2011 Chateaux Bellevue - Entre-Deux-MersThis blend of Sauvignon and Semillion grapes is from the Entre-Deux-Mers region of Bordeaux, France.
This is one of the most interesting and complex whites I have come across in a while. Its nuances are so powerful and numerous that every sip is a different experience. It has a powerfully funky nose, one of my club members said "It's like drinking wine and cheese together straight out of the glass." I absolutely love it and it is a tie for the wine of the week this week.
On the more technical side, the winery provides that the wine has notes of peaches and mangoes, with yellow fruit and a crisp body. I agree, but there is so much more underneath.
Pair with pears, asparagus, creamy pasta dishes, sushi.
2012 Paul Mas Picpoul De Pinet
88 Points and Best Buy from Wine & Spirits
Although from Southern France, I couldn't pass up brining this wine in to compare the differences in wine from Bordeaux and wines from Southern France.
This wine is briney, warm and smooth. Crisp, with a nose of apples and citrus. Palate is citrusy with the minerality as the leading character in this wine, smooth, long finish.
Pair with oysters.
2010 Chateau Bellevue Bordeaux Superieur
After being so impressed with the Entre-Deux-Mers I had to bring in the Bordeaux Superior. I must say right out of the gate, I was not impressed overall. While the wine expresses some of the expected traits of a Bordeaux Superior, a structured core, dry tannins, and a spicy nose, this wine delivers on all those points, then it just stops. The finish is nonexistent on this wine.
Disappointed but not heart broken. I would still drink this wine with a heavy steak.
Would like to try other vintages.
2011 Chateau Les Pasquets Rouge Bordeaux
This wine is a beauty! Off the nose a beautiful aroma of black and red fruits with a touch of spice and berry. The palate on this wine is phenomenal, full bodied and smooth, robust fruit with a finish of strawberry jam.
This wine will only get more complex, and I suspect more delicious, with age!
Pair with duck, heavy pasta dishes
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