Gosh, there's nothing like a good award winning wine to create a bit of interest. Had a bottle of the 2006 Mâcon-Loché from Domaine Marcel Couturier the other night and the consensus was that this was indeed very serious wine.
It was awarded five stars in a tasting of 2006 Mâcon Villages in Decanter wine magazine. Now there are an awful lot of wines being sold on the back of medals won, look closely and many of these medals mean absolutely nothing (take note offenders - mainly the mass mail order merchants). However I have a great deal of respect for how Decanter conduct their tastings; 1. All tastings are blind. 2. Tasting panels consist of a balance of specialists, experts, MW's and wine journalists whose scores are averaged out. 3. Tastings are carried out in a controlled environment. 4. Award winners are re-tasted blind for final confirmation. 5. No bottles are ever seen in the tasting room or at the discussions afterwards.
That seems very thorough to me, in fact I do not know of many other organisation who are quite so strict in their evaluation methods (certainly when I worked for Michelin and we evaluated restaurants their approach was as just thorough) and one has to respect such high standards.
How did the wine taste;
Bright and slightly golden in colour, beautiful nose with the aroma of white peaches intermingled with vanilla and buttered toast. Lovely weight on the palate with great breadth of fruit and a hint of minerality and so very pure, feminine and defined without being over the top. Long persistent finish. Bravo! This would disgrace many a 1er Cru white burgundy.
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