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Half-Bottle of Vin de Paille "L'Étoile", Dom. de Montbourgeau - 2019

Name: Vin de Paille "L'Étoile", Dom. de Montbourgeau
Brand: Montbourgeau
SKU: 15290
Price: 70.99 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Item # 15290 375mL

This is based on Chardonnay, Savagnin and the red-skinned Poulsard grape that is unique to this region of eastern France. The "L'Étoile" appellation got its name from the many fossilized starfish that are found readily sparkling in the vineyards. This Vin de Paille is a dessert wine, sweet yet full of nuts, dried fruits and great acidity and minerals.

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Color

White

Vintage

2019

Country

France

Region

Jura

Producer

Montbourgeau

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

Poulsard

Savagnin

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Staff Pick Notes

I don’t like calling any wine a “dessert wine.” For the same reason I don’t call any wine an “entrée wine.” Yes, there are wines that have more sugar than others but that doesn’t mean you should always save them for the end of the meal. Vin de Paille is a sweet wine but one that I urge you to have with savory dishes. Open the bottle for a perfume of roasted nuts, mead, and flower pollen. The palate is rich but tames its sweetness with ample acidity. Taste candied orange peel, Amontillado sherry, nougat, toffee, and tobacco. Don’t let labels tell you what to do. Sip Sauternes with salted fish, pair some Auslese with spicy curry, and open this for something savory.

- SD

Glossary

Chardonnay

From Champagne to Chablis, it's hard (not to mention unpleasant) to avoid this famous white variety. During a huge popularity surge beginning in the late 1980s, Chardonnay plantings have increased dramatically -- not only in California's wine country, with which the variety is nearly synonymous, but also in Burgundy (its original, Old World home) and just about everywhere else in the winemaking world. It is a flexible, eager-to-please grape, responding well to just about anything a winemaker...

Jura

A petite and relatively obscure wine region in eastern France, between Burgundy and the Swiss border. Its geographical isolation has helped it to remain a rare bastion of traditional winemaking techniques, and today it produces some of the most distinctive wines in the world. Reds from the Jura are often light-bodied, earthy, berried, and reminiscent of the village wines of Burgundy (though here they are made of local grapes like Poulsard and Trousseau). The true specialty of the region,...