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The Wine buyers (Andrew and Dale) pick two wines each month for you that we love, and you will too. One white (or rose, or bubbly) and one red. The total value of wines will exceed $40, and the longer you sign up for, the better the deal! Our goal is to show excellent wines in a wide range of styles. We only choose wines we have tasted and don’t base our choices on ratings.(Although we’ll often include them in the write-up)
We have a pair of French wines this month both from somewhat iconic producers, enjoy!
Louis Latour Mâcon-Lugny Les Genièvres 2015
2015 is known to be a stellar vintage in Burgundy, particularly for the reds. We tasted several burgundy’s with a representative for LaTour just recently and agreed this “little” white Burgundy was very yummy and a spectacular bargain.
100% Chardonnay (as is true of most white Burgundy) and unoaked.
I wouldn’t look to age this wine for a long period, drink it with pleasure within the next 3 or 4 years.
From the Latour webpage:
“The village of Lugny is located high up in the South of the Mâcon region. It has a great reputation for its white wines which has made Mâcon famous. It is well known that the village of Lugny, with its limestone soils and warm climate, produces the most coveted white wines of the region. The vineyard of « Les Genièvres » is one of the best. Maison Louis Latour selects the best grapes of this village, which thanks to its terroir, was the only village planted with Chardonnay 30 years ago.
Mâcon-Lugny “Les Genièvres” is crisp and yet still typically honeyed. The nose unveils aromas of lemon and green orchard fruit with notes of honeycomb. A clean dry, yet quite rich wine full of light lemon citrus and orchard fruits with nutty notes, it has an elegant smoothness with balanced fresh acidity and a lingering dry-almost honeyed finish. A good value quality white Burgundy that is drinking well now.
Food Pairing: Grilled fish – seafood – Comté cheese”
Château de Ségriés Lirac Cuvee Reservee 2015
50% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 10% Cinsault, 10% Mourvèdre
We’re big fans of wines from the Rhone Valley, they tend to be extremely adaptable for pairing with food, and tend to age remarkably well. I had a simple Guigal Cotes Du Rhone from 1995 last night and it was fabulous! This wine comes from Lirac, an appelation just across the river from Chateneuf Du Pape.
These grapes are from 80 year old vines and harvested by hand, and have no oak treatment.
Pairs well with Stews, Grilled meats, Game, Various cheeses, or almost anything else you’d drink a red wine with!
The Wine Advocate gave this wine 92pts.
“The 2015 Lirac Cuvee Reservee is a beauty. Notes of dried Provencal garrigue, cedar, blackberries, blueberries and roasted herbs all jump from the glass of this concentrated, rich and seriously endowed Lirac that has a stacked mid-palate, rocking levels of concentration, ripe tannin and a great finish. It’s another superstar wine to drink over the coming 7-8 years.”
Here’s the price structure of WINE CLUB:
3 months $40/month = $120 total and you also receive a FREE Riedel glass
6 months $36/month = $216 total and you also receive two FREE Riedel glasses
12 months $32/month = $384 total and you also receive four FREE Riedel glasses
All WINE CLUB members get a substantial discount on Wine Tasting Seminars at Wine World (usually 25%)
WINE CLUB members get a 15% Case discount when you pick up your club wines, since you are picking up 2 you only need to pick 10 more wines to make it a case!
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