Maison Andre Paul Limoux Blanc AOC 2005
One wine myth says that sparkling wine was invented at Limoux. This region, in Languedoc, is one of the few places in the south where Chardonnay really produces something great — and so it has in this wine.
Blended with Chenin Blanc and Mauzac, this wine has taken on the very taste and smell of summer. The nose is creamy, spicy, tropical with oats, grassy, mirabelles and grape fruit. The palate is excellently structured, long, well balanced and delicious. Perfect drinking now. This is one of the best Chardonnay based wines I’ve had in some time, and definitely the best blend of Chardonnay.
What to eat with such a cracking wine? Well, some roasted chicken with spicy vegetables.
Followed by a cousin of Éoisses, Langres. This is a softer, more digestible version of that great cheese. Simply superb. They should get some into Australia. Maybe I should bring it in myself?
