Dido Blanc 2023

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 I am often confronted with people telling me that they envy my job as I can drink during working time and that I often have the possibility of getting in touch with new and exciting wines.

Even though it is partially true (not really supposed to get wasted at work and not all the wines I come across are exciting), it is mainly due to the fact that I am surrounded by wine lovers willing to share their recent discoveries. There are also times that I do not feel like drinking at all. There are also many wines that I do not feel like tasting . I know this sounds rather arrogant, but it is coming from an almost luxury situation which often leads to some kind of fatigue where I end up setting my own drinking borders. 

Is it then possible to still be able to discover new exciting wines when I am not really in the mood for it?



 Mood can really be a decisive factor at the time of making a decision or analysis about a wine.  

 Not only if you feel like drinking or not, but also whether you are in the right mood for a certain kind of wine.

That has just recently happened to me as I was mentally going through what to prepare for dinner. Having decided not to drink anything on that particular day, I have tried a couple of novels at the shop where I work managing what I think it was an objective evaluation, but not really feeling like drinking further. 

But with the preparation of dinner ( I am currently reading some sort of bible of the Turkish cuisine and have decided to try some starters) ideas have started forming in my mind and the suggestion words have done to my palate have made me go to the basement and choose a wine to accompany the meal. 

Facing quite a palette of strong and varied tastes I have decided to go to a wine which could face them offering enough tannin but also enough freshness where I could find a safe port to rest in between.

This Dido Blanc has definitely delivered enough wine to my expectations. 

Amber coloured revealing a longer contact with the skins and its consequent tannins, it has presented interesting nutty notes along with quince hints along with the typical maceration flavours from nature wines revealing some cider notes. It has also revealed itself flexible enough to pair the different starters where acili ezme has dominated most of the plates. And all this without forgetting a really nice freshness that made me momentarily forget the snow filled streets of Hamburg. 

If you are looking for a really pleasant nature wine that can open your appetite for drinking even when you do not feel like it, then this may well be your choice.

 

 

15,5/20
Country: Spain    
Region: Monsant
Grapes: Garnacha Blanca, Macabeu, Xarel.lo
13%
Winemaker: René Barbier Jr.; Sara Pèrez

Link: https://www.venuslauniversal.com/vins/#dido-blanc

 

Location: Hamburg, Germany

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