*Disclaimer: I received this wine as a sample from Bin Ends Wine so I could participate in the Twitter Live tasting.
We drank this bottle back in August as part of the Hugel Twitter Tasting Live with Bin Ends Wine. I’m a bit late in getting around to reviewing it, but at the time didn’t want to overwhelm everyone with 4 posts in a row about wines from the same producer! Scheduled as the 2nd bottle of the evening, we drank the 2005 Hugel Pinot Blanc over the course of 3 nights. It clocked in at 13% alcohol by volume, had either a real cork or a diam closure (can’t remember and didn’t write it down), and looks to retail for around $15.
In the glass, the wine appeared to be paler than the Gentil, the first wine of the night. On the nose I found fig, spice, pepper, flowers, limes, lemon, grapefruit, stone fruit, and stone. The nose seemed light and quite delicate. In the mouth I got flavors of lime, wet stones, stone fruit, pears, peaches, and minerals.
Overall, I found the wine to be crisp, very refreshing, and excellent at the price point. I think this struck me as the most fruit driven wine of the night.
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