It was a good wine weekend.
2021 Ch“teau Yvonne Saumur Blanc
This was great. It’s been years since I drank the Yvonne wines. In the 00s, I remember them being ripe pumped up and oaky. Since then, the ownership has changed, so it might as well be a different winery. This was modern and stylish, with ripe succulent fruit and suave layers of texture. But also a decent amount of refined crisp structure for its 13.5%, and I could detect the chenin cepage.
This limestone inflected wine was exactly what I wanted to drink, a great middle-ground between Touraine and Anjou, and a lovely match with monkfish, roasted potatoes and sautéed maitake and spinach.
Anyone have insight on aging this cuvee? Seems plausible, although I suppose Le Gory is the stacked bottling.
2015 Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Serpentières
Gorgeous. Juicy pinot berry fruit with silky mineral precision in the structure. This makes me wonder if I am a lower-rent Côte de Beaune palate at heart, because it hits deep in the brain, with more delicacy than those deeply-fruited obvious Côte de Nuits wines.
Obviously I exaggerate, but the point is that this gives me the pleasure I want in Burgundy. Strawberry jewels, some 2015 ripeness, some delicacy and depth to the texture. I suppose it will evolve further, but I had so much fun right now, I won’t hesitate to open the rest of my bottles. A lovely match with golden beet, maitake, kale and tomato pizza, plus roasted oyster mushrooms and red cabbage salad on the side. This has layers.
2021 Ch“teau Yvonne Saumur Blanc
This was great. It’s been years since I drank the Yvonne wines. In the 00s, I remember them being ripe pumped up and oaky. Since then, the ownership has changed, so it might as well be a different winery. This was modern and stylish, with ripe succulent fruit and suave layers of texture. But also a decent amount of refined crisp structure for its 13.5%, and I could detect the chenin cepage.
This limestone inflected wine was exactly what I wanted to drink, a great middle-ground between Touraine and Anjou, and a lovely match with monkfish, roasted potatoes and sautéed maitake and spinach.
Anyone have insight on aging this cuvee? Seems plausible, although I suppose Le Gory is the stacked bottling.
2015 Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Serpentières
Gorgeous. Juicy pinot berry fruit with silky mineral precision in the structure. This makes me wonder if I am a lower-rent Côte de Beaune palate at heart, because it hits deep in the brain, with more delicacy than those deeply-fruited obvious Côte de Nuits wines.
Obviously I exaggerate, but the point is that this gives me the pleasure I want in Burgundy. Strawberry jewels, some 2015 ripeness, some delicacy and depth to the texture. I suppose it will evolve further, but I had so much fun right now, I won’t hesitate to open the rest of my bottles. A lovely match with golden beet, maitake, kale and tomato pizza, plus roasted oyster mushrooms and red cabbage salad on the side. This has layers.