May 21, 2024 - Medium yellow. Definitely some rubbery funk but herbs as well. Medium bodied with hard to describe fruit, herbs as the nose suggests, and strong finishishing minerality. Neither as clean nor as good as other Belluard whites I’ve tried recently. A little too bizarre for me.
May 5, 2024 - Late night at home with J. 1 day old bottle. Tasted blind. Drank in Gabriel Standart. The story, the wine, the history. Poignant that I enjoyed the read of "Godforsaken Grapes" recently.
Appearance is slightly cloudy, pale intensity, lemon colour. Thin legs.
Nose medium intensity, with aromas of apple cider, sour lemon, yeasty lees, hint of alpine flowers. Developing.
On the palate, high acidity, medium- alcohol (12%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of intense sour lemon, apple cider, quince, skin contact lees, sweet refreshing alpine flower juice, minerality. Long zippy acidic finish.
Very good quality. Refreshing invigorating wine that feels so unique. Feels like it might age well too.
April 28, 2024 - It was great to have tried Eponyme, as sad as the story behind it may be. Very pure, mineral, some citrus and yeasty notes, fresh acidity. Very cool wine.
March 28, 2024 - Pale yellow, medium+ intensity with lemon, elderflower, pineapple, minerality, slightly oxidative, grassy. Medium+ acidity, very long finish. 92+
Normally I’m not having great analogies while drinking a wine, but this felt like a fresh spring mountain stream with a unparalleled clarity.
The story behing this vintage is actually quite sad; the 2020 vintage has been made by Ganevat because the winemaker Dominique Belluart took his life.
Only 22ha worldwide planted with Gringet…
March 20, 2024 - 1st of 2 bottles. No formal TN, this was a nice wine.
January 17, 2024 - The Eponyme has a sad story but I suppose that adds to the poignancy of the wine. The first one I’ve actually opened and therefore my first time tasting Gringet. Verbena and elderflower. Slight effervescence and a light touch of VA, perhaps unsurprising since the wine was made by Ganevat after the original proprietor’s (the eponymous Belluard) untimely passing. Interestingly felt quite ferric (as opposed to the salty/chalky feeling from limestone), unsure if that’s anything to do with the terroir. Excellent balance of concentration with tension and persistent without losing energy. A great wine in its own right.
January 5, 2024 - Resto saint Nicolas at megeve, Friday evening. Chef worked at le 1920 before and this is sophisticated food - highly recommended if you pass by megeve. Pairing with the first 2 starters - saint Jacques and a soup. Medium gold color. Nose reminds me of a savignin / vin jaune but with more fruit like sweet apples and pineapple. Med acidity, med body, med alcohol, med flavor intensity, med finish. Minerality, orange, sweet apple, pineapple, oxidative note, lingering salinity. Excellent 👌
November 11, 2023 - Young and primary, a clear yeasty/sponti type signature, beautiful fruit, flowers and herbs as well. Textured and fresh, crunchy fruit and zippy acids. Lovely wine, but probably needs 5+ years to really show its powers.
November 5, 2023 - Shiny yellow gold with green tint. Ginger, ginger bread, mint, apricot, honeycomb, probiotic yogurt, red apple, salinity and minerality. High acidity, restrained fruits. Fresh, crisp, complex and elegant. Long ginger-apple finish.
I believe this would go very well with a charcuterie board or simply cheese and crackers. I personally prefer the sparkling version of this gringet.
October 18, 2023 - Reduced at first, but blew off. A little low acid, but not flabby. Manages a little weight pretty well with nice citrus feel.
Third day open, this really got going. Lemon curd and mineral with a little rustic tropical bend.