Tuesday, June 18, 2019

2016 Finca Olivardots Groc d'amfora from Grey and White Grenache and Macaebo

Has the milky smell of    …. Arneis and Grenache Blanc, open-mouthed and air-filled. Clear, pale gold ordeep gold in colour. Long palate, which says, again, open, open, yet cloud-filled perhaps. Not the bestest of best Grenache Blanc I have tried, but that grape is undercut by the addition of the Macaebo.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Bodegas Nodus Blanco Joven Ecologico En La Parra

This wine, a surprising combination of Chardonnay and Moscatel, is a lovely clear gold in colour, with the barest hint of pink. It has a musky, pineapple perfume, perhaps peanutty too.  (No, no sweetness, unless very far away, from the Muscat.) A smooth, delightful palate with welcoming length of summer-cooling 'riverness' and a repetition of perhaps tart: pineapple, and a pine song added. A terrific summer wine … for … definitely fish: white bait, sardines? A gorgeous label features inviting award icons: birds, butterflies, a floral-headed 1930s-40's black-and-white Hollywood siren on an pale-teal blue label with red and yellow highlights.

I bought it from Aldi's Lismore store! (Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia)