Recommendation: At best it’s just OK, but I wouldn’t buy it again.
Winery/Producer:Jean-Claude Debeaune, Domaine Lenoir; Romaneche-Thorins, France.
Grape Variety: Chardonnay.
Geographic Region, Appellation: Macon-Villages; Burgundy, France.
Vintage: 2012
Price: $14.44 with a 15% discount.
Purchased From: Total Wine; Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Paired With: Roast turkey in gravy, garlic mashed potatoes, carrots with orange & parsley.
Tasting:
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He said: Chilled before drinking. Dark lemon yellow with just a touch of green color. Faint, musty melon aroma. Under ripe melon and peach taste, than about mid-palate a tartness comes through and ends bitter. It’s not sweet, but it’s not very flavorful and the bitter finish is a little jarring. Soft acidity and a little mineral, but at best it’s just OK, but I wouldn’t buy it again.
She said: Clear lemon yellow color with many irregular spaced poking legs. Very mild aroma if any followed by an equally mild flavor. The body was medium, the mouth-feel dry and smooth, the finish was long but bitter. Not great with the dinner nor good sipping, so I have to give it a thumbs down even at $14.44.
Alcohol: 12.5%
UPC Code: 0 31259 01480 7
Imported by: Saranty Imports; White Plains, New York.
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