Just a quickie from your faithful if embarrassingly inactive wine blogger.
I am thrilled to announce that three of my favorite wines of 2009, recently absent from our shelves, have returned. As it happens, they are a white, a pink, and a red.
The white is the Ch. de la Dimerie Muscadet. Now some people mistakenly think that Muscadet is sweet, probably because the name is a similar to Muscat, a white family of grapes usually made into dessert wines. Nothing could be further from the truth. Muscadet is bone dry, with crisp, cleansing acidity and lovely minerality. The wine comes from near where the Loire River empties into the Atlantic Ocean, and it's a perfect match for shellfish and other seafood.
The pink is the Domaine Rouge-Bleu Rosé. I love the wines made by Jean-Marc Espinasse, and this was my favorite rosé of the summer. Pale in color, with fruit flavors ranging from strawberry to tart rhubarb, it's refreshing and simply delicious.
The red is the Ch. Beauchene Grande Reserve Côtes du Rhône. We've worked with wines from the Bernard family for years. I have loved a number of their wines, but to my mind, there's never been a better Beauchene wine for the money than this delicious 2007. $12.99! Such a deal.
Okay that's it for today. Well I told you it'd be a quickie.