Minerality Wine Reviews

I drank these 3 wines and tasted apricot, bright, fruity, lemon, minerality, peach, stone fruit. The wines are food friendly, my favorites, old vine, sur lies, whole cluster and came from The Decanter Magazine Wine Club by Wine Access, The Premier Series by International Wine of the Month Club, The Wine Folly Wine Club when it was run by Wine Access.

Wine reviews by: Jessyca Frederick

Talinay Chardonnay

2020 Tabalí Talinay Chardonnay

A Chablis-style Chardonnay characterized by mineral-driven, saline, lemony citrus bursts, bracing acidity, and a light body from limestone soils near the coast in Chile.

Tasting notes: bright, lemon, minerality

Villae (Branco)

2021 Taboadella 1255 Villae (Branco)

A food-friendly white wine (branco is white in Portuguese) was light and refreshing with flavors of stone fruit and minerality.

Tasting notes: bright, stone fruit, apricot, peach, minerality

Vieilles Vignes Sancerre

2018 Roger et Didier Raimbault Vieilles Vignes Sancerre

This particular Sancerre is typical (in a good way) of what you’d expect for Sauvignon Blanc from this region — it’s fruity and bright, featuring a lemony essence on the palate with a touch of minerality.

Tasting notes: fruity, bright, lemon, minerality

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