The best wines I tried this week:
La Freynelle 2007 White Bordeaux Entre Deux Mers
Dinner out on Monday night. Entre Deux Mers is a little-known wine region in Bordeaux, so you can get tasty wines like this one on the cheap. A blend of sauvignon blanc and semillon that tastes like walking through a grassy field on a warm summer day. Light, dry and citrusy with bracing acidity, earthy chamomile tea, green grass, wet stones and an almost nutty character. Layered and fascinating. Sw=1. $13. 4.5 stars. (I had this again on Thursday night with sushi – it's that good.) Read more spring/summer white recommendations.
This article appears in Jun 17-23, 2009.
