Tuesday Blind Tastings

Clarence House Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Coal River, Australia

Price: $35

Rating: 93

Source: Gaswork Cellars

Description: Medium bodied with red on the rim. Dusty oak, redcurrants, sour cherries and redskins on the nose. The palate was structured, tannic and light with spicy fruit and strong acidity. A vibrant wine that needs time.

Tasting date: 19 November 2019

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with clean white flowers, vanilla, almond, incense, and peach flavors that linger. 363.The Loire also produces Vouvray, a white wine made from Chenin Blanc that can range from dry to sweet. French Wine 107 364.An example of a dry Vouvray thats richer and fleshier than most is Domaine du Vikings 2001.This wine shows honey, melon, green apple, flowers, and tufts of green grass with interesting mushroom aromas and good length. 365.Sweet Vouvray is made in good years only when noble rot affects the grapes. Noble rot shrivels the grapes, concentrating the sugars and imparting honeyed flavors to wine. 366.Vouvray always strikes the palate with quite a bit of zeal. It has high acidity so even when the wines are sweet, they have a refreshing, palate-cleansing quality. 367.Domaine Nicolas Gaudry makes good quality Chasselas, a white wine thats crisp and dry with sprightly peach and green apple fruit. 368.Cabernet Franc and Gamay are the two main red grapes of the Loire and create wine that is relatively thin and sourbest for early drinking. Dont age this wine. 369.Sauvignon Blanc from the Loire is often grassy and mineral tasting, quite unlike the gooseberry juice of the New World. 108 1000 BEST WINE SECRETS