Lise & Bertrand Jousset, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Premier Rendez-vous

Nose: petrol, lees, herbs, apricot, stone. Tongue: oxidative white fruit, stone--savory and acidic. Paired very well with super-stinky Brescianella Stagionata.

Heads-up: there are two identical cellartracker entries for this wine-one lists the wine as "sec" and the other doesn't. Since the word "sec" appears nowhere on the label, this entry gets my nod. The other entry has many more vintages, so maybe the wine used to be labeled "sec", but it isn't anymore, and since I don't know if or when the change occurred, I'm "sec-onding" this one. Such are the concerns of the nerdlings who even think once let …