Casual everyday wine from the Loire Valley.
Technical Data: 100% Melon de Bourgogne also called Muscadet. Low temperature fermentation under inert atmosphere.
Description: Pale straw yellow color. Delicate nose with floral notes. Crisp entrance, lean, subtle and dry medium-bodied wine focused on floral flavors.
Food Pairing & Service: Ideally suited to oysters, seafood and poultry. Serve chilled.
Score: 7/10
Suggested Retail Price: $7.49
Casual everyday wine from the Loire Valley.
Technical Data: 100% Chenin Blanc.
Description: Bright gold color. Richly fragrant with hints of honey, ripe pears and brioche. On the palate, sweet entrance for a well balanced medium-bodied wine showing flavors of honey mingled with pears and apple. Sweet wine but not overly sweet.
Food Pairing & Service: Ideally suited to nuts, foie gras, pates, fish dishes and desserts. Serve chilled.
Score: 7/10
Suggested Retail Price: $7.49
A delightful dry Rose from the Loire Valley
Technical Data: 100% Cabernet Franc. From vineyards between Nantes and the Touraine region of the Loire Valley. The soil is a mixture of tuffeau (chalk) and sand.
Description: Delicate salmon pink color. Aromas of strawberries and cherries. A dry wine with full, tempting flavors and balanced acidity. Supple in the palate, loads with fruits and elegance
Food Pairing & Service: Ideally suited to seafood, shellfish and goat’s milk cheeses. Serve chilled.
Score: 8/10
Suggested Retail Price: $7.49
Dry NV Sparkling Wine of extraordinary quality at a very attractive price from France.
Technical Data: 50% Chenin Blanc, 25 % Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Chardonnay. This sparkling wine is made from 100% Loire grapes. Because of its northern location, the grapes maintain an excellent balance of high acidity. Consistency and quality are carefully monitored to create very fine bubbles. The dosage has been perfected to make a clean, fruity but, dry sparkling wine
Description: Pale gold color. Delicate floral aromas. Medium-bodied wine. Crisp and clean with fine bubbles and ripe melon flavors. Good acidity and good balance.
Food Pairing & Service: Served chilled. This sparkling wine can accompany an entire meal or be served as an aperitif.
Score: 8/10
Suggested Retail Price: $8.99
An elegant Pouilly-Fuisse from Burgundy.
Technical Data:100% Chardonnay. Following the malolactic fermentation, the wine spends 8 to 10 months in tank before bottling.
Description:Golden color. Floral and fruity aromas on the nose with hints of honey and hazelnuts. On the palate, medium-bodied wine yet rich and dry. This Chardonnay shows lots of white fruits flavors but also a nice minerality and some lively floral undertones all together in a very well balanced exemple of what could be a Pouilly-Fuisse when well crafted. Long lasting creamy and rounded finish.
Food Pairing & Service:Serve chilled but not iced, at 55 Fahrenheit. Drink with all smoked fish, fish grilled or in a sauce, poultry and white meats, including turkey and pork, creamy cheeses.
Score:9/10
$16.99
Classic South Cotes du Rhone Red.
Technical Data:50% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 20% Mourvedre from 25 year-old vines. The wine is aged 20% in new oak for nine months before bottling.
Description:Deep garnet color. Aromas of black berries, a hint of old leather and some spices too. A full-bodied and complex red wine focused on ripe black berry laced with liquorice spiciness well balanced by silky tannins. This red wine is a classic expression of the Cotes du Rhone appellation.
Food Pairing & Service:A food friendly wine which will be an ideal accompaniment to hearty dishes and Mediterranean Cuisine in general. Will also pair well lamb, pork, roasted beef and assorted cheeses. Serve at room temperature.
Score:8/10
Suggested Retail Price:$9.99
A full-bodied and flavorful Grenache blend from the foothills of the Pyrenees in southern France’s Roussillon district.
Technical Data:90% Grenache, 10% Mourvedre from a single vineyard of 60 years old on the side of Pyrenean Mountain. Aged few month in Oak-barrels.
Description:Deep dark color almost black. Slightly smoky in the nose with reminiscent aromas of dried cherries & spices. Supple flavors of ripe fruits nicely balanced by an underlying acidity.
Food Pairing & Service:This is a versatile wine that will accompany well assorted tapas, grilled meats, sausages & hard cheeses. Best enjoyed at room temperature.
Score:9/10
Suggested Retail Price:$11.99
An excellent Pouilly-Fuisse.
Technical Data:Dry wine. 100 % Chardonnay. Aged in Oak. From one of the Southern white appellation from Burgundy.
Description:Clear golden color with green hues. Mineral bouquet with nice floral undertones. Nice intensity in the mouth reinforced by fullness, power and coolness, which harmonize perfectly together. Floral flavors of hawthorn with a hint of fresh hazelnuts. Long lasting pleasing finish.
Food Pairing & Service:Serve cool (12°C), this wine can be enjoyed as an appetizer. It can be served with seafood best paired with grilled lobster, fish like salmon, , sole, also a good accompaniment with white meats like poultry , roasted pork and some cheese such as Saint-Nectaire or Comté. Its preservation differs depending on the vintage, but it can easily age 5 or 10 years.
Score:9/10
Suggested Retail Price:$22.99
A medium-bodied Chardonnay from Burgundy.
Technical Data:100% Chardonnay grapes. Aged in Oak.
Description:Pale, bright yellow color. Clear, elegant, medium-bodied and fruity wine. On the nose, citrus fruits and floral aromas. On the palate, fresh buttered bread flavors laced with vegetal fragrances and sweet ripe tropical fruits completed by a hint of oak .
Food Pairing & Service:Serve between 8 and 10°C. It can be served pleasantly during all beginnings of meals. Depending on the vintage, this wine can age 3 or 5 years or even more.
Score:9/10
Suggested Retail Price:$14.99
A classic Riesling from Alsace, France.
Technical Data: 100% Riesling. This Special Cuvee is hand-crafted from exclusively domaine-grown fruit. This finely crafted wine is made from old-vine vineyards from a careful selection at the time of the harvest. Unoaked.
Description: Pale golden color. Beautiful aroma suggesting white flowers and peach., On the palate, dry, racy with delicate fruit flavors such as citrus fruits, with mineral undertone and fresh honeysuckle notes. Creamy style Riesling with long lasting finish.
Food Pairing & Service: Will be a very good pairing with all Thai and Asian dishes in general. Also Ideal with lighter seafood dishes, particularly fresh water fish and those served in light sauces. Serve chilled.
Score: 8/10
Suggested Retail Price: $12.00 in DC
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