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2007 Domaine Labet Chardonnay Fleur de Marne La Bardette
3/15/2021 - Canuckgiver Likes this wine: 92 Points
After bemoaning the fact that most all roasted chicken recipes start with a 3 lb chicken, we stuffed and coated our 6 ½ lb chicken with butter, thyme, shallots, garlic and rosemary and into the oven it went , after we had looked for a wine to match the meal, which included roasted carrots (also cooking at 425 degrees), and Armenian Imperial Rice Pilaf.
Poulet de Bresse has the reputation as the finest poultry in France, and investigating what they drink with it, there were multiple mentions of aged Jura white. For burgundy fans these wines are produced around 45 miles southeast of Corton-Charlemagne. Along with the oxidative Savagnin-based Vin Jaune of the region, both the Chardonnay and Red (Poulsard, Trousseau, Pinot Noir) wines can sometimes offer 25-50 year cellar lives. We chose 2007 Domaine Labet Côtes du Jura Fleur de Marne La Bardette and gave it about a thirty-minute decant.
…yes, it really did have that gorgeous orange-yellow color, and was crystal clear. Although some aged Jura Chardonnay can experience premature oxidation, there was no premox to be found here. What faint fruit that could be coaxed from the nose was of a tropical (pineapple) persuasion, but the real beauty was on the palate. With a honeyed (but not sweet) entrance, the acid-enough matched the butter, while the herbs in/on the chicken provided a complement to the wine, and fennel/anise was followed by fig and hazelnut on the long finish. There was no oak acknowledged, but still, the wine retained a crisp ‘backbone’ that supported the full flavor without a Chablis-like citrus ‘tang’.
It would be hard for me to classify most white wines in the ‘savory’ category, but the complement to the roasted chicken was undeniable, and we thoroughly enjoyed the combination. Without a scoring sheet in front of us, I can imagine this earning an 18/18.5 rating…
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2005 Domaine Durieu Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Lucile Avril
6/5/2020 - Canuckgiver Likes this wine: 91 Points
We worried that this 375 was past its prime, but with 15 minutes of air, it sang a Grenache song of its people. Black Raspberry and Kirsch filled the nose and palate; it was rich, without seeming candied or port-like.
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2007 Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss Gewurztraminer Kritt Les Charmes
6/2/2020 - Canuckgiver Likes this wine: 88 Points
Not oxidized at all, made a good counterpoint to butter chicken over rice. Slightly sweeter than we would prefer, but otherwise the floral and spicy characters were in place and fulfilled their roles as expected...
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