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Lot # <strong>Wine</strong> Year M D Comment<br />
4576 Tortoise Creek, Chardonnay, 2007 9 9<br />
Vin de Pays d’Oc<br />
4577 Tortoise Creek, Sauvignon Blanc, 2007 10 10<br />
Vin de Pays d’Oc,<br />
4578 Tortoise Creek, Viognier, 2007 10 10<br />
Vin de Pays d’Oc<br />
4579 Tortoise Creek, Grenache Rosé 2007 10 10<br />
Vin de Pays d’Oc<br />
4580 Tortoise Creek, Merlot-Cabernet, 2007 8 9<br />
Vin de Pays d’Oc<br />
4581 Tortoise Creek, Shiraz, Vin de Pays d’Oc 2007 8 8<br />
4583 Chardonnay, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 9 9 Very simple. Attractive.<br />
Vigne Sauvage<br />
4584 Syrah Rosé, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 10 10 A light rosé that, like almost all modern rosés, is made for<br />
immediate gratification.<br />
4585 Chardonnay, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 9 9<br />
Louis Mondeville<br />
4586 Sauvignon, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 10 10<br />
Louis Mondeville<br />
4587 Viognier, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 9 9<br />
Louis Mondeville<br />
4588 Merlot, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 8<br />
Louis Mondeville<br />
4589 Cabernet Sauvignon, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 9<br />
Louis Mondeville<br />
4590 Syrah, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 8<br />
Louis Mondeville<br />
The originators of Tortoise Creek, Melvyn and Janie Master,<br />
set out to create a range of classic varietals that could be<br />
bought and enjoyed immediately. Current winemaker, Xavier<br />
Roger, continues the philosophy with a fistful of easy, soft,<br />
fruity wines with supple characters that can charm the birds<br />
out of the trees. These are the perfect wines for people with<br />
limited space for storage. None of these wines have hard or<br />
excessive tannins and the whites are all ripe and opulent. Like<br />
the Californian wines of the same name, they are made for<br />
today and should not be ordered to be laid down or cellared<br />
for longer than a year after shipment.<br />
Louis Mandeville-Peirière works closely with Thierry Coulon,<br />
owner of the remarkable Paul Sapin winery, who bottles these<br />
wines. The intention of the partners is to provide a full range<br />
of southern and classic varietals, all capable of modest ageing<br />
and development in the bottle. As young wines, immediately<br />
after shipping, they are invariably rather dumb and show little<br />
expanded flavour. With a year in bottle, they begin to ripen and<br />
fill out. However, they cannot provide the substance found in<br />
the wines of single vineyard estates, but they are invariably<br />
clean, wholesome and surprisingly elegant.<br />
4591 Chardonnay, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 8 Still has potential to ripen and broaden its flavours.<br />
Domaine Peirière<br />
4592 Sauvignon Blanc, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 10 10 Lovely wine. Clean, sharp, vitally youthful and full flavours.<br />
Domaine Peirière<br />
4593 Viognier, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 9 10 Delicious. One of the earlier plantings of a Viognier vineyard,<br />
Domaine Peirière the wine has full flavour and body.<br />
4594 Merlot, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 8 Medium weight. Stringy tannins. Cherries and plums.<br />
Domaine Peirière<br />
4595 Cabernet Sauvignon, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 9 Rather lean, still shows little weight of fruit. It will never be full<br />
Domaine Peirière bodied.<br />
4596 Syrah, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 8 8 Very fine classical notes. Touch of chocolate, fig, rose<br />
Domaine Peirière blossom and cassis.<br />
4597 Pinot Noir, Vin de Pays d’Oc, 2007 7 8 The market says plant Pinot Noir and growers follow that<br />
Domaine Peirière advice. It does not really do well here. This is attractive, but will<br />
never develop any great personality.<br />
<strong>Wine</strong> <strong>Review</strong> <strong>2010</strong>
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