Fedellos do Couto, Bastarda 2023 Maconnais enticing melon and citrus fruit

enticing melon and citrus fruit profile

The 2011 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is pretty but almost unusually polished and silky for a site that tends to produce much firmer and more tannic wines

The nose hints at delicious old school Aussie Chardy with rich butter and vanilla essence

With black fruit aroma

Fedellos do Couto, Bastarda 2023 Maconnais enticing melon and citrus fruitThis is perhaps Fedellos do Couto's most unique wine, made from 100% Merenzao (known as Bastarda in Portugal and Trousseau in the Jura) grown on the slopes of the rivers Sil and Bibei. Racy and lifted, with a red fruit nose with lovely peppery notes and sour cherry fruit.