lisa's tasting journal

Comments: Honnêtement je n’avais pas de grandes attentes pour ce vin, mais nous (moi et Frédéric) avons été agréablement surpris une fois la bouteille ouverte. La mousse était abondante et persistante, les bulles peut-être un peu grosses (contribution des verres inconnu). Au nez le vin était plutôt restraint, sec - minérale et citron vert. La bouche s’est bien accordée au nez - frais, agrume, citron vert, finale nette et bulles un peu aggressives. Après tout, un vin plaisant, frais et agréable. Je l’imagine bien en apéro un bel après-midi d’été.

• Overall :
  plaisant frais agréable
• Eye :
  citron pâle
• Nose :
  minérale citron vert
• Mouth :
  frais citron vert finale nette bulles aggressives
• Delicious with :
  apéritif

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2008-06-27
• Tasting conditions : with a meal

Comments: The nose on this wine is agreeable if not remarkable, but it really shines in the mouth. Fantastic balance between fruit and oak, richness and acidity - it seems to float down your throat. Easy to love.

Decant well in advance.

• Overall :
  very very nice more-ish
• Eye :
• Nose :
  smoke intense blackberry
• Mouth :
  fantastic balance velvet tannins lingering fruit finish
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2008-02-02
• Wine preparation : decanted well in advance
• Tasting conditions : with a meal

• Overall :
  tasty food-friendly
• Eye :
  very pale
• Nose :
  gooseberry lime
• Mouth :
  medium acidity citrus light body clean finish
• Delicious with :
  white fish

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2008-01-23
• Wine preparation : direct from bottle
• Tasting conditions : with a meal
• Drinking window : from 2007 to 2008

Comments: Nose is pleasant, but a strange chemical tang in the mouth is very off-putting.

• Overall :
• Eye :
• Nose :
  green apple green fig
• Mouth :
  lactic sharp acidity out of balance
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2008-01-12
• Wine preparation : direct from bottle
• Tasting conditions : with a meal

Comments: We left 3/4 of the bottle untouched.

• Overall :
  nasty
• Eye :
  light
• Nose :
  floral
• Mouth :
  light sweet strange
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2008-01-12
• Wine preparation : direct from bottle
• Tasting conditions : with a meal

Comments: A pleasure, but hitting it's peak Still nice fruit in the nose, but the tannins are overtaking the fruit in the mouth.

• Overall :
  beautiful complex
• Eye :
  youthful garnet
• Nose :
  red fruits cherry raspberry leather
• Mouth :
  licorice fresh acidity chewy tannins
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2007-12-13
• Wine preparation : direct from bottle
• Tasting conditions : formal tasting

• Overall :
• Eye :
• Nose :
  leather chile pepper smoke nail polish
• Mouth :
  sharp acidity
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2007-12-12

• Overall :
• Eye :
• Nose :
  powerful spicy
• Mouth :
  ripe jammy hot finish medium tannins
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2007-11-12

• Overall :
• Eye :
• Nose :
  jammy plum
• Mouth :
  simple smooth pleasant med-low tannins good acidity
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2007-12-06

• Overall :
  excellent value
• Eye :
• Nose :
  black fruit berries spicey
• Mouth :
  medium-bodied ripe slightly dry finish
• Delicious with :

• Bottle size : standard 750ml
• Tasting date : 2007-12-06