Domaine Fredavelle
Coteaux d'Aix en Provence White Blend
Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France
I'm almost embarrassed to say how much I like this. I opened it as an unknown, inexpensive weeknight wine, then I was intrigued enough to fully stop cooking and look up 'Coteaux D'Aix En Provence' to see if I was missing something. The French god only knows what's in this - semmilion and vermentino for sure- the rest is a mystery.
It actually smells like crap. Not literal crap but almost - bark stored in a damp dirt floor cellar gets you close.
It's got good weight on the tongue - nothing lite or watery about this - but it's the swallow that hooked me. The acid receptacles are popping and then they get smoothed over by this glacier of crushed velvet that's carrying exotic fruits AND crushed rock. The afterglow lingers on and on where you can feel the interplay of soft and hard in your mouth.
It's not a great wine. But it's a damn good time.
I'm almost embarrassed to say how much I like this. I opened it as an unknown, inexpensive weeknight wine, then I was intrigued enough to fully stop cooking and look up 'Coteaux D'Aix En Provence' to see if I was missing something. The French god only knows what's in this - semmilion and vermentino for sure- the rest is a mystery.
It actually smells like crap. Not literal crap but almost - bark stored in a damp dirt floor cellar gets you close.
It's got good weight on the tongue - nothing lite or watery about this - but it's the swallow that hooked me. The acid receptacles are popping and then they get smoothed over by this glacier of crushed velvet that's carrying exotic fruits AND crushed rock. The afterglow lingers on and on where you can feel the interplay of soft and hard in your mouth.
It's not a great wine. But it's a damn good time.