It feels like it has rained for a month, so it was refreshing to be able to get out into the garden and prune the apple trees. Refreshing, that is, for mind and body with the exception of my hands which developed a bad case of pruning fatigue. I was a bit worried that I would not be able to wield my waiter's friend effectively enough to extract he cork from this week's wine.
I needn't have worried as the artificial cork gave in with only a token fight and released a bright liquid which turned out to be even more refreshing than the gardening.
Week T (2014) is Vinalba Seleccion Torrontes 2012, Lujan de Cuyo. Majestic £9.99 (£7.99 each for two).
It is a pale lemon colour with moderate to intense aromas of aromatic pineapple and peach. On the palate it matches the aromas and feels clean and, well, refreshing.
I would consider this wine in a group that would include Gewurztraminer and Viognier among its members along with other more interesting whites. It is easy to drink, but not dull, bright and mouth-watering, but the acidity is well-balanced with the stone/tropical fruit flavours.
The winery where this was produced, Vinalba, is quite young having been established in 2008, by Frenchman Herve J. Fabre who has the prior claim to fame that he was the first to make single varietal Malbec, now considered to be Argentina's signature red wine. Torrontes is now its white equivalent, so M.Fabre gets on the good-guys list.
I have never been to the continent of South America and think this is an omission that needs to be addressed. Not just because the wines of both Argentina and Chile rarely disappoint, especially at the prices demanded, but because the countryside that usually appears on the wineries websites looks fabulous. My bonus daughter (Danish term, apparently) spent a few weeks there on a post-graduation trip and tells me that it would be worth the air fare.
This wine will end up on my list of bankers, as I can't imagine anyone who enjoys a good, better-than-basic, white wine objecting being given a glass or two of this over a game of cards.
I needn't have worried as the artificial cork gave in with only a token fight and released a bright liquid which turned out to be even more refreshing than the gardening.
Week T (2014) is Vinalba Seleccion Torrontes 2012, Lujan de Cuyo. Majestic £9.99 (£7.99 each for two).
It is a pale lemon colour with moderate to intense aromas of aromatic pineapple and peach. On the palate it matches the aromas and feels clean and, well, refreshing.I would consider this wine in a group that would include Gewurztraminer and Viognier among its members along with other more interesting whites. It is easy to drink, but not dull, bright and mouth-watering, but the acidity is well-balanced with the stone/tropical fruit flavours.
The winery where this was produced, Vinalba, is quite young having been established in 2008, by Frenchman Herve J. Fabre who has the prior claim to fame that he was the first to make single varietal Malbec, now considered to be Argentina's signature red wine. Torrontes is now its white equivalent, so M.Fabre gets on the good-guys list.
I have never been to the continent of South America and think this is an omission that needs to be addressed. Not just because the wines of both Argentina and Chile rarely disappoint, especially at the prices demanded, but because the countryside that usually appears on the wineries websites looks fabulous. My bonus daughter (Danish term, apparently) spent a few weeks there on a post-graduation trip and tells me that it would be worth the air fare.
This wine will end up on my list of bankers, as I can't imagine anyone who enjoys a good, better-than-basic, white wine objecting being given a glass or two of this over a game of cards.
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