Pulling the cork on this bottle released a bouquet of blueberries! It is more purple than red, dense, like grape juice in color. In the glass it smells like freshly fired pardons, pencil shavings, plums and perfume with a touch of oxidation. Garret said it tastes like fruit punch sangria. Tastes a little dusty with limestone and medium tannins. When you taste a wine during its ferment, there is a really lovely fruitiness that tends to go away once the yeast stop working, but somehow, in this wine, it has been captured so I say: bright fermentation qualities. This wine may be at the peak of its time, perhaps not enough tannin or acid to carry it much longer. Would be great with a plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
Pulling the cork on this bottle released a bouquet of blueberries! It is more purple than red, dense, like grape juice in color. In the glass it smells like freshly fired pardons, pencil shavings, plums and perfume with a touch of oxidation. Garret said it tastes like fruit punch sangria. Tastes a little dusty with limestone and medium tannins. When you taste a wine during its ferment, there is a really lovely fruitiness that tends to go away once the yeast stop working, but somehow, in this wine, it has been captured so I say: bright fermentation qualities. This wine may be at the peak of its time, perhaps not enough tannin or acid to carry it much longer. Would be great with a plate of spaghetti and meatballs.
Oct 18th, 2015
A complex and rich saumur that I wish had a more interesting nose. 11 euro at the cave des abbesses, paris 18eme
A complex and rich saumur that I wish had a more interesting nose. 11 euro at the cave des abbesses, paris 18eme
Oct 19th, 2013
Saumur-Champigny, Anjou-Saumur, Loire Valley, France
