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La Vieille Ferme Cotes du Luberon Blanc 2006
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BN#204072 |
Made by the Perrin/Beaucastel family of Châteauneuf-du-Pape fame, this everyday white is made of Grenache Blanc, Bourboulenc, Ugni blanc, and Roussanne. It is clean, crisp, dry, but not too dry and utterly refreshing. White flowers and gentle spices in the nose lead to tangerine, hazelnuts and yellow peach fruit in the mouth. Only 10% of the blend is fermented in oak to add a little roundness.
Wine Advocate
For starters, the bargain hunters out there should check out the screw cap-finished 2006 La Vieille Ferme white, a wonderful blend of Viognier, Vermentino (called Rolle in southern France), and a few other grapes. Crisp, elegant, fresh, with notes of lemon skin intermixed with orange rind and a bit of grapefruit and some other tropical fruit, it is dry, fruity, and delicious.
Score: 87.
—Robert Parker,
October
2007.
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