Since hearing that McPherson Cellars in Lubbock had made an Albarino wine, I have been anxious to try it. A silver medal winner in the Dallas Morning News and TEXSOM Competition and the New World International Wine Competition, the McPherson Cellars 2011 Albarino Castano Prado Vineyards has lots of fruit aromas (peaches and stone fruit) and nice acid, providing a well-balanced wine.
This is my kind of summer sipper. It’s only available at the winery in Lubbock and the new 4.0 Cellars winery and tasting room in the Texas Hill Country.
Road trip anyone?
If only I was so clever to come up with this title, but I read this and had to share. Chablis is the Unchard-Chard. Tonight I am tasting a 2009 Jean Marc Brocard Chablis that has green apple notes and tons of wet stone minerality and a touch of saltiness, which, yes, I love.
Like a Chardonnay, it has some creaminess to it, but it hits you with great acidity on the finish — no buttery notes here!
I’m talking about Graves in France, specifically the Pessac-Leognan, which makes dry, minerally Sauvignon Blanc wines. Nice $14 wine from Specs that I need to keep on hand.
With my move this weekend, all of my time is consumed with packing. The best way to survive the chaos is with a beautiful glass of Chablis.
When I was in college, Chablis was my cheap, intro wine. It lost its cache, at least in my mind, and I moved on to other whites. Well, I’m back with Chablis with a vengeance. Chablis wines are made from 100 percent Chardonnay grapes and are known for their minerality and acidity. Now, that’s my kind of wine.
I picked this up at Specs: Les Pargues Chablis 2009, for about $21. It’s spot on…wet gravel….yum.
