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PATIO DRINKING: Ch�teau Turcaud white Bordeaux
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PATIO DRINKING: Ch�teau Turcaud white Bordeaux
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Moore Brothers Wine Company in Pennsauken, New Jersey, has long been the go-to shop for oenophiles suffocated by the limited selection and disdainful storage of wines by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. Every one of their wines is selected from small producers in Europe and California, and from the moment it leaves the winery, is shipped and stored at 56 degrees Fahrenheit to preserve delicate flavors and aromas that are destroyed by the first hot truck or warehouse.
Reasonable prices are another appealing characteristic of Moore Bros. Their top-selling white wine for the last eight years running has been Ch�teau Turcaud Entre Deux Mers Blanc, a $12 white Bordeaux that harmonizes wonderfully with a wide variety of foods. Moore Brother's Web site states "this is stainless steel tank fermented wine, comprised of the classic Bordelaise varieties Sauvignon, Semillon, and Muscadelle, vinified at low temperature and meant to be drunk young and fresh."
Fresh is an apt way to describe this sprightly white, which has just a bit more body than a varietal Sauvignon Blanc. A deposit of Garonnaise gravel, "unusual on this side of the river," creates an underpinning of minerality to the bright forward grapefruit, pear and citrus notes. A gentle bite of acidity balances the youthful sweetness that finishes each swallow.
Greg Moore explained over the phone why Ch�teau Turcaud wine could be had for such reasonable prices:
The river Garonne flows down from the Pyrennes, and most of the Garronaise gravel is on the left bank; places like Pauillac, M�doc, Margaux.� The right bank (where Entre-Deux-Mers is) is mostly clay limestone, with outcroppings of this gravel that produces really fine aromatics.� It's just one of those unusual places.� The guy (Maurice Roberts) just made a great selection in the Entre-Deux-Mers, which is awash in mediocrity.� It's like building an Aston-Martin and having to put a Yugo logo on it. That's the story of of a lot of wine production; the wine is very good and undervalued 'cause it's Entre-Deux-Mers.
Snap up the values ($12 per bottle, $11.40 with case discount) at Moore Brothers, 7200 N. Park Drive, Pennsauken, N.J., 08109, 856-317-1177, moorebrothersblogs.com
I finally got over there to visit Moore Bros. and mentioned your review. One thing people should be aware of is that neither Google maps or gps systems can find the Moore location accurately. You have to call for directions.
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