When Exception rhyme with Perfection…

Exception it’s something very concrete but what about perfection ? It’s something very abstract, after all perfection depends on your taste. After all the wine have been tasting, how can I describe perfection ? I think it’s something that should be simple, something not something overrated. It should be representative of the appellation without any make up or ads component.

Perfection is very difficult to found and as I say before depend on your taste. Perfection in wine is something rare but doesn’t mean to be expensive. Something rare is something exceptional. So do you have very often the occasion to taste something exceptional ? I don’t think so and me neither but wine tasting are made for that. And all the wine I will describe after are coming from that kind of tasting.

Arbois Vin Jaune 2003, Jacques Puffeney

What can be more exceptional than a Vin Jaune, everything is unique in this wine from the grape variety Savagnin a parent to Traminer, to the minimum age of 6 year in oak barrel and the film of yeast call “voile” that protect the wine from oxidation. Jacques Puffeney is one of the masters of that kind of wines and in good vintage like 2003 his wines can be like perfection. With the typical golden color of the “jaune” to the perfect nuts and spice fragrance this wine is a treasure. The nose is powerful and on the palate is an explosion of flavor balanced with the typical acidity of Vin Jaune.

Roussette de Savoie Marestel 2006, Domaine Dupasquier

This cru is one of the smallest of Savoie, not very famous or renowned but when you choose one of the best producers like Domaine Dupasquier you get an amazing wine. Exceptional because of the grape use Altesse, a one use only in Savoie to do Roussette de Savoie. This wine has a nice yellow straw color. The nose is difficult to describe because very unusual but it’s between honey and exotic fruit like mango or pineapple. On the mouth something like apricot or yellow peach reach your palate. The finish reveals a very nice acidity that equilibrates everything.

Mauzac Nature NV, Domaine Plageoles

This wine is the perfect example that something simple can be perfect. Made 100% from the grape Mauzac, this sparkling wine get his bubbles by a complete natural process. The sugar contains by the grape permit this exception in sparkling wine making. The result is a lightly bubble white wine with aromas of green apple and quince. The palate is delicate very well balance and light, a perfect wine for aperitif.

Alsace Pinot Noir “V” 2005, René Muré

This wine is an exception because is the only Pinot Noir plant in a Grand Cru (Vorbourg) area of Alsace. When is colleague prefer plant noble white varieties like Riesling, Pinot Gris or Gewurztraminer, René Muré choose to plant the king of Burgundy. And his gamble was successful; this wine is far away from the typical light red pinot noir you use to meet in Alsace. Concentrated, dark, rich, powerful the wine seems coming from Burgundy and more specifically from Côte de Nuits. For me it’s far away the best red wine from Alsace and a perfect example that this region can produce good red to.