1999 Georges Duboeuf Viognier

[hotwine]

Tonight we had dinner at an Italian restaurant that is not wine-friendly; in fact, their wine list is terrible. So we settled for iced tea with dinner, then checked our stock at home for something interesting to use as an after-dinner sipper. Neither of us was in the mood for port. I eventually pulled the Duboeuf Viognier (Vin de Pays de l'Ardeche) simply because we hadn't yet tried it, and I thought it might be palate-cleansing. Sure enough, we found it to be a very clean, flinty, rather austere wine, with a slight vanilla note on its quite respectable finish. Not a dessert wine by any means, but it suited our needs to wash away the stewed tomatoes and trout. And only $9.99.

[This message has been edited by hotwine (edited 03-23-2001).]