Château Simone, Palette Blanc
Château Simone, Palette Blanc

Château Simone, Palette Blanc

Provence, France 2015 (750mL)
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Château Simone, Palette Blanc

After a 30-minute decant, serve Simone’s 2015 Blanc in bulbous Burgundy stems, around 50-55 degrees, and prepare for a kaleidoscopic show: yellow apple, poached pear, salt-preserved lemon, nougat, lees, petrol, crushed stone, honeysuckle, wild herbs, rosin, oak spice, and exotic flowers. This is a full-bodied libation, no doubt, but the freshness and tension of each sip give it an extra dimension that legions of white wines over 14% ABV lack. It’s a contemplative wine—warm, inviting, powerful, broad, poised, unctuous—that leaves a long, savory, wholly unique finish. Enjoy your bottles now and over the next 5-8 years. Cheers!

NOTE: This wine is only available as a pre-offer and we expect it to arrive at our warehouse in 2-3 weeks.

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France

Bourgogne

Beaujolais

Enjoying the greatest wines of Beaujolais starts, as it usually does, with the lay of the land. In Beaujolais, 10 localities have been given their own AOC (Appellation of Controlled Origin) designation. They are: Saint Amour; Juliénas; Chénas; Moulin-à Vent; Fleurie; Chiroubles; Morgon; Régnié; Côte de Brouilly; and Brouilly.

Southwestern France

Bordeaux

Bordeaux surrounds two rivers, the Dordogne and Garonne, which intersect north of the city of Bordeaux to form the Gironde Estuary, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean. The region is at the 45th parallel (California’s Napa Valley is at the38th), with a mild, Atlantic-influenced climate enabling the maturation of late-ripening varieties.

Central France

Loire Valley

The Loire is France’s longest river (634 miles), originating in the southerly Cévennes Mountains, flowing north towards Paris, then curving westward and emptying into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. The Loire and its tributaries cover a huge swath of central France, with most of the wine appellations on an east-west stretch at47 degrees north (the same latitude as Burgundy).

Northeastern France

Alsace

Alsace, in Northeastern France, is one of the most geologically diverse wine regions in the world, with vineyards running from the foothills of theVosges Mountains down to the Rhine River Valley below.

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