WBW#39: Silver Burgundy
I haven’t done a Wine Blog Wednesday in a while for one reason or another. Finally, the stars aligned and I was able to do participate. And it was Burgundy, which certainly is adds incentive.
I didn’t have a huge amount to choose from but I was in Vinopolis a few weeks ago and managed to pick up a the 2005 Domaine de la Folie Rully Clos La Folie. I liked it quite a lot, although I get the feeling it could have used a little more bottle age.
When I first opened it, the nose was very faintly of toasted rice and not much else. After a while it opened up to sweet cooked pear. Flavors of lime, mineral and spice came out after a time, although for the first 20 minutes or so, the alcohol was very noticeable. Fortunately, as the other flavors grew, that seemed less apparent. The finish was fairly long with lemon peel and spice.
Overall, a very good wine for just over $20, it just took a little while to come around. The cooked pear flavor nicely complimented the pork chop with braised apples the wine accompanied.
This was a very nice topic and worth further exploration.
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