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This is a resource for people who want to buy an interesting bottle of wine on a budget of about $20. If you get lost between Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and have access to a Dan Murphy's or Vintage Cellars (or Aldi, as of 2015!), you've come to the right place. Where possible, wines are listed with their single-bottle price from DM/VC/A and the winery's home page.

A good place to start is the 'Index', or if you know what type of wine you want, head straight to the 'Recommended Reds', 'Worthy Whites' or 'Stunning Sparklers' that only show 4 & 5☆ wines.

Your experience will be different to everyone else's, which makes wine such a pleasure. The same vintage wine at different ages will be distinct, as will the same aged wines from different vintages. What the glass holds is a unique parcel of time that should be enjoyed as such.

Tuesday, 6 August 2013

(W) Simonnet-Febvre: Petit Chablis 2010, from Yonne, Burgundy, France

Smell
Before & After: Floral with tropical fruits

Taste
For a Petit Chablis, which is 100% Chardonnay by nature, this is an incredibly fruity wine that resembles an aromatic Gewürtz more than a Chardonnay. The fruity flavours of crabapple, pear and pineapple are balanced nicely with a lingering acidity, which hovers between a citric lemon rind and slightly unripe green apple. Admittedly, it's not the sharp, flinty and mineral Chardonnay for which the Chablis region is renown. Nevertheless, this is a smashingly fruity Chardy that's certainly worth a try!

Tale
The Simonnet-Febvre winery was founded in 1840 by Jean Febvre, a barrel cooper from Montabard (west of Paris). The winery was originally used to produce sparking wine through the "traditional method" and is currently the only Chablis winery to produce "Crémant de Bourgogne", the creamy sparkling wines of Burgundy.

Price: $17
Quality: ☆☆☆☆
Value:  ☆☆☆

http://www.simonnet-febvre.com/en/
http://danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_347387


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