From the Cellar
Luis Felipe Edwards 2010 & Chateau Barrail Chevrol 2010 (Chile / France)
21 Jul 2014- Details
- Category: Uncorked Tonight
(April 26, 2014) ... Another dinner and another couple of wines are brought to the table. Appetizer wine is the Luis Felipe Edwards 2011 Gran Reserva Roussanne, this is the kind of wine meant for a guessing game known as 'What's the grape variety' ... Sometimes these can be humbling experiences and with all the tropical fruit, elegant spice and nice acidity, the guess is inevitably Chardonnay, but then there's something extra here: could it be that spiciness? No wait ... Is that a grilled-pineapple note on the mid-palate? This really was an exciting wine worth the screw-cap crack.
Our second bottle was another selection that my buddy Dave from Michigan recommended, he called it a "highly under-valued Bordeaux", the Chateau Barrail Chevrol 2010 Fronsac. Cassis, smoke, white pepper, dark cherry, cedary notes, dry with a kick of spiced plum all while adding touches of coffee and mocha to the finish. Dang that Dave was right again; he never fails to amaze, the good news I'm never surprised.
