Foretti's
Tasted Monday, April 15, 2024 by brigcampbell with 24 views
Frank turned to supply the wines and as usual he did not disappoint.
Wasn’t sure about the theme on this one. Wines I like? LOL
Thought the theme of this flight might be old Carlisle’s with Syrah.
2010 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Choisilles
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Montlouis-sur-Loire
This was the same bottle as Frank Murray‘s. It was over the hill. Dark brassy color. The nose was funky pear. It did have a nice stone fruit and honey. Medium oxidation. But that was it dropped off after that without any structure.
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2010 François Chidaine Montlouis-sur-Loire Les Tuffeaux
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Montlouis-sur-Loire
Blind: definitely thought this was a Chennin.
This wine has the color of an aged Chennin, brassy gold. The palate is yellow pear and dried herbs. Touch of residual sugar mid palate. The body is medium weight and it’s slick on the tongue. I wrote down “Demi-sec”
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2018 Marie Courtin Coteaux Champenois Le Blanc du Tremble
France, Champagne, Coteaux Champenois
Blind: guessed Chardonnay. Thought it was a Chablis.
Wine of the night for me. So intriguing, so engaging, so much so that I missed by a mile.
The color is extremely light, but looks like a New World Sauvignon Blanc but it’s slightly cloudy. The nose is where this wine stands up and says “pay attention.” Immediately the salty sea spray is omnipresent, I immediately thought, crushed clam shells until Todd fired out “tray of fresh oysters”. They all work, it’s amazing. Mid palate it’s fairly light which had me questioning Chablis but I couldn’t think of anywhere else to go. The fruit is lemon and very clean.
The fact that this is Pinot Noir from Champagne made it all the more awesome. One of the best wines to include in a blind tasting.
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2006 Copain Roussanne James Berry Vineyard
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
Blind: I was waffling around on this one, between a Riesling and a white Bordeaux. Ultimately landed on Roussanne after a few hints but that doesn’t count.
Well, there’s a lot going on here. The gold color hints that there might be some age. The nose had a little bit of cat piss so I was charging down the Sauvignon Blanc road. But there was a very present oily petroleum note which flipped everything upside down. This saw no new oak but there’s clearly something like that happening at the finish, plus dried moss. Excellent wine.
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