news: may 2012
in the pipeline…
Summertime aperitif is perfect with Jacques Petit's wonderful Pineau des Charentes over ice -- more here...Just released! — The return of the superb Gigondas 2007 from Anne-Marie Gaudin, along with her very lovely Côtes du Rhone 2010. -- more here
More of the excellent 2009 Pinot Noir 'Chanceroy' Vieilles Vignes
from Maison Mallard Gaulin -- tasting notes here...
Our first consignment order from Anne Gros and Jean-Paul Tollot: 2008 Les Fontanilles Minervois (RP: 92). Our tasters were wowed by the complexity and finess of these wines — this wonderful bottling seemed the place to start -- more here...
vintages
buys Rolly gassmann…
We're
expecting two wines from the Gassmanns to be available by the
bottle(!) through the LCBO Vintages program in the fall 2012. The superb Gewürtztraminer
Stregreben 2009 (RP: 90) should be in the September 14 store
release, while Sylvaner
Wiengarten 2009 (RP:88) will be
available on-line.Meanwhile… in Consignment:
reisling
réserve millieséme 2008
We tasted the 2008 on this 'side of the water' recently and it was a
delight -- an excellent companion to shrimp sauted in garlic,
w/mushrooms, rice and asparagus! The fruit noted in the wonderfully
accurate 90 point Parker review (here) is
evident on the nose and early palate where it hints at sweetness, but
the closing, snappy citrus finish slices through at the very long
finish -- wonderful wine for the table!
auxerrois moenchereben 2007
Most often Auxerrois is blended into Pinot Blanc in Alsace --
but here the Gassmanns use it alone from the legendary
Moenchereben vineyard
to produce one of our favourite wines. Once again David Schildknecht
says it all: (RP: 90/100 here…).
Yes, it's sweet, and it will
startle the uninitiated, but those who fall under its spell will marvel
at the lifted complexity of the nose, the luxurious palate, and the
sustained bitter-sweetness of the finish.