Saturday Night – Everything is Rosé – Part 1

This past Saturday night Mick and Amy were hosting our usual Saturday night dinner and Mick had a wide range of foods and wines on tap for us to try.

 

The first course was Belgium Blonde Mussels with fresh sliced baguette and this was paired with a 2009 Domaine Billaud-Simon Chablis Premier Cru Vaillons.

The nose on the wine was a fresh mix of honeydew melon, wet stone, moss and chalk aromas with some tropical fruit, floral and vanilla notes in the background.  Tasting the wine, you’ll find lively flavours of orange zest and lime as the two main flavours.  The structure on this wine was really good with crisp acidity to nicely balance out the fruit and alcohol of the win.  Everything about this wine was lively and fresh.  If I was doing a TV commercial for this wine, I would have the bottle sitting on the edge of cool, clear forest stream with the sun brightly shining and the birds singing happily in the background with an attractive couple having a leisurely lunch on the side bank while sipping this wine.  That image would perfectly sum up this beautiful wine.  It was a great pairing with the food as well.

Here is the group rating for the wine - Mick – 90, Mark – 90 Kathy – 89, Amy – 89, Overall – 89.5.

Here is the LCBO information on the wine –

BILLAUD-SIMON LES VAILLONS CHABLIS 1ER CRU 2009
VINTAGES 330175
750 mL bottle
Price $ 35.95
Made in: Burgundy, France
By: Domaine Billaud-Simon
Release Date: Jul 20, 2013
Wine, White Wine
13.0% Alcohol/Vol.
Style: Light & Crisp
Varietal: Chardonnay
Sugar Content: 3 g/L
Sweetness Descriptor: XD - Extra Dry

Tasting Note -  The 2009 Chablis Vaillons bursts onto the palate with layers of citrus, lime, jasmine and sea shells. It is an intensely pointed, energetic wine loaded with class and pedigree. The aromas and flavors meld together beautifully and lead to a multi-dimensional, inviting finish marked by clean, saline notes. This is a 2009 that could use another few years in bottle. Vinification and aging in stainless steel helped keep the Vaillons quite vibrant. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2024. Score - 93. (Antonio Galloni, erobertparker.com, Aug. 2011)

The mussels, by the way, were excellent as always.  I’m starting to think that Mussels, like Champagne, should be served at least  once a month at a minimum.

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