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 thus benefit from our opinion on 10 different great wines!

Domaine de Belluard Ayse Brut

An old gold robe and a very ripe nose with notes of candied citrus, cooked apples and dried fruits. This wine has a beautiful concentration on sustained acidity. The finish is very slightly bitter. A very beautiful sparkling wine!

Domaine du Pélican Chardonnay 2014

The robe is pale yellow. The nose, sulfured (match, smoked, toasted), delivers aromas of citrus and white fruits. The palate is of great acidity and beautiful straightness on white fruits, citrus and peach skin. Long and balanced, this wine however deserves much time to deliver all its complexity and dissipate the bottling still quite perceptible.

Domaine Tissot La Mailloche (Arbois) 2010

The robe is evolved and golden. A very complex nose of greengage plum, mirabelle plum, apricot, cooked apple and dried fruits, but 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 robe. A complex but moderately intense nose on candied citrus, white fruits, flowers, cream and butter, with a slight toast. A wine endowed with a very beautiful acidity/alcohol balance possessing the concentration and length that still deserve patience to fully enjoy it.

Buronfosse Savagnin Ouillé "Entre Deux" 2012.

The robe is a more sustained pale yellow than the previous bottle. The nose is toasted, floral even vegetal, with notes of dried fruits. On the palate, the wine is straight with very sustained acidity, but much less integrated than on the previous ones.

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

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

Domaine des Côtes Rousses Coteau de la Mort Mondeuse 2015

Robe of an intense purple, very concentrated. The nose is slightly animal but also delivers notes of pepper, blackberry, chocolate and crushed strawberry. On the palate, even if the whole is well balanced, the tannins are very firm and the finish quite drying. This wine deserves to be drunk while eating or to benefit from long aging.

Bernard Arbois Pupillin Trousseau Le Ginglet 2015

The robe is cloudy, of low intensity with brick reflections. The nose is still fermentary but also delivers delicate floral notes and blood orange. The palate is very light, not very complex and with very light tannins. Aeration does it the greatest good.

Camille Loye Arbois 1988

The robe is intense and evolved. The nose is oxidized (despite impeccable conservation in chalk cellars), with notes of port and very cooked fruits. On the palate the acidity is sustained, the body balanced but the aromas of maderization also dominate.

Dupasquier Altesse 2011

The robe is quite marked gold. On the nose, one perceives aromas of licorice, quince, pear, flowers and pepper. The palate reveals a touch of sugar on a very beautiful volume, supported by effective acidity and good length. A very beautiful wine in the making. Tempted to purchase great cool climate wines? Discover our selection at the best prices on Vins & Millésimes!