Vincent d’Astrée Équinoxe Premier Cru (Sparkling white)

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  • 2005

    Vincent d’Astrée Équinoxe Premier Cru (Sparkling white) 2005 - Highly RecommendedTasted by Elizabeth Gabay MW & Ben Bernheim

    Soft golden lemon yellow. Autolysis with sourdough intensity and beautiful orchard fruit on the nose. Very elegant on the palate, combining that same uber-ripe orchard fruit, dark plum compote, red apples and the fresh crunchiness of black currants and well-integrated phenolic weight following through. Really beautiful lasting acidity and extraction with crisp, clean almost saline, chalky phenolic acidity on the finish with melon sweetness and smoothness rounding up the length. I'm already imagining this with apple crumble and just a hint of custard.

    Tasted October 2022
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We’re mother and son duo Elizabeth Gabay MW and Ben Bernheim. Between us, we’ve been involved in the wines of southern France for over 30 years. Elizabeth started working with the wines of Provence back in 1986, and for the past 20 years has lived on the eastern edge of south-east France. We’ve worked on three books on rosé: Rosé Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution (2018), Elizabeth Gabay’s Buyers Guide to the Rosés of Southern France (2021 e-guide) and, most recently Rosés of Southern France (2022).

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