Xarel-lo 65%, Macabeu 18%, Parellada 17%, 36 months, degorgement 28/03/2022, 11.50% alc. The wine shows bright clear profile, medium intensity, fresh ripe citrus notes, quince, a touch smoky, strong minerality, quite salty in the nose In the palate, the wine is light, medium carbonation, high acidity, ripe fresh citrus, lemon, pear, a few green apple notes, very fresh but lacks depth, straightforward as it is, short to medium finish, with time you also get nutty notes
100% xarel-lo, 36 months, degorgement 202/11/2021, 11.50% The wine shows slightly deeper yellow color compared to Tarres. In the nose the wine shows different character, ripe citrus, fresh lime, lemon, grapefruit, again mineral, not so salty. This is layered, more like a nicely aged white wine. In the palate, the wine shows again the same character, deeper notes of ripe fruit, a few herbal notes, halfway stalky and pear/green apple, crunchy medium acidity, nicely, balanced, nutty, thin layer of oak, medium to full body, creamy from carbonation, long elegant mineral finish
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages
Cotes du Roussillon villages , 15%, Syrah- Grenache-Carignan The wine shows heady profile, warm, ripe to overripe black fruit, licorice, spicy, prunes, reductive, raisiny, heavy handed, aggressive, caramel In the palate, the wine shows much lighter profile than expected, overripe fruit, tight tannins, medium acidity, very warm from the alcohol, medium finish filled with raisins and prunes
The wine shows high intensity in the nose, a touch flinty, reductive, citrus fruit lime, grapefruit, ripe and extroverted In the palate, the wine shows high acidity, crunchy, ripeness of fruit, citrus, mineral, shows peel and stalky herbal notes, very fresh, lime, long finish
Pure Marsanne from Chante Alouette with a bit of Meal and Delorean The wine shows very ripe profile, peach, apricot, nectarine a few wax notes, thin layers of oak, nutty, vanilla In the palate, the wine shows evolution (due to this being a coravin-ed bottle), ripe plush stone fruit, nutty, tight, apricot, medium to full body, medium finish
2018 Recaredo Corpinnat Terrers Brut Nature
Spain, Catalunya, Corpinnat
Xarel-lo 65%, Macabeu 18%, Parellada 17%, 36 months, degorgement 28/03/2022, 11.50% alc.
The wine shows bright clear profile, medium intensity, fresh ripe citrus notes, quince, a touch smoky, strong minerality, quite salty in the nose
In the palate, the wine is light, medium carbonation, high acidity, ripe fresh citrus, lemon, pear, a few green apple notes, very fresh but lacks depth, straightforward as it is, short to medium finish, with time you also get nutty notes
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2017 Recaredo Corpinnat Recaredo Subtil Gran Reserva Brut Nature
Spain, Catalunya, Corpinnat
100% xarel-lo, 36 months, degorgement 202/11/2021, 11.50%
The wine shows slightly deeper yellow color compared to Tarres.
In the nose the wine shows different character, ripe citrus, fresh lime, lemon, grapefruit, again mineral, not so salty. This is layered, more like a nicely aged white wine.
In the palate, the wine shows again the same character, deeper notes of ripe fruit, a few herbal notes, halfway stalky and pear/green apple, crunchy medium acidity, nicely, balanced, nutty, thin layer of oak, medium to full body, creamy from carbonation, long elegant mineral finish
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2019 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Roussillon Villages Les Vignes de Bila-Haut
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Roussillon, Côtes du Roussillon Villages
Cotes du Roussillon villages , 15%, Syrah- Grenache-Carignan
The wine shows heady profile, warm, ripe to overripe black fruit, licorice, spicy, prunes, reductive, raisiny, heavy handed, aggressive, caramel
In the palate, the wine shows much lighter profile than expected, overripe fruit, tight tannins, medium acidity, very warm from the alcohol, medium finish filled with raisins and prunes
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2020 Gérard Boulay Sancerre Chavignol
France, Loire Valley, Upper Loire, Sancerre
The wine shows high intensity in the nose, a touch flinty, reductive, citrus fruit lime, grapefruit, ripe and extroverted
In the palate, the wine shows high acidity, crunchy, ripeness of fruit, citrus, mineral, shows peel and stalky herbal notes, very fresh, lime, long finish
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2017 M. Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc Chante-Alouette
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage
Pure Marsanne from Chante Alouette with a bit of Meal and Delorean
The wine shows very ripe profile, peach, apricot, nectarine a few wax notes, thin layers of oak, nutty, vanilla
In the palate, the wine shows evolution (due to this being a coravin-ed bottle), ripe plush stone fruit, nutty, tight, apricot, medium to full body, medium finish
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