La Boutanche Melon Azay-le-Rideau Melon de Bourgogne

Salty, pithy, incredibly refreshing

Backyard wine with Phelan and Mel on the first shorts-worthy day of spring. The brightness+crispness, prickly sensation of bubbles without being effervescent. Light and not sticky.

Crisp, salty, lemony. Incredible bargain.

So good 🐶

Refresher alert! Off dry, fresh cut melon, saline, polished, a bit of effervescence, a very tasty mid August wine!

Recall that La Boutanche is a project designed to bring good, low intervention wine to the people for around $20. Different producers so a variance in quality too. So it goes.

The ones from Le Sot de L’Ange (bulldog label) are the best of La Boutanche I’ve tried and “Melon” is a serious step above. It’s creamy and rich, voluptuous, assumed from extended lees contact. It has white creamed corn, Granny Smith Apple, bitter almond, chamomile, white flowers, and fennel.

Salinity, lemon, refreshing and bright

Fresh and fleshy. . . Lifted but grounded. Me like

Some CO2, but quaffable Melon and good QPR.

Refreshing yet full of flavor and opinions on what a melon should be. #vinewine