One of these day's I'll take a proper picture of the wine of the week. Just not this day, I guess. As the title says, the wine of this past week is a Clairette de Bellegrade, from Mas Carlot. It's the first time I am aware of trying a wine made from the clairette grape.How was it? Pretty good, actually. The color was a bit lighter than how it looks in the picture. Not real big on aromas, it smelled of flowers and fruits with a slight bit of almonds. The initial impression in the mouth was one of smooth pear, grapefruit, oak, and more almond. Then the acidity kicked in to make it a refreshing quaff. What I liked was the persistence of flavors and all the components being in harmony.
For $7.99 from the L.A. Wine Company, this had good QPR and gets two thumbs up. It's a flavorful, balanced and different kind of wine, worth giving it a try! I noticed that I seem to be the only one using Cellar Tracker who has listed this particular bottling.
Next week: a wine I've been looking forward to uncorking. Also, I'll try and take a decent picture of it!
4 comments:
Clairette--never had it! Hat's off to you for finding one. It sounds very intriguing, and I'll have my radar tuned to it in future. Thanks for the review!
Thanks, Deb! I never heard of this grape or domain, but it was listed on the L.A. Wine Company website in the Under $12 category so I bit (drank, I guess). I thought it was pretty tasty.
I am SO GLAD I stumbled here. Your blog is essential. There's nothing worse than bringing home undrinkable wine.
Janbee: I would recommend giving this wine a try. It's the kind of wine that gets more interesting as you roll it around in your mouth, and also changes as it warms up - definitely not a one-dimensional fruit bomb type; I liken it to the kind of wine that Kermit Lynch likes to write about.
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