Tuesday Blind Tastings
Alvi Shiraz 2016
Beechworth, Australia
Price: $15
Rating: 94
Source: Bottega Tasca
Description: Medium bodied with crimson on the rim. Mint, plums, blackberries and spice on the nose. The palate was rich and clean with beautiful cool climate fruit. A drink now style that was incredible value.
Tasting date: 18 February 2020
smoke, pebbles, and earth flavors. In the glass, this wine flits from joy to joy once it has had time to bloom in bottle. It will last for forty years or so. 392.Condrieu is another small wine region in the northern Rhne. It is revered for its white wine made solely from the Viognier grape. The wine, at best, is as fleshy, sensual, and satiating as any wine has a right to be. La Doriane by Guigal is my favorite Condrieu; its gorgeous with tightly bound fruit wrapped around a firm mineral core. At about $75 per bottle, it is an indulgence. But its worth every penny with its unctuous peach and apricot flavors, full-body, and reverberating finish. I particularly love it with a fettuccine Alfredo, panfried chicken, and fresh herbs. French Wine 113 393.Chteau Grillet is a very small white wine appellation in the northern Rhne that makes a wine by the same name. It, like Condrieu, is made from 100 percent Viognier, but because the grapes tend to be picked earlier in Chteau Grillet than in Condrieu, the wine is more austere, tart, and lean. Generally, Condrieu delivers better value than Chteau Grillet, although the latter wine can generally age longer.