Sunday, August 24, 2008

2005 Tablas Creek Bergeron

Tablas Creek is a California central coast (Paso Robles) winery renowned for their Rhone varietals. They were founded by the Perrin family of Château de Beaucastel in France and Robert Haas from the U.S..

We have a number of bottles of different Tablas Creek varietals and we enjoy them all. This wine was only available to wine club members.

Bergeron is the name for the Rousanne grape in France's Savoie region, where it is known for producing crisp, bright wines. The 2005 Bergeron is exotic in the nose, and balances clear pineapple and lychee fruit in the mouth with good richness, fresh acidity, and a touch of oak. A treat with shellfish such as the shrimp we served.

We got a lot of comments about this wine. People fell in love with it from the first sip. Good thing that I have a bottle from the 2006 vintage still in the cellar.

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