Domaine de la Colline 2014
Touraine AOC, France
On the Town (1949)
SUNDAY, JULY 2 @ 04:00 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 28 @ 07:45 AM
Match a pure example of Sauvignon Blanc with a pure example of Technicolor musicals at their finest. On the Town is true to its name: it features several of MGM’s biggest musical stars (headlined by Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra) singing and dancing on location in postwar New York City. This delightful bottle, with its citrus and fresh grass notes, is a fitting accompaniment to an invigorating film.
THE WINE
THE GRAPE
THE REGION
Touraine offers a wide range of whites (and some delicious reds too), but it is perhaps most famous for its Sauvignon Blanc. The finest can challenge the far more famous and considerably more expensive Sauvignons of Sancerre and Pouilly Fumé in the eastern Loire. Though Touraine’s wines are often slightly zestier, it can be hard to tell them apart (unless you look at the price tag).
WITH FOOD
Serve this extremely refreshing white as a welcome to thirsty dinner guests as they walk in the door. It’ll pair well with hors d’oeuvres or main courses involving grilled fish, shellfish, oysters or moules marinières (marinated mussels). Prefer no seafood? Serve pork tenderloin with a garlic/herb cream sauce. It’s also excellent with Sauvignon Blanc’s classic match, goat cheese.