July 15, 2017 - Le Cigar Blanc-aromatic but overpriced - grenache blend
January 22, 2016 - Stelvin.
High acidity nose, oak, faint orchard fruit.
Palate follows through, with lots of oak and acidity, making the flavours seem unbalanced and lacking fruit.
Grenache blanc and roussanne dominated blend.
Mediocre.
14.5% abv.
July 4, 2014 - Powerful nose of honeydew melon, candle wax, and alcohol. Promising, but it's fading, with a little heat, a touch of tangerine and not much else on the palate. Bet it was drinking well a couple years ago, but it's pretty empty now.
November 29, 2013 - Really delicious on thanksgiving...nice balance.
July 3, 2013 - Quite intense and complex nose, with tropical fruit, spice, some oily and iodine tones. Full, very mineral, the acidity is rather low, but nonetheless the wine feels surprisingly well balanced, solid and structured. Very long. Very fruity finish, complex, citrus, mineral, tropical. This seemed to me more like a white Rhone rather than a New World, perhaps that's why I actually rather liked it.
March 7, 2013 - Last bottle from the case...on the nose it is waxy and creamy with lees notes and touches of pear and slight stone fruit. On the palate it is all about texture rather than flavour; slight honeyed notes, touches of stone fruit and a hint of minerality are delivered in a rich mouth filling sup with a touch of bitterness and herbs on the end of the warm medium plus length finish. Lovely.
January 25, 2013 - Please see earlier notes. This is not becoming more interesting. It is still intact but I suggest drink up.
October 6, 2012 - Mild nutty and honey aroma. A full, oily wine; in fact I found it a bit flabby, lacking acidity. Reasonably complex and decent length. Savoury palate with restrained pear/light peach flavours. an interesting wine which was quite balanced.
September 18, 2011 - I really enjoyed this. A weighty, oily wine, with extract and a ringer for a CNDP. I recently said faiwell to the 2004 and this is a better wine. Somehow it just didn't quite evolve as much I'd expected, so didn't gain a higher score.
September 4, 2011 - SAQ :
Note de dégustation
Vin arborant une couleur jaune paille foncé. Nez assez puissant de fleurs blanches, de miel et de pêche. S'y retrouvent également de subtiles notes minérales. Laissez-vous charmer par ce blanc sec possédant une agréable fraîcheur. Le tout est également agrémenté par des flaveurs de fruits blancs et d'épices. Il révèle une texture presque grasse qui se termine dans une finale persistante.
Accord vin et mets
Menu suggéré Cuisson / Préparation Sauce / Garniture
Poissons et fruits de mer : homard, crevette, langoustine grillé sauce à la crème
Fromage : pâte molle à croûte lavée sans préparation sans accompagnement
Volaille : poulet, dinde braisé sauce au vin blanc