I Drink Therefore I am: A Philosopher's Guide to Wine
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Mar 16 2010

2006 Chateau des Antonins Blanc, Entre Deux Mers, Bordeaux

Published by Wines Magic at 9:20 pm under White wine


Gold medal Sauvignon-Sémillon with lively green fruit and a hint of orange peel. Delicious with river fish. Rather like Getafix, Asterix' sagacious herbalist, the monks of St. Antoine had a miraculous potion, the 'St. Vinage', comprising wine from the order's vineyard and aromatic plants. Geoffroy de Roquefeuil's vines are in the same hallowed ground (classic Graves pebbles); since 1985 he's revived the monks' tradition of wine, minus the herbs and extravagant medical claims.

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