The Frisky Oyster’s generous corkage policy is bringing in a range of wines for me to taste. This weekend I was able to sample the 2000 Carruades de Lafite, a second label from the Paulliac producer that focuses on merlot. (It was still ruby, young and juicy with that Paulliac austerity.) And some great wines [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘rose’
July 13, 2008
Additive question
This rosé is delicious. It’s bright, clean, fruity and zesty. Visit the producer’s website and you’ll learn that the owners of the estate are Jacques Seysses, founder of Domaine Dujac, and Aubert de Villaine, co-owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, mucky mucks (as my mother would say) from Burgundy. Believing good wine was possible in [...]
June 27, 2008
Take a whiff of Bouké
Lisa Donneson came by the restaurant Wednesday to show off the inaugural release of her wines, the 2007 Bouké white and the 2007 rose.
As the name suggests (bouquet), the aroma of the wine is emphasized and, in the two she’s showing now, is fresh and aromatic.
I bought five cases of the white and will be [...]
