Vintage 2023 | For years I had no idea that Chinon can be white… this cuvée from Chenin Blanc is very small, only 500 bottles made each year. Sylvain Colla’s Clos de la Grille covers 6 hectares in total. The smell is fresh with tones of citrus, a bit saline. The wine hit me in the face at my first sip: só much bitters. But the wine became rounded with food, I paired it with chicory with ham and a cheesesauce from the oven. Lovely combination. Try the white Chinons if you have the opportunity! — 6 days ago

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Daniel M

I love a good chenin from chinon 🙂

romo

Baudry makes a Chinon blanc, le Domaine. Blinded I called it a white burgundy.

Domaine Zind Humbrecht

Wintzenheim Alsace Riesling 1551

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2020 | enormous expression, very well balanced — 7 days ago

Daniel, Bob and 13 others liked this

Domaine Schoenheitz

Riesling Holder 2012

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2012 | Beautiful developed | paired with paëlla and second day with garlic shrimps — 2 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

It held up two days? Impressive!

Peter van den Besselaar

@Tom Casagrande 😏 I use anti oxidation stops and usually there are three to four bottles wine available. I am reluctant to combine new wine and food combinations, but must admit that the most surprising combinations are ‘second day’ combi’s. Think I would not combine Riesling with garlic shrimps, but it worked!

Yardstick Wines

À Gauche Sélection Traditionnelle Stellenbosch Red Blend 2022

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2022 | sweet cherries, laurel, juicy. Great effort this Bordeaux blend. Wil be better in 5+ years. — 7 days ago

Tom, Daniel and 6 others liked this

Domaine Zind Humbrecht

Calcaire Alsace Riesling 2023

Peter van den Besselaar

8.8

Vintage 2023 — 7 days ago

Juan, Daniel and 10 others liked this

Weingut FJ Regnery

Klüsserather Bruderschaft Mineralquadrat Feinherb Riesling 2021

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2021 | Feinherb | imo infanticide though drinking lovely… this bottle with grow in intensity and balance within 4 to 6 years. So let in rest in the cellar. — 3 days ago

Paul, Peter and 9 others liked this

Domaine Zind Humbrecht

Clos Jebsal Vendange Tardive Turckheim Pinot Gris 2015

Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2015 | this wine disappointed me, sweet but not cloying, good balance but also a hint of oxidation and less body than I would expect. — 7 days ago

Andrew, Tom and 10 others liked this