Never enough white wines!

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I was joking.

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My collection is almost 50/50. But that wouldn’t mean much if each category was filled with wines from the same region/producers only. I drink a lot of very light reds which i often find less heavy than some of my whites and a better fit for a warm day. But i also love Northern Rhone Syrah’s and Nebbiolo which is a safe bet for large parts of the year here in Denmark.

What i am trying to say is that for me it is not so much about whites versus reds, but how diverse the styles of your collection is.

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You should get to know Dan Petroski and his Massican wines. All whites, Italian varieties. The best.

Full disclosure, Dan is a friend.

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Luis Seabra Xisto Ilimitado

Try this if its available. Very servicable.

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The last few weeks, with Los Angeles turning into the surface of the sun, have basically exhausted all the even remotely reasonably priced white wine I had at home.

I am really going to have to change my buying patterns going forward.

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Not to mention Assyrtiko . The good ones age beautifully. (Eg Sigalas). Avoid the oaked versions.

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I know! But I had this one insane experience on my Insta about me using the word “ghetto” as a descriptor of the area my winery is located (which is a total mess), and it sparked this woke onslaught about what constitutes a ghetto, and “do you know what that word means” etc. Can’t be too careful these days.

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More of a function of when you began your collection in my case and what was considered ageable, since all my White Burgundy would have been squarely in pre-mox era. If I could do it all over again:

40% Red
25% White
30% Champagne/Sparkling
5% Sake

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My go to daily drinker’s are Martin Codax Albarino (Spain) and Paulo da Silva Casal da Azenha (portugeuese). These are fine, but I’m getting increasingly bored of them.

But examples of wines that I find really funky are:

Bodegas Honorio Rubio Rioja Blanca Lias Finas Crianza
Suertes de Marques Trenzado
Suertes de Marques Vidonia
Anything from Envinate (white or red)
Borja Perez “Artifice” Listan Blanco

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Hi Sarah,

I just replied to Guillermo above
I didn’t know how to quote you as well.

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Is this the cheaper one, or the more expensive bottling? I’ve tried the cheaper one and found it cloudy and servicable
but nothing that got me excited.

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So, to summarize, you find funkiness in Canary Islands whites (and one Rioja).

I think the MartĂ­n CĂłdax Albariño is fine but I can see why it’s boring after too much of it.

As I said earlier, I plan to widen my Albariño purchases soon, starting with trying to taste through the Nanclares y Prieto range, since several sound very good. Of course, my go to is the RaĂșl PĂ©rez Atalier, which, if you haven’t tried it, is really more than one step up from entry level Albariños, even from the best producers.

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Exactly what I was going to post!

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Sam Bilbro makes some really good whites under his Idlewild label.

I love drinking his Cortese. It gets a bit of skin contact, but not a ton. Just adds some richness to the texture. Delicious wine, especially with a little bit of age on it (couple of years).

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Currently trying to bring my split to something like:

50% red
30% white
10% sparkles
10% dessert

Having a wife who only drinks red makes things tough


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Those were some examples off the top of my head, but I can certainly see how that list looks like I should be done with wines from the Canary Islands. LOL.

I’d love to try the Raul Perez and am open to any suggestions of crisp, low/no oak white wines. TIA!

Edited to add, I am trying to keep my everyday white wine purchases in the under $20/btl range. Happy to try more expensive bottlings as well, but those would be more weekend type bottles and not bought by the case.

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I thought you once started a thread about how you did not like Chardonnay?

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I’ve since found a few reliable producers that don’t show the characteristics of what I was then bitching about :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

But I feel a re-introduction too steely Chablises is around the corner again. I’ll have to start over from square one and educate myself. :head_bang:

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Trying wines from Chablis producers will be a joy. There are many wonderful ones, like Christian Moreau.

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Oh my. Julien Brocard, Louis Michel, Samuel Billaud, William Fevre and the list goes on and on 


The question I think now with Chablis is identifying the value plays. In the Before Times they pretty much all were. Now, it’s “mixed”.

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