Now I'm not suggesting for a minute that the wine writers at The Age are monitoring this blog with a Patriot Act like fervour, and I'm sure it's just coincidence that Saturday's A2 supplement featured Chenin Blanc in their wine section following my short, but oh so sweet, post on the subject last week.
The Age recommended a couple of bottles from Vouvray, probably because it's the popular destination for Chenin, but I say Vouvray Schmouvray. Get to Europa Cellars and ask for a bottle of the excellent Domaine des Baumard Savienneres Clos St Yves 2005. It's a terrific wine that's wonderfully textural, with characters of citrus, honey and toasty nuts. I'm probably guilty of using the word structure too often but in this case I think I can get away with it. The line and length are fantastic, there's a lovely minerallity to it and to quote Vanilla Ice, it flows like a hawk. I know that $44 can probably buy you decent pornography, but it's a great food wine and you can't buy anything from Australia like this. The Wine Spectator gave this 90 points and as Sarah Palin might say, it's darn tootin'.
I'll be back shortly to talk more merlot, until then I'm off to count how many supperlatives I've managed to shoehorn into this post. Be seeing you.
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