Extracted from a thread just posted: 4 wines tasted blind at dinner: the shockingly good NV Talbott Brut, 2014 Talley Rosemary Chardonnay, 2010 Unico and 2014 Michel Gaunoux Corton-Renardes
Here’s a consistently fine sparkling wine that is guaranteed to surprise you in a blind format:
NV TALBOTT VINEYARDS SPARKLING BRUT- blind; a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir; following its light yellow color came super mellow aromas of citrus dominate fruit with lemon most enhanced with a nice spicy accent; once tasted, it gave more of the same while exuding elegance and charm, some richness and perfect balance; at this point, I mentioned this had the possibility of being the Talbott as we’ve had it before blind and it had always shown exceedingly well and been compared to top tier champagnes; but, this came off to me as a blanc de blanc and therefore I was not strongly convicted and acquiesced calling it 2006 Taittinger Comtes, among others, as I’ve done before; once this was revealed, I more subjectively experienced it did not posses as much complexity and depth, but it sure was good and satisfying and unlike most other sparkling wines I’ve had; also, this was low in acidity and that made even my 2nd guess of the 2008 Laurent-Perrier less feasible; we all loved this so much the first time we had it, we each bought a fair amount after one of our members made a special trip to the winery to make the purchase; this is consistently good juice and I had the thought it would be the perfect hot summer evening bubbly to quench any thirst. I welcome another opportunity to taste this blind and actually recognize it.
Cheers,
Blake
