Vintage Cellar Selections April 6

Going on Saturday mornings is nice, you get the good stuff! I forgot to take a picture this week so here's a picture of my notes. Sorry...

Dom de la Louvetrie Muscadet
$15.95/bottle

They say: Jo Landron's Muscadet Sevre et Main is from a beautiful walled vineyard sloping towards the Sevre, with clay, sand and quartz stones over a bedrock of Orthogneiss. The vines average 40 to 50 years of age, the vineyard is certified organic and biodynamic and gives very low yields. Always one of my favorite Muscadets, the 2011 is superb with citrus, pear and herbals aromas with a bit of smoke and sea-salt. The palate is dense and very long with fabulous acidity. It will provide exhilarating early drinking and will be very interesting in 20 years as well.

Smell; Full and acidic. Lots of salt water.
Taste: Bitter! A little sugary, tasted like nothing but bitterness. Probably great with seafood. Easy to forget.

Thierry Delaunay
Sauvignon Blanc
$10.95/bottle

They say: Sauvignon Blanc from France's Loire Valley are wonderfully aromatic and bursting with minerality and freshness. Theirry Dalaunay harnasses these characters magnificently in their Sauvignon Blanc from the Touraine sub-region that borders Vouvray. Clay and gravelly soils help give this great sauvignon its zest and complexity.

Smell: Gooooorgeous bouquet! Fruity and flowery.
Taste: Easy to drink. Soft on the palate. Lots of tangerine and strawberry. Loved this, especially for the price. Definitely worth buying.

Dom Vincent Dampt
Chablish
$21.95

They say: Expreses our Chablis minerality and fruity so characteristic in its name. A wine with good balance and complex from old vines of our plot located between the coast and Vaillons Lechet. A wine for all occasions!

Smell: Straight roses. Just...rose water.
Taste: Berries. Why was this $22? I'm not a Chablis person. Way too sweet and sticky.

Villa da Filicaga
Chianti Superiore
$12.95

They say: Chianti Superiore DOCG "Conte Andrea" is the product of first choice Sangiovese grapes from our best vineyards. It rests for 12 months in barrels of white oak, producing a very spcial high standard Chianti Superiore.

Smell: Rubbing alcohol, chili powder. Ew Ew ew ew ew like old christmas candy that has been sitting around for too long.
Taste: Straight up cough syrup. Hard pass.