Bordeaux. The fair takes place in Brussels Expo from 16 to 19 October 2009. In a stand of 150m2, the Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) proposes a selection of 100 different wines from Bordeaux, each between 4 and 15 euros, which were > Read more …
Copyright © 2024 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes
