The Wine Rocket Experience

 Hey everybody! Let's review Umathum's 2019 Sankt Laurent for Wine of the Week. But what is Sankt Laurent? It's an Austrian indigenous black grape variety producing fairly deep coloured wines with firm but soft tannins. I discovered this producer during my WSET Diploma studies in Austria. We where in Eisenstadt at the Esterhazy castle tasting the best producers in Burgenland, Umathum being one of them. I tasted more than a few wines from their portfolio and they were all great! But Sankt Laurent wasn't one of them so I am glad that I get to taste for you guys now! Umathum's stand at the Esterhazy Castle in Eisenstadt Let's get ot the wine! It has an interesting array of aromas: raspberry, blackberry, rosemary and thyme all surrounded by leather overtones. The acidity is high and very refreshing, balancing the full body; the finish is long and tart with a very light astringent after taste, nothing some bottle ageing can't solve! Overall a great buy. This wine

 Hello everyone! This week's wine of the week is Domaine Gadais' 2020 Le Pélerin Muscadet. Muscadet is an appelation in the Loire Valley, France, around the city of Nantes; facing the Ocean. The wines from this AOC are fresh, acidic, sometimes simple wines, based on the Melon Blanc grape variety (known also as Melon de Bourgogne). This wine is a perfect example of a Muscadet. The bouquet is dominated by green apple and lemon peel with some hints of flint, a fairly simple aroma profile.  it is very refreshing with a saline finish. Ane asy going, refreshing wine, perfect to be enjoyed on a summer day with some fish based dishes. Very cheap, sitting at 8,50 a bottle! Reccomended as a cheap and cheerful glass.

 Hello everybody! Wine of the Week #2 is Chateau Simone's Palette Blanc AOC. This wine is a Southern France white blend of Clairette, Grenache Blanc, Bourbolenc, Ugni Blanc and Muscat Blanc. I have to thank my dear friend Simone, head waiter and sommelier of Room Food&Drink in Bassano, for introducing me to this lovely gem! The wine is spontaneously fermented after a light pressing. It then ages for 6 months on the fine lees and then another 12 months in small oak barrels. Once poured the wine shows itself with a golden colour and feels heavy. The aromas start off with flint, smoke, toast, vannilla, cloves, quince and hawthorn flowers. The bouquet is surrounded by straw and grass, it really reminds me of a summer afternoon in a farm house. The acidity is medium+, enough to balance the full, powerful oaky body. The saline finish complements perfectly the buttery mouthfeel. Overall a high quality wine that will show its full potential with another 3 to 5 years of bottle ageing. G