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| Drinking Windows and Values |
| Drinking window: Drink between 2009 and 2010 (based on 21 user opinions) |
| Community Tasting History |
| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.4 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by dfitzg2 on 5/9/2011 & rated 88 points: Excellent value for uner $10. Nice balance of fruit and mineral. Held up well to a pork cutlet disg. Kind of hid in the cellar, but I'd buy it again in a heartbeat. (2407 views) | | | Tasted by Drall on 8/18/2010 & rated 84 points: Crisp, refreshing summer white. Citrus and dandelion. Very nice for the price. (2849 views) | | | Tasted by Drall on 7/12/2010 & rated 86 points: Had a glass cold, not chilled, and without food. Floral and crisp fruit - mango or unripe nectarine. I imagine this is better slightly chilled or close to roomish temperature. Only a couple of bottles left when we went to Trader Joe's . . . (2881 views) | | | Tasted by Laurence on 12/21/2009 & rated 86 points: Not my kind of wine, too viscous, too heavy, too sweet - but others liked it hence the 86 score. It will overpower delicate food but if you like rich chardonnay's then its a good price and will hold up to rich spicy/sweet/Indian food. (2777 views) | | | Tasted by Snoman on 9/28/2009 & rated 88 points: 2007 just appearing in Trader Joe's and elswhere....Nice improvement from the 2006, which has been a standard house wine around here. A bit crisper, but also a bit more balanced. As the glass warms up, the flavors come up and the fruit moves forward, while not becoming cloying or syrupy as is so typical of this genre. Very pleasing clarity, aroma and palate of peach and melon, some tropical as well. Medium finish of pleasing fruit flavors, limited minerality. Worth a try, serve cold or warmer, it's a good food complement as well as a good coctail wine. Terrific QPR. (2987 views) |
| Louis Latour Producer WebsiteWhite Blend"White blend" means the wine is made from a blend of two or more different white varieties - or in some cases a blend of pink or red varieties that are vinified white, ie. without any skin contact.
A blend of Antao, Arinto, Rouperio. France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comRhône Guide to the wines, wineries and appellations in the Rhone Valley The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
### Wine Scholar Guild's Rhône valley vintage charts & ratings ###Northern Rhône Guide to the wines and appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley -
The Rhône Valley/Le Vins de la Vallée du Rhône (Comité Interprofession des vins AOC Côtes et vallée du Rhône)
Regional History:
Phocaean Greeks established viticulture in the Rhone as far back as 600 BC, but until the 14th century the wines were not seen outside the region. The establishment of the Avignonese Papacy (1305-1377) brought fame to the region's wine-so much so that their Burgundian neighbors to the north banned wines from the Rhone in 1446, a measure that effectively cut off trade with England and other Northern European markets for over 200 years. Stretching southward from Lyon to just south of Avignon, the Rhone produces a wide variety of wines, with the appellations north of Valence producing the least (in volume), and the towns south of Montelimar producing prodigious amounts. As in other regions, the most interesting wines come from small farms. Saint-Joseph, in the northern Rhone, extends for some distance between Condrieu in the north to Saint-Peray in the south. The reds are made from Syrah and the rare whites from Marsanne and Roussanne, and Viognier.
### 2017 vintage ###
"The first red wines already tasted in the Northern Rhône promise a beautiful vintage, with a quality close to the 2015 or even the 2009 vintage" - NEWRHÔNE MILLESIMES |
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