Wednesday 6 August 2014

Another unhelpful label

I got this bottle of Vouvray from the original neighbourhood wine shop with the remark from the vendor that this is a slightly sweet bottle. I googled the estate (Domaine de la Gaverie) and did not get very far with the labels. I saw a couple of pictures but these had the Sec designation near where this label sports the vintage, so no luck really. Vouvray can be and is made from really bone dry (sometimes designated Sec-Sec) to really sweet (doux, sometimes also with the term liquoreux), the latter from botrytised grapes. So if the label says nothing as in this case, little can be inferred until the bottle is opened. Domaine de la Gaverie is a family run estate of some 50 acres of vines right in the heart of the Vouvray appellation, making the full range of dry to sweet still and sparkling wines.

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