Oswaldo Costa
Oswaldo Costa
2006 Domaine de Chassorney (Fréderic Cossard) Bourgogne Bigotes 12.5%
Flint, apple cider and meat. Fruity, with fine acidity. With air, warmth and food, thyme makes an appearance. Cliché-busting, ethereal and delicious.
2004 Domaine Valette Pouilly Fuissé Tradition 13.5%
Attractive oxidative aromas. Thick and chewy, satisfying mouth feel. Doesn’t deliver much in the way of distinct descriptors, but the gestalt nestled prettily.
2010 Marcel Lapierre Raisins Gaulois 12.5%
Sweet cherry and iodine. Luscious and delicious. Straightforward, but finger lickin’ good. Could drink this by the bucket.
2004 Jean-Paul Thévenet Morgon Vieilles Vignes 13.0%
Pungent, complex aromas, but no longer showing the church spices of yore. Tastes ripe, substantial, mature; probably beginning a slow descent from its peak. Has an infinitesimal Mme de Poopadour note that, in such tiny doses, comes across as quaintly splendid.
2000 Domaine Rousset-Peyraguey Crème de Tête Sauternes 13.5%
From grapes farmed biodynamically. Standard honey and apricot, with bread dough and model airplane glue/epoxy. Initially more sweet than acid, but falls into balance with dessert. Quite attractive, actually.
A biodynamically farmed Sauternes must still require significant SO2 or micro filtering, but there is no mention of either in the winery’s website. The label, after saying that the grapes are Ecocert/Demeter certified, etc., says, somewhat disingenuously (seems to me), "this wine contains traces of SO2, resulting from the natural sulfur present in volcanic minerals. To preserve the quality and diversity of aromas, this wine was neither filtered nor fined, and respects the specificity of our land, as well as the noble yeasts of our terroir."
Flint, apple cider and meat. Fruity, with fine acidity. With air, warmth and food, thyme makes an appearance. Cliché-busting, ethereal and delicious.
2004 Domaine Valette Pouilly Fuissé Tradition 13.5%
Attractive oxidative aromas. Thick and chewy, satisfying mouth feel. Doesn’t deliver much in the way of distinct descriptors, but the gestalt nestled prettily.
2010 Marcel Lapierre Raisins Gaulois 12.5%
Sweet cherry and iodine. Luscious and delicious. Straightforward, but finger lickin’ good. Could drink this by the bucket.
2004 Jean-Paul Thévenet Morgon Vieilles Vignes 13.0%
Pungent, complex aromas, but no longer showing the church spices of yore. Tastes ripe, substantial, mature; probably beginning a slow descent from its peak. Has an infinitesimal Mme de Poopadour note that, in such tiny doses, comes across as quaintly splendid.
2000 Domaine Rousset-Peyraguey Crème de Tête Sauternes 13.5%
From grapes farmed biodynamically. Standard honey and apricot, with bread dough and model airplane glue/epoxy. Initially more sweet than acid, but falls into balance with dessert. Quite attractive, actually.
A biodynamically farmed Sauternes must still require significant SO2 or micro filtering, but there is no mention of either in the winery’s website. The label, after saying that the grapes are Ecocert/Demeter certified, etc., says, somewhat disingenuously (seems to me), "this wine contains traces of SO2, resulting from the natural sulfur present in volcanic minerals. To preserve the quality and diversity of aromas, this wine was neither filtered nor fined, and respects the specificity of our land, as well as the noble yeasts of our terroir."