Domaine d'Ott Clos Mireille Blanc de Blanc 2010 Côtes de Provence

Domaine d'Ott Clos Mireille Blanc de Blanc 2010 from the east of the Côtes de Provence in Southern France. The Domaine was started by Marcel Ott but purchased by Champagne Roederer 5 years ago. This white wine is made from a blend of 80% Sémillon and 20% Rolle ( Vermentino ). It is a pale lemon with a green tint to the rim and on the nose it has a floral note above the white stone fruit aromas and a green vegetal nuance, but it has a youthful fresh aura.
On the palate there is fresh brisk acidity and a silky texture with warming but well integrated acidity, it has great structure and flavours of white stone fruits, flowers and a long finish with apricot through to the end. It is an elegant well structured wine in a very trendy bottle. Slurp supply this wine at a cost of £23+.
Score : 88 but is it good value? 

Domaine Pieretti Rosé 2011 Sartene Corsica

Domaine Pieretti Rosé 2011 from Sartene in Corsica, Phillipe Farinelli’s Corsican rosé wine, from a blend of Vermentino and Sciacarello with a splash of Nielluccio. It is pale salmon - nearly onion skin coloured and has low aromas of rhubarb, nectarine and flowers, clean but single dimensional. On the palate once more rhubarb, nectarine and strawberry with a medium acidity that merely keeps it fresh, the alcohol is low ( 11.5%) but the wine is a simple rosé wine that has a medium to short finish, best enjoyed with a shellfish or fish on a summers day. Supplied by Yapp Brothers £11.25.
Score : 79