2012 d'Arenberg Roussanne The Money Spider

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  5/30/2016 - Derek Nadon Likes this wine: 88 Points

  étonnament surpris par le vin un côté exotique intéressant et un gras maitrisé sans tombe dans le maquillé c'est bien fait . il me fait plus pensé a un vin du Sud Ouest comme a un Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh qu'une roussanne du Rhone

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  6/26/2015 - maxima wrote: 89 Points

  Toujours apprécié la fraicheur et les fruits exotiques de ce vin.
  Assez gras mais bien équilibré et toinique. Assez long et persistant, bien.

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  5/13/2015 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

  100% tank fermented.
  
  There was a sea of spiders on the first load of grapes in the first vintage in 2000 and you aren't supposed to kill them because they are good luck charms - if you let the spider crawl across your hand then they are said to bring money your way.
  
  Planted on sand on sandstone. Cherster notes sand always give fruitiness to a wine, and yes, that is there on the palate. He prefers sand and sandstone for Roussanne over limestone. The Roussane doesn't work at all in the clay of teh Hermit Crab.
  
  Chester notes that this ages really well, doesn't really go tertiary. It just looks like Hunter Semillion with more flavor. He notes that the tannins grows in it for many years.

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  2/28/2015 - philhamelin wrote:

  Great intensity of flavour! Nice honeyed pea aromas (but it's a bone dry wine) along with apricot notes. Medium-bodied and zippy. Roussanne is one of the lesser-known but fabulous white grapes of the wine world, traditionally grown in the Rhone Valley of France. This interpretation of Roussanne is vibrant and mouth pleasing. Yes please!

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  2/28/2015 - philhamelin wrote:

  Au nez, le vin est complexe, dévoilant des arômes de fleur d'oranger, de pêche, de pomme et d'agrumes, qui s'unissent à des notes de chèvrefeuille et de pain d'épice. En bouche, les flaveurs sont persistantes et la texture est agréablement satinée, alors que la vivacité du vin lui confère un profil particulièrement digeste et polyvalent. Bref, un vin distinctif empreint d'un raffinement certain!
  
  Servir à 12 °C. Un délice en compagnie du rôti de porc, du curry de poulet à la noix de coco, de la morue pochée au lait de coco, de l'escalope de porc, du lapin à la crème, ou de la fricassée de poulet

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