Domaine Tariquet, L’Imprevu, Vin de France, France 2021

89
Tasted by: Olly Smith
(at Winter warmers 2022 tasting, 31 Jul 2022)
Drinking Window: 2022 - 2023
A 9.5% wine as a Winter Warmer? Really? Well, yes. Mainly because it is a 9.5% wine and such a fruity turbo-charged zinger. It’s like switching the headlights on full beam through a citrus frost. Lashings of sharply defined flavour here and slips down all too easily, I’m delighted by this lower alcohol find from buyer Marcel Orford Williams, simply because there is nothing else like it in the whole of France. 66% Riesling with 34% Ugni Blanc, the Grassa Brothers at Domaine Tariquet in Gascony deserve high praise here for creating something so deftly impressive and the perfect aperitif to brighten up the dreariest of days. Good value too.
Domaine Tariquet, L’Imprevu, Vin de France, France 2021
Producer
Domaine Tariquet
Brand
L’Imprevu
Vintage
2021
Wine Type
Still
Colour
White
Country
France
Region
Southwest France
Appellation
Vin de France
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
9.50%
Body
Light
Oak
Unoaked
Grapes
66% Riesling
34% Ugni Blanc