WTN - Tahbilk, Chapoutier, Le Clos Jordanne
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:51 pm
Had a dinner party last weekend, here's the wines I opened... The third bottle I've opened of the Chante Alouette was FINALLY worth drinking - better late than never, I guess. The first two were oxidized and awful. The ON chardonnay was a typical boring, overpriced Canadian wine, I'm afraid. Great zing in the Tahbilk, I buy some of this every year, you can drink it now or wait 10-12 years: there's not too many under $20 wines (CAD) you can say that about.
- 2008 Tahbilk Marsanne - Australia, Victoria, Central Victoria, Nagambie Lakes (11/26/2012)
Used this for cooking - Cioppino and a pasta sauce - and had a leftover glass two days later. Light yellow with a slight green tinge. Yellow fruits on the nose and a nice floral note as well. Light to medium bodied but there's good intensity here: mainly citrus fruit, green apple and honeysuckle. Nice bright acidity but also with a slight oily texture. Nice now, but I'll try to save a few for another 5 years or so. (B+) - 2004 M. Chapoutier Hermitage Blanc Chante-Alouette - France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Hermitage (11/25/2012)
This bottle was the best I've had of this wine. Finally! Didn't take notes, but this reminded me of Musar blanc, in that it was quite funky in terms of flavour, with earthy tropical fruit, great balance and great complexity. (A-) - 2006 Le Clos Jordanne Chardonnay Claystone Terrace - Canada, Ontario, Niagara Peninsula, Twenty Mile Bench VQA (11/25/2012)
Hazy notes from last night. We started off with this wine. Light in colour and not too much on the nose - some apple and oak notes. Not a lot of concentration on this light to medium bodied wine, and little intensity too. Some reasonable and typical fruit and oak notes on the palate, but rather dilute and boring. Not good QPR. (B)