We tried these two over the weekend:
1. Dom.Ozil Bois Blanc VdF/Ardeche (13%; Natural Wine; 70% Marsanne/30% SauvBlanc; CamilleRiviere Slctns; Fruit of the Vines/LongIslandCity; 7 days of skin-contact; U/U) Thomas&Jean Daniel/Ardeche 2020: Deep copper/bit burnished bronze quite hazy/cloudy color; some phenolic/VM/resiny quite earthy rather coarse somewhat funky/natty/bit unclean little Marsanne fruit nose; lightly tart some rich/textured fairly VM/resiny/phenolic fairly strong natty/funky some mousey/unclean rather coarse flavor w/ no Marsanne character; fairly long light VM/phenolic/resiny pretty natty/unclean/funky coarse/earthy finish; some VM/skin-contact character but too much natty/unclean character for my tastes. $26.50 (KK)
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2. LaFerme du Vert L'AngeLou Blanc Bulle Sparkling WW (12.5%; 100% MauzacVert; 13%; Methode Ancestrale; CaMille Riviere Slctns; Fruit of the Vines; LaFermeDuVert.com) Jerome Galaup/Castelnau de Montmiral/Gaillac 2020: Loads of foam that dissipates in a froth w/ plenty of tiny bubbles; med.gold color; strong yeasty/bready bit earthy lightly floral/dandelions quite pretty Champagne nose; quite frizzante/foamy light breezy bit yeasty/bready lightly earthy/vit coarse quite pleasant sparkling wine flavor; very long light earthy rather bready/yeasty bit floral finish; quite a nice sparkler but not as elegant as a Champagne; a bit of earthy/coarse character that resembles some the Gruet sparklers when they were a NM wine; can't tell what MauzacVent is like from this wine; this is a natural wine but is perfectly clean & shows no natty character at all. $25.50 (KK)
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3. Gonet-Medeville Champagne Premieur Cru Tradition Brut (12.5%; Degorge Oct 2020; Martines Wine Imprts/Novato) Bisseuil/Ay NV: Med.gold color; very strong persistent bubbles that keep going on for over an hour; beautiful very fragrant yeasty/Champagne/fresh bread slight chalky/mineral very delicate/elegant nose; very tart/tangy petilliant some yeasty/fresh bread some chalky/mineral delicate bit complex flavor; very long/lingering strong yeasty/bready/fresh bread some chalky/mineral delicate/elegant finish; a beautiful elegant/delicate Champagne; been a long time since I've had one this good.
$49.00 (KK)
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Last week, I met the ambassadrice for Phillipe Gonet Champagnes, so wanted to try one of her sparklers. Alas, this Gonet-Medeville has no relation to her Gonet, which doesn't appear to be brought into NM.
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2. Champagne: Is not something I make a habit of drinking at table. Usually I'm served it as a pre-dinner apertif & don't pay much attention to it; just slam it back. To me, the process dominates the wine & unless I'm tasting several side-by-side, I can't identify much that makes one unique to the other. My vocabulary just isn't up to tasting Champagne. But this G-M was one of the best I can recall in some time.
Tom
