Burgundy Wine Tasting
Thursday, Oct 6th 4-6pm
A magical evening with Frederick Wildman portfolio!
NV Valentin Leflaive "CV/17/50" Extra Brut Blanc De Blanc, Champagne, Fance $75.99
This Champagne will delight your palate with its freshness, its precision and its slightly saline finish.
Champagne Valentin Leflaive represents a unique interpretation of champagne and its grape varietals. Made with extreme precision, each cuvée is a veritable celebration of minerality, finesse and complexity. Extra-Brut Valentin Leflaive is composed exclusively of Chardonnay from premier cru of Grauves in the Côte des Blancs.
CV- 17-50 is an Iconic Cuvée. This 100% Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Champagne of a beautiful aromatic richness proudly represents the values of the Leflaive family.
NV Famille Vincent Cremant de Bourgogne, Burgundy, France $23.99
From the Chardonnay grapes this sparkler allies freshness, body, and smoothness. The Cremant Brut is dry and offers fine bubbles (1.5 Million/30 minutes - we counted them but you do not have to believe me for this!), hints of flowers at the nose, crisp and fruity on the palate. It is a great Classic for all festive occasions.
Critical Acclaim
W&S92Wine & Spirits
From the owners of Château Fuissé, this méthode traditionelle bursts with clean, crisp chardonnay flavors of apples and white fruit. It’s juicy and full-bodied, with fine floral details and citrus spice keeping it buoyant into a long finish.
WW91Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The Non-Vintage Vincent Crémant de Bourgogne Brut is one the world's most reliable wines in the sparkling wine category under $30. TASTING NOTES: This wine starts out slowly in its aromas before it shows up with its excellent core fruit flavors. Pair its rich and lasting finish with raw albacore tuna and avocado on a toasted baguette. (Tasted: April 11, 2018, San Francisco, CA)
2020 Famille Vincent Bourgogne Blanc, Burgundy, France $23.99
Famille Vincent Bourgogne Blanc is a tribute to Jean Jacques Vincent who managed the family domaine of Château Fuissé for over past 40 years. It is a distinctive wine exclusively from the southern part of Burgundy near Mâcon and Pouilly Fuissé. The Mâconnais area offers naturally rich soils with a high proportion of clay which leads to a wine rich in mineral character.
Summer temperatures are generally higher in the Macon than in northern Burgundy, affording the wines rich and ripe fruit character and soft acidity. The full maturity of the skins adds an extra dimension to the grapes, a ripe exotic character, with hints of brioche.
2019 Famille Vincent Pouilly-Fuisse “Marie-Antoinette”, Burgundy, France $29.99
Cuvée Marie Antoinette is created with a fresh, youthful profile in mind. The grapes are vinified in stainless steel tank with only about 25% of the total blend seeing any time in oak. The resulting wine is pleasing, refreshing and crisp on the palate, with youthful layers of acidity, apple, peach and vanilla.
2020 Faiveley Bourgogne Rouge, Burgundy, France $35.99
A beautiful ruby color. This wine has pleasant, fresh, red-fruit aromas on the nose, which we find again on the palate. It has rich and very ripe substance, with fine round tannins. It’s a very well-structured and pleasing wine.
2020 Faiveley Mercurey Rouge, Burgundy, France $53.99
Deep ruby red in colour with notes of fresh red fruits and spice on the nose. This wine is a pleasure to drink thanks to its smooth fruity attack and delicate silky tannins. This well-balanced and intensely aromatic wine will win over wine experts and amateurs alike.
2019 LeFlaive "Cuvee Margot" Rouge, Burgundy, France $38.99
The Cuvée Margot is sourced from a variety of terroir within the Côte de Beaune with a large percentage sourced within the village of Pommard. Soils are a combination of limestone and clay.
Inviting aromas of cherries, berries and spices introduce the 2019 Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Margot, a medium-bodied wine with a pretty core of succulent fruit framed by youthfully chewy tannins.