This Week's Tasting
Whites of Character more than Price
June 5, 2024
Summer on the Mediterranean (mostly). Now's the time for seafood and chicken on the grill and lighter food for warm weather.
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This Week Wed, Jun 5, 2024 Whites of Character more than Price In-store, 5 - 6:30pm
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Now’s the time for seafood and chicken on the grill and lighter food for warm weather. This week’s wines will treat your palate to a Mediterranean oceanside adventure. We chose them for their individuality and character, which will add an accent to the summer foods. They’re not heavy but delicately flavored and nuanced wines. Three are from Provence and its neighbors, a Picpoul and two contrasting summer savory Rhone white blends; a wine from the Adriatic riviera, and a savory unusual Corsican. A white Bordeaux is a geographic but not flavor outlier. Delicately herbed and spiced, these are more exciting meal partners than the usual Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, or Pinot Grigio.
2023 Carminucci Marche Bianco Grotte sul Mare
What: a blend of exotic Pecorino with local grape varieties
Where: Italy, Marche on the Adriatic Sea
Why: The Sea Grotto wonderfully expressive, piquant, lively, and fresh; great value
Aroma: heady and full, grassy with tropical notes, exotic accented fruit; Mouth appetizing, lighter bodied bright & fresh, lively and pretty ripe acid; Very Good $16.99; Case, $14.99
2023 Chateau Camus
What Equal parts Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon, little or no oak
Where: Bordeaux, Graves
Why: Great Value, broad and full for Bordeaux at this price, creamy and mouth-filling, both crisp and savory
Color: light green gold; Aroma peach and pear; Mouth: mouth-filling fleshy and rounded full, fat, juicy, citrus; Very Good Plus $19.99; Case, $16.99
2023 Les Equilibristes Picpoul de Pinet Organic
What: pure, unoaked Picpoul grape
Where: France, Languedoc near Provence
Why: vibrant and forward intense mouthfeel. a dry expression of the grape’s tropical fruit, balanced and satisfying, a lot of wine for its price
20Aroma: full, fat, bright acid, firm, lightly herbaceous; Mouth: bright, clean, sweet fruit, very ripe; Very Good Plus $21; Case, $17.99
2021 Chiosu Fornelli Biancu Gentile
What: the rare Biancu Gentile grape
Where: France, Corsica
Why: A rare native Corsican grape, has intense aromas of exotic fruits and citrus
Aroma: lightly pretty, fragrant, some brightness, lifted fruity, fresh; Mouth: clean, bright smooth, sweet white berry, nicely tart on the finish; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $20.39
2023 Mas De Gourgonnier Les Alpilles Blanc Organic
What: Provencal grapes; Grenache Blanc, Vermentino and Roussanne, no oak
Where: France, hills of northern Provence
Why: savory and full, with floral spices by itself or with grilled or richly prepared seafood
Aroma: delicately floral; Mouth: juicy, rounded full, bright and intense, nicely rounded spicy. fleshy melon over lime, long; Very Good - Excellent $28.99; Case, $24.99
2022 Chateau Pesquie Quintessance Blanc Organic
What: savory Roussanne with an accent of crisp Clairette, part barrel fermented
Where: France lifted, goat cheese and chicken with a marinade
Aroma: fresh, rounded, delicately herbed saffron and curry notes herbal, very pretty; Mouth: quince, rounded fruit, mouth-filling with good concentration, saline notes, bright acid, clean long fine herbal; Very Good-Excellent$29.99; Case, $25.49
Mediterranean Summer Case: two each of the wines - $239 (19.92 a bottle)
Or mix your own; any twelve bottles at their case prices
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Please pass this on to any friends who are wine enthusiasts!
- Len Rothenberg
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