Wine Reviews

This is a bit lighter in both color and palate weight than most Tavel rosés, but it is quite generous in flavor, with fruit recalling ripe wild strawberries and pie cherries. The wine’s acidity is so finely interlaced with the fruit flavors that it doesn’t stand out as a distinct element, yet it continues to provide lift and drive to the flavors through a persistent and proportional finish.

This wine’s beautiful ruby color displays an unwillingness to tilt toward the wildly popular style of Provence, and it is followed up by wonderfully deep flavors recalling pomegranate and ripe red cherry that remain fresh thanks to a streak of acidity that continues through the finish.

Stylishly subtle accents of baking spices, toast and vanilla are well measured in relation to the wine’s medium-bodied profile, keeping it fresh and enjoyable for sipping as an aperitif but also providing a bit of added structure for enjoyment at the table.

Chenin Blanc from Vouvray can be a terrific crowd-pleaser, as in this instance. Faintly floral aromas get it off to an appealing start, and flavors of orchard fruits are enhanced by a faint streak of wild honey that is counterbalanced by refreshing acidity.

The fruit profile in this delicious and refreshing wine does indeed mimic Sancerre, with grapefruit and lime flavors accented by aromas of dried herbs and freshly cut grass. It isn’t as mineral as fine Sancerre but rings up for half the price.