Chateau Blanc – Á mon pere, 2004
I bought this wine at Roussillon few years ago in Lubéron, at the Ventoux mountains which is a quite impressive landscape in Provence and the owner of the winery was an extremely friendly nice guy I forgot thename of (the one who dedicated the wine to its father). If you’re visiting CdP, perhaps you should take these few kilometers and visit one of the best kept secrets of Provence. 
The wine has a deep ruby color with purplish reflections. Beautiful, intense and it has a lively move in the glass. The wine has a not very intense, but elegant fruity bouquet mingled with dried spices and a good deal of minerality. I love its complexity and its deepness. There is a woody element in it too in the back. As it opens more, sour cherry stewed in cognac on the nose.
On the palate it’s medium full with blueberry and nectarine with berry fruit sour acidity which is enough, although too short. It has a sour cherry finish with long burning alcohol. The wine is very dry with soft tannins. I like very much the vinious character which is always present.
The next day with a smoky nose and a little bit bitterness on the palate the wine could almost keep its good shape.
I would put this wine into the same league with Ráspi’s Mágus Cuvée from 2006 in terms of price, value and character.
Score: 6-/6
Price: EUR 10,5 (at the producer)
Tags: fair price, red
December 1st, 2008 at 4:18 am
Hungarian friend, I’m sending you a spectacular Chilean wine, now even more on account of WS.
Please, send an icon of your country.
Hugs
Paulo
http://nossovinho.com/
December 1st, 2008 at 4:23 am
That is the right link
http://nossovinho.com/?p=900
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:50 am
Hi Paulo,
I’m just asking for curiosity: the 3 hours you suggest for this wine “por decantar” – is it normal (I mean “average”
or is there a special reason this time?
Yours,
Xabi