WTN: Happy 327th Birthday, JS Bach!

To celebrate the greatest of all composers I tried to find a wine in my local Alko that would smell mineral like brook. The closest I could come up with was de Ladoucette Pouilly-Fumé 2008. To my astonishment, it wasn't really mineral at all nor did it smell like a mountain stream or brook. Instead it was strikingly aromatic and fruit-driven with a good deal of crunchiness - it actually reminded me more of Riesling than Sauvignon Blanc. How odd. But I'm not complaining.


And finally some Bach played by the great flautist Wilbert Hazelzet: Solo Flute Partita

To celebrate the greatest of all composers I tried to find a wine in my local Alko that would smell mineral like brook. The closest I could come up with was de Ladoucette Pouilly-Fumé 2008. To my astonishment, it wasn't really mineral at all nor did it smell like a mountain stream or brook. Instead it was strikingly aromatic and fruit-driven with a good deal of crunchiness - it actually reminded me more of Riesling than Sauvignon Blanc. How odd. But I'm not complaining.

Funny, he doesn't look a day over 60 Your Pouilly-Fumé sounds most interesting, though.

Mark Lipton

Yeah, it was a weird experience. A couple times in a blind tasting I've been puzzling over whether a wine is SB or Riesling but with the label showing I am surprised at how Riesling-like this felt to me.