This Week's Tasting
Dry Whites for Lunch or Dinner
July 20, 2022
This week, our best bets for reasonably priced characterful dry wines for hat weather drinking. They include some of our favorites from past monthly cases.
 | Federal WineLine Wednesday, July 20, 5 - 6:30 Dry Whites for Lunch or Dinner
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This week, our best bets for reasonably priced characterful dry wines for hat weather drinking. They include some of our favorites from past monthly cases.
The Bad News: the 2020 Haarmeyer Chenin Blanc sold out. We could not fill several orders.
The Good News. The 2021 has just arrived. It is fresh as the daisies that infuse some better Vouvrays. The 2021 Haarmeyer Chenin Blanc St. Roy SRV has impeccable balance and just the right amount of peachy fruit to finish still dry. It is a luscious summer tipple.
The 2019 Ziereisen Heugumber Gutedel is moderately bodied, full flavored with a hint of nuttiness. Dry and herbaceous, it will go with chicken and a variety of seafood. We have just three cases left
Deciphered, the AJ Adam Dhron Im Pfarrgarten Riesling Feinherb tells you that it's Riesling, from the Pfarrgarten vineyard in the German Mosel town of Dhron. O and that it is just the tiniest bit off-dry, drier than many California Chardonnays, and just enough to offset its strong mineral and good acid without a sense of sweetness. For seafood and white meats.
The three white burgundies: all elegant racy, and defined, some in limited quantities:
From the great 2020 vintage, the Jean Manciat Macon Charnay Franclieu is the best dry we have come across at the most reasonable price. It has been a favorite here.
Outside, Chablis Guilhem et Jean-Hugues Goisot are the most noted for their powerful mineral-infused whites from the vineyards around Auxerre. Their 'basic' Bourgogne, also from the wonderful 2020 vintage, wants oysters. Cotuits are just the match.
Finally, Domaine Faiveley makes a fine Merucrey white in the Cote Chalonnais. It is richer than the other wines, with a light oak overlay. White meat or salmon here.
White
2021 Haarmeyer Chenin Blanc St. Roy SRV- Organic; Aroma: light bright, more citrus note, bright intense, clean, firm, racy; Mouth: fleshy firm, fat nicely structured, a very ripe aftertaste, bright and dry big bodied; Very Good Plus 19.99; Case, 16.99
2019 Ziereisen Heugumber Gutedel; Aroma: heady dense, and savory, rich; Mouth: clean, dry, firm, light but transparently pretty herbal fruit, long with a touch of salinity; Very Good Plus 19.99; Case, 16.99
2020 AJ Adam Dhron Im Pfarrgarten Riesling Feinherb; Aroma: Reduced, funky, with richness underneath, firm; Mouth: Juicy rich, definitely dry, fat, nicely juicy intensity; Very Good Plus 25.99; Case, 21.99
2020 Jean Manciat Macon Charnay Franclieu; Color: very pale clean; Aroma: very firm, mineral, light flint dense, restrained; Mouth: thick clean, very pure, light, clean firm, perfect balance; Very Good Plus 19.99; Case, 16.99
2020 Goisot Bourgogne Cotes d Auxerre; Color: sweet intense; Aroma: firm, mineral, firm, heady, juicy dry; Mouth: fleshy, bright ripe forward, firm, juicy restrained, firm, very nicely balanced; Very Good Plus 26.99; Case, 22.99
2019 Domaine Faiveley Mercurey Blanc "Clos Rochette" (Monopole) Single Vineyard; Aroma: Very oaky pretty floral; Mouth: Oaky sense, thick, firm, b one oak tannins; Very Good Plus 40; Mixed Case, 36; Case, 33.99
July White Case two bottles each of the above $259
Or make your own case,
Mix any twelve bottles or more at their case discount prices
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- Len Rothenberg
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