Community Tasting Note

• Frank Murray III wrote:

  July 21, 2020 - Opened this yesterday. This is my first experience with Benoit Lahaye, too. I own the Rose Maceration but have yet to open any of those but decided last night to get something perhaps more crisp and focused in my glass. This hits the spot. 90% Pinot, 10% Chard, I believe most of the fruit coming from Bouzy, plus Ambonnay. Also, there is no dosage, no sulfur, farmed biodynamic, too. Disgorged April 2019, don't have any idea of the vintages/base of the wine. This is stern when cold but it expands and fills in really well as it warms up. Lemon rind and salinity at the cooler temp, then some apple, plus a good dollop of cherry appears with the warmer temp. The salinity sticks around throughout the temperatures, giving the wine a refreshing finish. This is a cool wine, as if the cherry and saline is being pulled through the palate and into the finish, washed over some wet stone. Look, I know some people think these wines are trendy to be low dosage. So what. What about those of us who like this style, who find the energy to be a pleasure in the glass, the energy that comes through many of these wines. This is delicious, but please allow the wine to warm and just with the lightest off chill, enjoy it as I did.

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