Kurkdroog

𝖐𝖚𝖗𝖐𝖉𝖗𝖔𝖔𝖌 𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖆𝖉𝖛𝖎𝖈𝖊✍

after 2 years of this shenanigans with a lovely little bar, it’s time to go back to the roots of it all. Drinking, appreciating and writing about wine.

Let’s kick off again with a gem of a wine. We find our wine in de German wine region of Palatinate, or as most call it Pfalz. Here on the vineyard locations on the Mittelhaardt and the bordering South Palatinate, the three brothers Jonas , Lukas, and Philipp Seckinger, work there wine magic.

The winery is founded in 2012 by the three brothers and they are been growning there grapes biodynamical from the start. All wines are fermented spontaneous and have no further technical treatments.

With a primary focus on Riesling, Weiß/Grauburgunder, and Spätburgunder varieties, there are some single vineyards which producese Chardonnay. And they are brilliant.

𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗔𝗜𝗞𝗔𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

This single vineyard is somewhat reminiscent of Burgundy or Jura. Solid limestone and an extremely marl-like clay allow even the very youngest of Chardonnay vines to shine through in full force.

* 100% Chardonnay, single vineyard, handpicked 2021 * aged oak barrels *

🍾🪩 BYE 2022, HELLO PEOPLE AT RAISIN THE BAR🪩🍾

What a year! It was a rollercoaster ride from February till now. Starting in Schiedam at the Glasfabriek and finishing the year in Delfshaven (thank you ).

We had two amazing opening party’s, a movie night and pop up chefs. We had the terrace full with people enjoying the sun and we had people biking 40 min through the pouring rain for a glass of wine. To top it off we had our very first pet nat party yesterday. What a great succes that was!

We formed the most amazing team at the bar and I want to thank them for all the support🫶 extra big shout out to 🍷

What an amazing wines we drank in the last months. I’m so proud of the taste you have! Extra double thanks to all the importers who found these treasures, can’t wait for what we will taste in 2023♥️

Thanks to you who made this bar a succes. The people who visited the bar, it’s events and drank all those beautiful wines. Thank you all for making my dream come true. Looking forward to all the new evenings together next year❤️🫶❤️

And an extra big moment for and for being there for me in the hard and good times. You have been there when needed.

2023 here we come even extra hard🍾🪩🍷🔥 can’t wait to show you all the amazing events we have planned 😏

#2022 #2023

Grand re-opening RAISIN the bar at FOK🪩🍷

It’s been a hectic few weeks and we are still doing some decoration work💪But the team is super excited to welcome you all again next Friday December 16th♥️

Together with Ulli we are taking over .bar 🍷☕️

Grab a coffee with Ulli from 09:00 and the opening event of start from 16h! Expect tons of wines by the glass and catch some tunes from different dj’s 🕺

Special thanks to everyone help moving and getting this place set up so fast! Can’t wait to serve you all the most beautiful wines again😘

See you all next Friday!

Construction update🏗


The bar is almost finished! Next week it’s time to put the furniture in and decorate the place ❤️

We start with around 25 seats inside and 30+ outside. When it’s going well we increase those numbers💪 but it will always remains a intimate place❤️

At current situation, opening will be 30th of July, but more about the opening soon! A little more patient💖

Can’t wait to see you all in the finished RAISIN the bar❣️

RAISIN the bar

Coming months we gonna work on building an identity for the bar💙❤️

This quirky wine bar needs a logo which doesn’t feel to seriously or closed. A logo which feels welcoming to come have fun and be yourself.

Thanks for creating the logo❤️‍🔥And together we will work on the identity of the bar over the coming months!

Hope to see you all soon in the sun on our terrace or inside in our lively atmosphere of raisin the bar inside 💥

RAISIN the bar

Nieuwe hotspot in een oude glasfabriek: natuurwijn, expo's en meer Schiedam krijgt deze zomer een nieuwe creatieve hotspot erbij: ULTRAUM. Een verzameling aan creatievelingen komen de Glasfabriek bij elkaar.

Dromen worden waargemaakt!

Afgelopen 2 maanden ben ik druk bezig met de start van de verbouwing van de wijnbar. In de Glasfabriek in Schiedam gaan we samen met m'n mede dromers van Ultraum (insta: ) een nieuwe hotspot maken voor heel de omgeving Rotterdam en iedereen die wilt komen.

De 300+m2 grote loods is een enorm zware klus om het te verbouwen tot de geweldige plek die het gaat worden waar iedereen kan samenkomen om te genieten van elkaar, wijn, kunst, muziek, inspiratie en ander levensgenot. Een plek waar we intieme evenementen gaan geven zoals filmavonden, diner parties, muziekconcerten en kunst performances.

De verbouwing kost geld. En met alleen ons kapotgeslagen spaarpotten is het lastig. We hebben hebben hierom een crowndfunding opgezet zodat we met een kleine hulp van jullie het naar een nieuw niveau kunnen tillen.

Have a look:
https://www.voordekunst.nl/projecten/13413-verbouwing-loods-kunst-wijn-events

Delen zou lief zijn en doneren nog meer. En dan hopen we deze lente jullie deze nieuwe hotspot te kunnen tonen!

Veel liefs,
RAISIN the bar en team Ultraum

Verbouwing Loods: Kunst, Wijn, & Events De crowdfundingcampagne Verbouwing Loods: Kunst, Wijn, & Events staat op voordekunst.nl. Doneer nu en maak dit project van ULTRAUM mogelijk!

ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟡 🌱

For this wine, we are traveling to the volcanic grounds of the Etna in Sicilia 🌋

In the area of Randazzo a wine domain Tenuta Crasà SRC makes one hell of a wine at 800+ meters above sealevel🔥

𝐒𝐑𝐂 𝐄𝐓𝐍𝐀 𝐁𝐈𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐎 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗

* 80% Carricante topped of with Grecanico, Minella & Cattarato * 50-80 year old vines * unfileterd * steel tanks

👀 - Golden yellow unfiltered wine 💛
👃- On the nose aroma's of smoke, toast, almonds, herbs, citrus and banana 🌋🍋
👅 - When drinking, appel, citrus, orange, minerals, hazelnut and smokiness 🍊🔥
🍷 - Good balance between acidity and sweetness with a medium body. Decent finish as well✨
🍲- Pair with grilled fish or vegetables with citrus/ tomatoes 🐟🍅

A great wine to experience how volcanic grounds taste like. And that without the rapidly increasing prices of others like the Etna wines of Frank Cornelissen.

Price: €25
Bought: Chenin Chenin Amsterdam

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𝔹𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝟙𝟟 / * Budget Banger 6 *

Combi deal Sunday!✨

After all those relatively expensive sparkling wines, Kurkdroog got your back now with an affordable brilliant sparkling wine.

We are traveling again to the great French region of Jura (just keep coming back here). Here we find a Crémant du Jura which is just astonishing in this price range.

𝐋'𝐀𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐞 à 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐱 𝐓ê𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐫é𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐮 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐚

* 100% Chardonnay* 24 months of sur lie* Natural yeast * 3g/l dosage *

- In the glass, a light gold yellow wine, with a fine bubble size 💛
- On the nose, citrus, caramel, hazelnut 🌰🍋
- On the tongue aroma's of apple, citrus, bread dough, toast, bee wax and minerals 🍞🍏
- A good combination of acidity, freshness, miniral and with a decent length ✨
- Nice with fish dishes or as aperitif 🐟

Sometimes you find these bottles which can stand out even if they are not €50+, this Crémant du Jura is one of them. A fun wine to drink which doesn't hurt when you finished your last glass. Unfortunately, not easy to find.

Price: €16
Score: 8.8/10

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𝔹𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝟙𝟞

After an amazing trip to Barcelona and having a number of cava's, I can't let out a review of my favorite Cava maker ✨

Just outside of Barcelona 🇪🇸 in a place called Sant Sadurní d’Anoia lies the winery Mestres, which history goes back to 1312 (Documents confirm sparkling wines from this date). It was Mestres who created the Brut Natural (method ‘champenoise’ without adding liquor of expedition) in 1948. This winery has a very long and important history in producing sparkling wine and Cava 💪

This winery just makes the absoluut highclass of cava's and this is (so far) there masterpiece.

𝗖𝗮𝘃𝗮 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰

* Grape variety: 65% Xarello, 20% Macabeo en 15% Parellada* 160 months of sur lie(!)* Aging: 13+ years * Residual sugars: -5 g/l * 60 year old vines hand picked, good vintages only *

- In the glass, a beautiful dark gold yellow color 🧡
- On the nose, complex aroma's of yeast, toast, nuts, dried fruit and appel 🌰🍏
- When drinking, complex aroma's of bread dough, honey, bee wax, chest nuts, plum and dried peach
- Very elegant bubble and he complexity of the wine continues to evolve over time and it could use some air to open up 🌬
- Delicious on its own or with paella, cheese or seefood 🥘

I just absolutely love Mestres, this wine hits again like a bomb. The complexity and the lenght of these wines are comparable with high level champagnes, but have there own completly different style. Start stacking these bottles, because there are not a lot of them.

Price: €59
Score: 9,6/10

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ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟠 🌱

Somehow I can't keep away from Jura, so let's do one more on this Sunday evening. Because holy s**t this one is absolutely amazing ✨

10 years ago a teacher for kids who needs extra attention and now one of the biggest stars in Jura. Winemaker Jean-Baptiste Menigoz is the one to keep your eyes on. After 10 years of experimenting and making wine for friends and family, he went full on and now sells out his bottles quicker then snow melts for the sun. On his 3 hectares of wineries he works fully biodynamic and without any interference or additives. And this white is an absolute masterwork.

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟔

* 100% Savagin

👀 - Golden yellow unfiltered wine 💛
👃- On the nose very intenst aroma's of hazelnut, barn, honey, orange peel, citrus 🍋🌰
👅 - When drinking this bomb, lots of minerality, honey, lemon, cream, orange peel, very complex 🍊🍯
🍷 - Bone dry and extreme finish. This wine dead silenced me 🙇‍♂️
🍲- don't eat, just drink (or else of course Comté) 🧀

This wine almost made me doubt if Champagne is my favorite wine. Jura is absolute killing it for me and this one fully hits the spot. If you can find one...

Price: €34
Bought: Somewhere in Champagne

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ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟟 🌱

One of the things i like most about writing about the bottles I drink is studying there background. Funny is that this time we again can speak about Champagne even we are not in Champagne. Let's see where this is going.

This time in our series natural wines we hop over from Jura to neighbour area Burgundy. Even more specific, appellation Coteaux Bourguignons! Here we find a young winemaker with a legendary background.

Domaine Dame Jeanne is set up by Jeanne Piollot after her wine studies in 2017. Daughter of legendary Dominique Piollot of Champagne house Marie Courtin. Which was by far my most favorite Champagne surprise when I visited the region few months ago. A recipe for success and so proves this wine of today:

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐜𝐡é𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖

This Chardonnay wine is a full reminder to the Champagne background and I f-ing love it.

* 100% Chardonnay from a small plot called La Grand Cote *aged for 20 months in oak barrel *

👀 - A gorgeous light yellow 'creamy' wine color 💛
👃- On the nose hints of fresh breath and yeast, apples and lemon 🍞🍋
👅 - After a sip, apple, mango, oyster shells, oakiness and butter 🧈🍏
🍷 - fruit-forward champagne textured with creaminess and minerality, everything gentle and subtile ☯️
🍲- Light cheeses 🧀

Basicly you are drinking a Chablis- Champagne combination. Which in my opinion is a total win win💦

Price: €29
Bought @ Wijn bij Henk

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Chalk filled soils🍾

Coming back from an amazing trip to champagne with nothing more then a big smile, empty wallet and even more amazing wines 💛

A brief summary of the visits we made in the hills and villages of the best wine region of all (for whoever wants any tips for there visit someday)🥂

Hotel Rilly la Montagne
- Rêve Champenois (Champagne Jeangout)

Winebar/ restaurants
- Prise de mousse (Rilly la Montagne)
- L' Epicerie Au Bon Manager (Reims) (100% recommend)
- Chateau de Rilly (Rilly la Montagne)
- Cellier Belle Epoque (Epernay)

Wineshops
- L' Epicerie Au Bon Manager (Reims)
- Les Caves Du Forum (holly s**t this place is insane)

Champagne houses:
- Trichet-Lorain (for Champagne Masterclass)
- Henry de Vaugency
- Jeangout
- Taittinger (the caves are spectaculair)
- William Saintot

And with only 4 hour drive from Rotterdam, you are in this beautiful wine heaven 🤷

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* Budget Banger 5 *

It's time again for a a budget banger below €10. This time a fresh and juice red from the Spanish region, Terra Alta 🇪🇸

In 2009 the brothers Francesc en Joan Ferra started their own winery, coming from generations of winemakers. The winery located in Catalonië is fully biodynamic and all wines are produced with natural yeast and minimal filtration. And today we drink a very fresh and juice wine from this winemaker:

𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐋'𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗

A wine made from 60% Garnacha and 40% Carinena.

- 👀 In the glass a clear light purple color 💜
- 👃 Aroma's of ripe red fruit, animal/ earth tones and herbs🍓
- 👅 Fresh juice red fruit, vanilla, leather and white pepper🐾💦
- Very light body, low on tannines and high in acidity. But in good balance with fruit and secondary tones and decent finish ☯️

This is one very easy to drink wine, which can be drunk chilled (16 C). For this budget this is everything the be happy about ✅

Price: €10
Bought: Chateautje

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𝔹𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝟙𝟜

After visiting Franciacorta in Lombardy, we are going back the most beautiful region of all, Champagne, for another amazing wine. This time in Côte des Bar, where we find Domaine de Bichery with this amazing wine.

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞

In de village Neuville lying next to the Seine, winemakers Raphaël and Hannah fully converted to organic farming in all of their 6 parcels from 2015. In this short time the quality of this Champagne is absolutely stunning.

* Grape variety: 50% Pinot Noir, 50% Chardonnay * Base 2016 * Disgorgement 2019 (2,5 years sur lie)* 2 g/L * Indigenous yeasts * equal part stainless steal and neutral oak aging * only 1986 bottles produced *

- 👀 In the glass creamy dark yellow/ gold wine with very fine bubbels 💛
- 👃 strong citrus and vanilla hints, together with apples and hazelnut 🌰🍋
- 👅 When having the first sip, citrus and apple again. Bone dry, with a creamy touch and minerals and you can taste the chalk grounds very well 🧈🍏
- Complex flavors with long finish and development in the glass 🕰

This is one hell of a Champagne, which totally matches my style. If you can still find it, don't hesitate to pick on or two up.

Price: €50
Score: 94
Bought: Bar Cult

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Ps. preparing for my trip to Champagne from 26th to 30th of august, feel free to leave a recommendation!

𝔹𝕦𝕓𝕓𝕖𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝟙𝟛

We skip the chalk grounds of Champagne to drink a sparkling wine from the chalk grounds of an Italian region in Lombardy, Franciacorta 🇮🇹

This absolutely gorgeous area is a source of amazing sparkling wines , made in several styles, using the same method and grapes as Champagne, with the addition of Pinot Blanc. Giving the high levels of chalk and cooler climate closer to the mountains, the similarities are definitely noticeable. And the wine of today is a perfect example.

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐮𝐯é𝐞 𝟑𝟔 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐬é 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐭

The brothers Aurelio en Emilio del Bono inherited the winery from there father, who used it for making recreational sparkling wine for own use. But there love for Champagne ( especially Jacques Selosse) drove them to expand to making high quality full natural Franciacorta wines. And damn, this Cuvée 36 is a master piece 👑

* Grape variety: 75% Pinot Noir, 25% Pinot Meunier * 3 on lees * stainless steel fermentation * Cultivated according to the Guyot system * No added sulfites * Indigenous yeasts *

- 👀 In the glass a clear pink/ orange wine with very small bubble sizes 🧡💟
- 👃 very strong hints of beaked bread, red fruits, citrus, rose petals 🍞🌹
- 👅 Big flavor explosion with red fruits like strawberry, citrus, croissant, yeast, smokey almond 🥐🍓
- Big development in the glass and very elegant wine overal with a long finish ✅

Franciacorta is worth to visit more, the level of wine with this Cuvée 36 convinced me to wanne explore even more, maybe even try there Cuvée 60 rose and brut🤷‍♂️Anybody other recommendations, hit me up!

Price: €36
Score: 91
Bought: Chen Chen Amsterdam

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ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝟞 🌱

For today's wine we stay in the same area as our previous wine, the Jura 🇫🇷

And oh man, have I fallen hard for this place.... 💄👄

The small wine region next to Burgundy is home to a fairly rare wine, Vin Jaune "Yellow Wine". Vin jaune is made from late harvest Savagnin grapes and is similar to dry fino Sherry and gets its character from being matured in a barrel under a film of yeast, known as the voile, on the wine's surface.

In 2006 Domaine des Marnes Blanches was created in this region and their domaine covers 10 hectares of vines (some of them being around 100 years old!). And they created in a full natural biodynamic way this gorgeous Vin Jaune 🧚‍♂️

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐂ô𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮 𝐉𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏

This 100% late harvest Savagnin wine is a true flavor explosion.

👀 - A beautiful colored yellow wine 💛
👃- An aroma explosion fresh walnut, orange, almonds and spices 🌰
👅 - On the tongue, oxidative raisins, curry, smoke, mature appel, eastern spices and roses 🔥
🍷 - Well balanced in acidity and minerality ☯️
🍲- Comté(!) 🧀

I absolutely start falling in love with all that is coming from the Jura region. Please let me have more👏

Price: €55
Bought @ Barcult

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--🍾 Post # 100 🍾 --

For my 100th post I'm gonna trow in a restaurant recommendation 👩‍🍳

Restaurant Fitzgerald (Rotterdam)

Finally after months we are able again to dive into our favorite restaurants. And for my 100th post it is a perfect time to dine at one who is on my list for quite some time.

A beautiful 6 course meal starting with Imperial caviar with Champagne Philippe Gonet Blanc de Blancs and ending with cheese and Port (didn't make pictures of everything, was way to busy drinking marvelous wine and enjoying food).

Most standing out dishes:
- Anjou pigeon, peas, cocos, vadouvan
- Makrel, oysters, yuzu

What makes this restaurant worth it:
- Wines... like a ton of wines, these people have it all 🤯
- Outstanding service

I missed dining at restaurants so much and Fitzgerald was the perfect comeback. Yes, maybe they are a bit pricy, but as a wine enthousiast it is definitely worth it💖

Thank you guys for all your positive feedback last 100 posts and let do 1000 more!

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ℕ𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕦𝕣𝕝𝕚𝕛𝕜𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕛𝕟𝕖𝕟 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕝 𝟝 🌱

Na een aantal weken in de jungle te hebben lopen kruipen , ben ik weer terug voor de wijnen! En wat voor wijn vandaag!

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖

De volledig natuurlijke wijngaardes van de Domaine maken een paar knallers van wijnen tussen de heuvels van de Jura. Een regio die eigenlijk voor mijn best een tijd genegeerd is. De wijn van vandaag is gemaakt van een typische druif uit de regio, Savagnin. En wat is dit een bom van een wijn geworden! 🤯

*100% Savagnin hand geplukt, 40 hl/ha opbrengst, 18 maanden on lees zonder sulfieten en op oude houten vaten*

👀 - In het glas een donker gouden kleur 💛
👃- Uit het glas stuiven een explosie van aroma's van rook, boter, toast, honing, hooi, citroen en verse appels 🧈
👅 - Wanneer we drinken, verschillende lagen van citroen, appel, toast, noten, gist en mineralen 🍏
🍷 - Een goede laag zuren, dikke ontwikkeling in het glas en een goede afdronk
🍲- Een wijn die bij veel gegeten kan worden, maar misschien gewoon het beste met wat lichte of oude kazen 🧀

Wat een geweldige wijn, die mij ook wat doet denken aan een goede Champagne (correct me if i'm wrong). Ik ben helemaal fan geworden en ik neem met deze ook elke tip aan van wijnen die hier op lijken!

Prijs: €38
Gekocht bij: CheninChenin Amsterdam

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