I’m not sure who was calling this the Bobby Boucher (Joe or Shawn) but it is nobody’s water boy! Still fully intact at 49 years. I believe this was the first Bosche bottling. Plum, fig and cassis are all present. I get caramel too. Finish fades ever so slightly but it had more tannic backbone than the Insignia, Mondavi and HSS that we’re 20+ years older. Not quite as polished as those three but clearly heartier and more unique. Props to @David L for sharing again. — 5 years ago
Great bubbly for Valentine's Day with @Lisa Pavlović (Boucher) — 8 years ago
Got at WineThing spring ‘22. This is light, but mellow with just a hint of sweetness. Love it👍😍 — 2 years ago
Greetings from Zürich — 3 years ago
This is not the Carignan blend, but I can’t seem to edit the descriptor. This is the 2012 La Joupatiere and it is one of the most unique and interesting wines. Thank you Colline de l’hirondelle. As their website explains, “The oldest vineyard in the village! Planted at the end of the 19th century, it miraculously escaped phylloxera and the uprooting of old vines that has plagued the Languedoc; this tiny one-acre plot is a conservatory of rare and disappearing varieties. A local vine scientist has identified the following 13 varieties: Carignan noir, Grenache noir, Cinsault noir, Mourrastel Boucher noir, Rivairenc noir, Grand Noir de la Calmette, Mourvèdre noir, Terret noir, Terret gris, Terret blanc, Olivette blanche, Chasselas doré, Valencin rose and two mysterious varieties are still unidentified.” What a blend. — 5 years ago
Didn’t know I liked Vouvray until it was on a tasting flight at a wine bar. Full bodied, complex, aromatic, paired nicely with goat cheese — 2 years ago
Inky, purple, grapey. Rich and rustic. Delicious! — 8 years ago
Daron Watson
perfume of apricot, honey, beeswax,, orange blossom ~ creamy yet w a line of minerality, add notion of tropical to apricot & orange, w lanolin, snap ginger & mace — 5 months ago