2001 Michel Redde Sancerre Les Tuilieres

[Innkeeper]

2001 Michel Redde, Sancerre, Les Tuilieres (Around $15 Blue Hill Wine Shop). Available now on the net for $20. Alcohol level the formally ubiquitous 12.5%. Bought this two years ago after good ole Bucko said that the Loire Whites could take some age. Popped it tonight to go with a new recipe we came up with some help from the late James Beard. It was for Scallops Mornay.

The wine had a golden yellow hue. It still gave a great bouquet on the nose, and a heap of very ripe fuit on the tongue. Very crisp acidity in a morphed compexity crossed the palate; and the finish really lingered for quite a while. True love, not a big fan of many whites, loved it. So did moi.

It matched perfectly with the scallops and the spinach that we scopped some of sauce over.



[This message has been edited by Innkeeper (edited 01-29-2005).]