Trendy right now? Oh you sweet summer child.
Well, one of the greatest sources is this place called Wine Berserkers, I donât know if youâve heard of it. They have a search function with which you can find all kinds of great results, like these two threads full of tasting notes:
So one hot summerâs day last year we went through these Jurassic dinosaur wines that probably shouldnât exist anymore, but fortunately the producers in Jura donât listen.
So, lots of Vin Jaunes and Château-Chalons with one introductory blind fizz and then a bunch of extras the attendees had brought with them.
I assume everybody should know what Vin Jaunes and Château-Chalons are by now, but in case someone has managed to miss out the details:
The wines are always 100% Savagnin, typically picâŚ
âŚor at least wines made very oxidatively!
And here âoxidatively madeâ doesnât mean that the wines are just aged for a very long time in topped-up barrels, like Lopez de Herediaâs ViĂąa Tondonia Gran Reserva Blanco, Marques de Murrietaâs Castillo Ygay Blanco Gran Reserva Especial or Ganevatâs Les Vignes de Mon PĂŠre, that get slowly oxidized through the wood. No, all these wines (bar the last two blinds) were made deliberately in the presence of oxygen without any attempt to protect the wine from âŚ
I donât know about you, but I think the guy who wrote those tasting notes really seems to know his stuff!
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