Axel Roy
It is a terrible day out, but Terry put a ham in the oven so life is definitely getting better.
The wine for this evening is Auxerrois from View Pointe, Now, this wine is a rarity. Very few wineries make it and few people have drank it. Pete the Elder tells a wonderful story about drinking this with the winemaker from Chateau des Charmes back when they were working out of a barn. I always thought it was a southern French grape BUT to my surprise it is from Alsasce, A cousin of Pinot Noir to boot. How did I not know this???? I really hate Wikipedia now, but it makes sense. I find a kinship to Gewurtztraminer and Pinot Blanc. I feel better now.
Just in case you didn’t know, View Pointe is the most eastern of the cluster of wineries along count road 50 in Colchester. The road there is called Murdoch Street, which is named after after Terry’s grandfather...quite cool. But it is actually on the lake and has the most beautiful view. So just head south on Walker, go thru MacGregor, turn right at three 3 corners in Harrow then left at the funeral home (Erie Street) and head south again. Drive all the way to the stop sign and veer left and head east. Go past CREW on the left and soon View Pointe will be on your right...you can’t miss the gapes.
We had the wine with a smoked picnic ham that we got at my local ghetto grocer store. Now this is the same store that we got whole tenderloins for $2/lb and we got this for $1/lb. My Scot ancestors must be proud of my thriftiness. The wine was able to stand up to the smoked ham and the spiciness just worked.
The wine itself is very nice. The aroma is very citrussy. Terry felt that she smelt apricots. All in all it is very pleasant.
We both just loved the taste. This is the first “round” wine both of us liked. After finding out that it is Alsatian in heritage I can really taste it. The taste on the pallet is very fruit and like its cousins I get alot of lighter stone fruits. I tasted the apricots that Terry smelled. I find the hint of sweetness that is fruitiness to me and that wonderful mouth feel.
The roundness is just so nice to see and it makes it just so much nicer for me. I think that this makes a wine tougher to mate with food as this roundness just doesn’t mate well but the ham was soft too so it just felt well. I really believe that food should feel right. Steak with a cab or merlot works not just by taste but with the feel. Steak is harder with hard flavours and a good big oaked cab mirrors that. It has the edges to work with the “carbonation” of the steak. This is just what is important to me, Its more than taste its feel too.
But back to the wine. It is a wonderful example of what can be done here and is a usual end product from View Pointe which just seem to be all good. A fine wine and one which the should be proud of.
