More mostly warm days and chilly nights, with less rain than usual for the month. That's not a reference to the growing season for this week's wine, its just an unnecessary update on what the weather has been like in these parts since we last spoke. It has been pleasant and ideal for spoiling a good walk so, for the golfers among you, you will be pleased to hear that my handicap index is bouncing around all over the place, rather like a well-shanked pitch, but that following my most recent outing I have finally understood how the game works and have cracked it. I may well become the oldest ever rookie winner of the Masters next year. This is, of course a delusion, much like the idea that I will ever buy a low-priced white wine that I could describe without using the word 'apple'.
Week Q (2021) Quai De la Lune Sauvignon Blanc 2019. £9.39 Waitrose.
Did the usual internet research on this one and found very little, either of the wine or the producer. On the back label it says it was bottled by Cie Viticole d'Aquitaine in Carbon-Blanc, which is in the Entre-duex-Mers bit of Bordeaux, but I found no information about them. My assumption is that they are likely to be a Co-op bottling wine made from grapes anywhere in Bordeaux. The wine has the Bordeaux AOC tag, but that doesn't narrow it down at all.
Labeled as Sauvignon Blanc it must be made from grapes at least 85% of which are that variety, but Waitrose's website also lists Semillon as a contributor and that must be the minor partner in the blend. This would be fairly typical of the white wines from Bordeaux.
Enjoyed this one with some friend's and some substantial nibbles, including a loaf of what I like to call 'delicious home-baked bread' (see here) on one of those chilly evenings following a warm day.
The bottle notes say it is good on its own or with the usual list of fish/chicken based foods listed on white wine bottles. I did read on one review that it goes well with Tofu. I would have thought absolutely anything goes well with Tofu, given you can't detect any flavour in the stuff, and quite probably even better without Tofu.
In our case it went well on its own and also with a (whatever I can find in the) fridge meal that turned into a Mediterranean influenced chicken thighs with leftover ratatouille, tomatoes, olives & preserved lemon 'tagine', served with roasted sweet potato.
What was it like? It was like a French sauvignon blanc. Green apples (Doh!), citrus, a bit herbaceous. Easy to drink, refreshing and pleasant.
Would I buy it again? I'll buy a moderately prices sauvignon blanc again and, if this happens to be the nearest then I might as well.
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