Tasting: Cool-Climate Wines

Tasting Report

"Cool-climate wines": discover the tasting report by Didier Frayssou from our Oenoschool tasting of January 10, 2016, and enjoy our notes on 10 different great wines!

Domaine de Belluard Ayse Brut

An old gold color and a very ripe nose with notes of candied citrus, baked apple, and dried fruit. This wine has a beautiful concentration with sustained acidity. The finish is very slightly bitter. A truly beautiful sparkling wine!

Domaine du Pélican Chardonnay 2014

The color is pale yellow. The nose, sulphurous (matchstick, smoky, toasted), delivers aromas of citrus and white fruits. The palate has great acidity and a beautiful straightforwardness on white fruits, citrus, and peach skin. Long and balanced, this wine nevertheless requires a great deal of time to deliver its full complexity and to dispel the bottling character still very much perceptible.

Domaine Tissot La Mailloche (Arbois) 2010

The color is evolved and golden. A very complex nose of greengage plum, mirabelle, apricot, baked apple, and dried fruit, also delivering floral notes and cream. The palate, with great volume and well-present acidity, offers a long finish on almond.

Ganevat Chamois du Paradis 2011

A pale yellow color. A complex but moderately intense nose of candied citrus, white fruits, flowers, cream, and butter, with a slight toasted note. A wine endowed with a very fine acidity/alcohol balance, possessing the concentration and length that still merit patience to be fully enjoyed.

Buronfosse Savagnin Ouillé « Entre Deux » 2012.

The color is a more pronounced pale yellow than the previous bottle. The nose is toasted, floral, even vegetal, with notes of dried fruit. On the palate, the wine is straight with very sustained acidity, but far less integrated than in the previous ones.

Domaine Finot « Etraire de la Dhuy » (this is the name of the red grape variety) 2015

The color is violet and the nose expressive: one finds small red fruits (raspberry, wild strawberry, cherry), but also vegetal notes, pepper, and violet. The palate is simple, the body light, with moderate complexity and sustained acidity.

Domaine des Côtes Rousses Coteau de la Mort Mondeuse 2015

An intensely violet, very concentrated color. The nose is slightly animal but also delivers notes of pepper, blackberry, chocolate, and crushed strawberry. On the palate, although the overall balance is good, the tannins are very firm and the finish quite drying. This wine deserves to be drunk with food or to benefit from long aging.

Bernard Arbois Pupillin Trousseau Le Ginglet 2015

The color is hazy, of low intensity with brick-red hues. The nose is still fermentative but also delivers delicate floral notes and blood orange. The palate is very light, not very complex, with very light tannins. Aeration does it a world of good.

Camille Loye Arbois 1988

The color is intense and evolved. The nose is oxidized (despite irreproachable storage in chalk cellars), with notes of port and very cooked fruit. On the palate the acidity is sustained, the body balanced, but aromas of maderization are also dominant.

Dupasquier Altesse 2011

The color is a fairly pronounced gold. On the nose, one perceives aromas of liquorice, quince, pear, flowers, and pepper. The palate reveals a hint of sweetness on a very beautiful volume, supported by effective acidity and good length. A very beautiful wine in the making. Tempted by purchasing great cool-climate wines? Discover our selection at the best prices on Vins & Millésimes!