Tasting of the week

Every third Thursday in November, France (and not only, since bottles of Beaujolais Nouveau are shipped around the world on the eve of the holiday) celebrates Beaujolais Nouveau Day – the young wine of the current vintage, which is the first to go on sale in the same year. And this is the only wine of a protected designation that can have a year on the label, while other wines of French appellations have not yet completed the production process and can only go on the market in a few months.

Today, I am adding another wine to the collection of volcanic wine tastings. Produced by the emblematic Auvergne estate, Desprat St-Verny, this lively, mineral and round white is made from Pinot Gris and Chardonnay, which grow in the heart of the Auvergne volcanoes, on clay-limestone soils.

Tasting a Georgian amber wine from the Kisi grape variety. An excellent example of the typical profile of a wine produced by the traditional Georgian qvevri winemaking technique.

A refined gastronomic rosé wine made from the Gamay grape variety from the Auvergne region.

Дегустация сухого белого вина из сорта Шенан малоизвестного аппелласьона Долины Луары - Montlouis-sur-Loire (Монлуи-сюр-Луар)

If you haven't tried it, you've probably heard of blue "wine" - a relatively recent invention that, if it hasn't revolutionized the wine world, has certainly attracted attention. What is this drink that looks more like a curacao-based cocktail, why is it this color, and is it worth trying? The answers are in this article.

This Barolo is one of the wines from my collection that requires patience, which will definitely be rewarded if you taste such beverages at the best moment, at the peak of their development. This bottle attracted my attention long time ago, but knowing the characteristics of Barolo and their potential for aging, I firmly decided to wait until it would have at least fifteen years old. It would be a shame to open such wine before it fully opens up. The reward for patience was a unique, harmonious wine with a strong structure and a complex, developed, but not faded bouquet.

Tasting of a blue sparkling drink based on wine (from the "blue wine" series). This time the label honestly states that it is a cocktail, not a wine.

Tasting dry white wine from Sauternes. The appellation produces sweet white wines with minimal sweetness. But on its territory, dry white wines are also produced, but under the name "dry white Bordeaux" (Bordeaux Blanc Sec).

Абрау-Дюрсо – знаменитый российский винный бренд, известный, прежде всего, своими игристыми напитками, но выпускающий также и тихие вина. Мне всегда интересно дегустировать российские вина одного производителя и наблюдать, как они развиваются (в плане созревания в бутылке и усовершенствования применяемых технологий), а некоторые кюве я дегустирую даже каждый год. Одно из таких вин – игристое Abrau-Durso Brut d’Or Blanc de Blancs.