Winery - Alfred Gratien
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A ripe, dry wine with delicious mature fruit, touched by wood from barrel fermentation. Grapefruit, almonds, some yeastiness all give complexity, as does the acidity that follows this intense wine right through to the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A very lean, dry style that focuses on its acidity and green fruits. This makes it a style that needs good bottle aging—the sample tasted was too young. But for those who like dry, crisp Champagnes, this is beautifully made. Imported by Domaine Select Wine Estates.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A steely style of Champagne, crisp, dry and cool. To fill out the structure, there is a hint of apricot and an intense citrus flavor. The finish is long, dry, super fresh.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A dry, tight style of wine, with fresh grapefruit and lime flavors. It could do with some bottle age to allow the fruit to shed some of its intense acidity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Beautifully mature wine in the dry Alfred Gratien style. It has grapefruit flavors, but the yeast, toast, almonds and dried herbs character are now fully developed. A great wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Onion-skin color leads to a wine that is packed with deep fruit flavors. Considerably dry but a great food wine, with good acidity and ability to age well in bottle. The sample tasted was too young, and needed at least a year’s aging. Imported by Domaine Select Wine Estates.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the few houses still to ferment in wood (Krug is another), Alfred Gratien cultivates an intense style of wine, which has toasty, buttery characters as well as richness. From 1997, this wine is lighter than other Alfred Gratien vintages, showing more acidity than richness, but there is still a stylistic similarity there.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A salmon-pink color; crisp, fresh woodland strawberry aromas follow through to a light acidity and fresh red fruits.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There really is only a merest hint that this is rosé, just a touch of red fruit. Mainly, this is a crisp, pink grapefruit- and lemon-flavored wine, still dry in the Alfred Gratien style, although richer than others in the range.
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