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2021 Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo
4/13/2024 - jkscully Likes this wine:
Lime, fresh flowers, and a mineral/salinity that reminds me of Chinese Green teas. There’s some nice green apple, pear, pineapple and guava fruitiness too with just a hint of hazelnuts and toasted almonds on the finish. On day 2, I get more peach and stronger mineral sensations in the mouth (from the volcanic soil). This acidity and minerality really make this wine feel alive in your mouth. With some air, you get a nice honey, marzipan, cotton candy flavor on the finish too. The acid isn’t too strong, but it’s great with food. It was a good match with Green almond and chicken khoresh from my Persian book and a cheese ravioli with snap peas. This is really fantastic for the price and I would say a step up from the other Italian whites from the region that I’ve tried recently (falanghina, etc.). It’s great with food.
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2015 Domaine de la Taille aux Loups Montlouis-sur-Loire Clos de Mosny
4/13/2024 - jkscully Likes this wine:
This seemed like it was in a good spot as the fruit was beginning to develop rotty and oxidative flavors, but the honey flavors have emerged and there was still enough freshness, distinctive fruit flavors, and acidity to hold everything together. I get baked apple and pear with honey and spice with some chalky minerality, white tea, and lemon acidity on the finish. I wouldn’t want to age it any longer than I did.
This is nice, though I was a little disappointed by the pairings with labneh balls and babaghanoush. Ok but not amazing with smoked herring. Decent with green almond and chicken Khoresh and cheese ravioli, snap peas, and a creamy sauce. In the end, I think that I liked it better on its own. In fact, I tried it alongside a Greco di Tufo from San Gregorio and the Greco, while the inferior wine in terms of power and complkexity, was the better match with food.
The acidity was too bracing in the Zalto white wine glass, so I liked it better in the Riedel Loire glass, where I detected more honey flavors salty minerality and the acidity wasn’t overbearing.
This was good, but I’m not sold on Montlouis. I think that I would rather pay more for the big names of the other Chenin regions.
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NV Chartogne-Taillet Champagne Cuvée Sainte Anne
4/6/2024 - jkscully Likes this wine:
Very few, slow-moving bubbles compared to other champagnes that I’ve opened recently. This was very bracing at first, but after about 30 minutes, it came together with nice apple and pear fruit flavors and good creamy, lemon curd flavors. I tasted this with Tom and Kim and didn’t get great notes. I think some age would have been nice for this wine, as I suspect it would have developed more creamy notes and the acidity would have calmed down a bit more.
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