Community Tasting Notes 6

• Jonathan / Vinofili Likes this wine: 92 points

  January 24, 2023 - It’s pretty ripe, still lean, on the fruit combined with a beautiful “chemical” feel (the warm plastic, tennis ball and petrol). So good!
  In superb shape for the age: Somewhere, there was still hints of reductive notes but also tiny hints of oxidation.
  
  Quite expressive from the beginning, but wow… It just kept opening up.
Aromas of sweet lemon peel, candied ginger, dried apricot, lemongrass, ripe apples and lemon curd. There’s a mild hint of brioche and sesame, macadamia nuts, yellow flowers, some warm plastic/tennis ball and petrol (that work incredibly well with the mature fruit!!!) and white wine gum. The lees is very delicate, and the minerality is super pure leaning towards wet stones and chalk.
  On the palate, it’s medium(+)bodied, dry with medium but well balanced acidity and soft edges. Super clean texture! Lemon peel, ripe nectarine, tangerine, ginger, a mild touch of lees, hints of butterscotch and salmiak, and a good touch of salt and chalk in the finish.
  
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• manonthemoon wrote: 83 points

  May 25, 2010 - Nose of trash and a hair salon. Sweet lemon on the palate with a little floral and white pepper.

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• isaacjamesbaker wrote: 88 points

  May 24, 2010 - Single-Blind Cabernet Tasting @ Urbana (Washington, D.C.): what an interesting white. nose of skunky cabbage, petrol and a bit of white flowers. citrus flavors, some funk. oily. really unique.

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• ianinvirginia wrote: 88 points

  May 24, 2010 - Blind Cabernet Tasting with the DC WLTV Forum crew (Urbana, Washington, DC): Nose of street alley after a drizzle - add a bit of garbage and petrol to mild florals. Citrus in the mouth, big viognier mouth feel, a bit hot on the finish.

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• tooch wrote: 88 points

  May 24, 2010 - Single-Blind Cabernet Dinner (Urbana, Washington, DC): Lots of sweaty socks and raw shellfish. Really nice mouthfeel despite the funky nose.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type White
• Producer Matassa
• Varietal White Blend
• Designation Cuvée Nougé
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Languedoc Roussillon
• SubRegion Roussillon
• Appellation Côtes Catalanes
• UPC Code 805109403048

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