It was a good wine weekend.
2021 Château Yvonne Saumur Blanc
This was great. It’s been years since I drank the Yvonne wines. In the 00s, I remember them being ripe pumped up and oaky. Since then, the ownership has changed, so it might as well be a different winery. This was modern and stylish, with ripe succulent fruit and suave layers of texture. But also a decent amount of refined crisp structure for its 13.5%, and I could detect the chenin cepage.
This limestone inflected wine was exactly what I wanted to drink, a great middle-ground between Touraine and Anjou, and a lovely match with monkfish, roasted potatoes and sautéed maitake and spinach.
Anyone have insight on aging this cuvee? Seems plausible, although I suppose Le Gory is the stacked bottling.
2015 Pierre Guillemot Savigny-lès-Beaune Aux Serpentières
Gorgeous. Juicy pinot berry fruit with silky mineral precision in the structure. This makes me wonder if I am a lower-rent Côte de Beaune palate at heart, because it hits deep in the brain, with more delicacy than those deeply-fruited obvious Côte de Nuits wines.
Obviously I exaggerate, but the point is that this gives me the pleasure I want in Burgundy. Strawberry jewels, some 2015 ripeness, some delicacy and depth to the texture. I suppose it will evolve further, but I had so much fun right now, I won’t hesitate to open the rest of my bottles. A lovely match with golden beet, maitake, kale and tomato pizza, plus roasted oyster mushrooms and red cabbage salad on the side. This has layers.