Chablis Wine Tasting with Christian Moreau

I had a great opportunity to attend an event to taste wines of Chablis with Christian Moreau from Domaine Christian Moreau pere et Fils.

The fun event started with a game to find a hidden message in a wine bottle, then we tasted wine with Mr. Moreau.

La Chablisienne Pas si Petit, Petit Chablis 2015
La Chablisienne is a Cooperative winery.
Refreshing, good wine with nice aromas of flowers and fruits.

Maison Simonnet-Febvre Chablis 2015
Maison Simonnet-Febvre makes white wine from Chablis as well as Cremant de Bourgogne.
Fresh and clean.
Green apple, lime, orange. A little bit of bitterness of grapefruit in after taste.

William Fevre Champs Royaux 2016
This wine is very approachable and has more body.
Orange, pear, tropical fruit with minerality.

Domaine Pinson Forets Chablis Premier Cru 2015
Sweetness of candied citrus and honey golden apple.
Crisp acid gives refreshing feel.

Samuel Billaud Les Fourneaux Chablis Premier Cru 2015
Samuel Billaud was founded in 2010. Young brand.
Orange, ripe pear, peach and soft acid.

Domaine Barat Mont de Milieu Chablis Premier Cru 2014
Domaine Barat is a family-owned winery for six generations.
Decent aromas of citrus and savoriness.
Refreshing acid like biting lemon.

Domaine Christian Moreau Pere et Fils Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru 2015
Moreau et Fils was founded in 1814 in Chablis. After the firm's ownership changed hands a couple of times Moreau family regained its control in 2002.
Pure and concentrated aroma. High, soft acid.
Fresh apple, citrus, grapefruit zest and earthiness.

The harvesting date in Chablis is becoming earlier year by year due to the global warming.
I wonder if the style of Chablis wine will change in future.

Mr. Moreau said that he appreciated white wine more as he got older.
I understood that it meant the depth of white wine would be found only after exploring many different kinds of wine.
I hope I can reach that state one day. 

Porto S. Leonardo 10 Anos

Port wine comes with many styles which are determined by maturation process.

Aged Tawny port is matured in casks in a cool coastal town of Vila Nova de Gaia for 6 years or more.
During the maturation, ruby color fades into tawny and soft, silky characters develop as phenolics are polymerized.
Unlike Vintage Port, aged Tawny is filtered before bottling and wouldn't benefit from bottle age.

Porto S. Leonardo 10 Anos

The wine has medium tawny colour.

The aromas and flavors are of cherry, raisin, almond, honey, mocha, coffee and chocolate.

It is sweet and smooth.

Sweetness of chocolate, tartness of fruit and bitterness of coffee are well balanced.
Very good wine.

This port wine is Tawny with indication of age 10 years.
10 years is not necessarily an average or youngest wine in the blend. It indicates the style which is typical in wine of that age.
Aged Tawny can be 10, 20, 30 or 40 years.
When wine has age indication on the label, I tend to appreciate wine with older age more, but when it comes to Tawny port, I prefer 10 or 20 years, which still keep more fruit than tertiary characters.

Leftover yarn blanket

All knitters in this world share a common problem: leftover yarn.

These yarns are usually too short to make something and too long to just discard.
One solution is to make multiple crochet motifs and join them together to make a blanket. Unfortunately, I somehow don't like the process of joining motifs.
In that case, I of course weave to make a blanket. 

Simple twill, double weave.
Different yarns with different shrinkage made the surface wavy...
There is no color scheme. I just threw any yarn on my hand, but I kind of like the colorway.