Grenache blanc – Matt Walls Wine Blog https://www.mattwalls.co.uk Practical tips, tricks and info to help you get the most out of wine Sun, 23 Dec 2018 15:47:41 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 27564169 Château des Tours https://www.mattwalls.co.uk/tasting_notes/chateau-des-tours-3/ Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:58:48 +0000 http://160.153.133.187/~c5tetzcj4n3c/mattwalls.co.uk/?post_type=tasting_notes&p=2087 Needs a brief decant, but then has intense honey aromas, beeswax. Followed up by honey flavour and some grapefruit marmalade, leading to a very dry, mineral, pithy finish with a bitter twist. Very distinctive, very grown-up. The most Old World wine imaginable.

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Red apple, gently floral, with a touch of cookie dough. Medium-bodied, acidity is balanced, nicely judged. Generous in body but not overly full, well balanced. Aromatically not the most expressive or defined, but has good energy and an enjoyably textural mouthfeel. Drinkable, enjoyable.

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