WTN: Texier CdR Brezeme Blanc '01...(short/boring)

Tried this last night at our wine group's ChristmasParty:
1. EricTexier Cotes du Rhone Brezeme Blanc (100% Roussanne; Non-filtre; 13%) 2001: Light gold color w/ slight cloudiness; very interesting gunflint/Mosel valve oil/waxy light R-like/floral some honeysuckle/Roussanne very perfumed complex nose; fairly tart rather mineraly/gunflint/valve oil fairly rich/lush waxy/floral/honeysuckle/Roussanne slight honeyed flavor; very long flinty/mineral light floral/honeysuckle/Roussanne/waxy quite perfumed complex finish; amazingly youthful. $24.00
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A wee BP:
1. EricTexier's Rhone wines are consistently some of my favorites. Alas, don't see them much anymore here in NM. They tend to be quite different from many other Rhones, particularly because of their high acidity levels. I was particularly struck by the youthfullness of this Roussaanne; it showed none of the slightly oxidized/toasted hazelnutty character that most 9-yr old Calif Roussannes would show. I wouldn't be at all surprised that this wine is still very much alive 5-10 yrs down the road. Another terrific Texier wine.
Tom

[David M. Bueker]

Thanks Tom. Eric does some amazing things with a wide array of wines. I wish I had come to them sooner.

[Jenise]

Thanks Tom. Eric does some amazing things with a wide array of wines. I wish I had come to them sooner.

Me too, David. And it really pained me that when we were in Provence, we all got too sick to travel further than a few klicks from home many days--we'd planned to go visit Eric. That was probably all the better for him since he was in the middle of harvest, but he was the winemaker I wanted most to meet.