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- Best "box" white wine Dtour 2004 Macon-Villages *Est. $40
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Best "box" white wine
- Cheaper than an equivalent amount of bottled wine
- Lasts as long as a month
- Is the equivalent of four bottles
- Keeps cold with leak-proof cardboard packaging
- Doesn't require a corkscrew
- Not as complex as more expensive wines
- May be difficult to find outside the Northeast
- Too light to stand up to rich foods
Wine Spectator, RobertParker.com and Slate.com have published credible reviews of this wine. Robert Parker.com and Wine Spectator are the only publications that discuss whether this Mâcon-Villages has the same personality as other wines from this region.
Critics concur: The Dtour Mâcon-Villages from France shows a surprising amount of regional character for a box wine and is the top white-wine choice for casual drinking at a picnic or backyard barbecue. Critics describe this wine as crisp and lively, with flavors of honeysuckle, green apple, lemon and a touch of yeast. It can, however, be difficult to find outside the Northeast, and some critics say it's rather basic. If you're looking for an equally good white box wine that's more widely available, reviews point to Seeberger Riesling (*est. $16 for three liters).
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Robert Parker, the world's most influential wine critic, pronounces the Dtour Mâcon-Villages to be a "refreshing," "tasty" and "very authentic" light- to medium-bodied wine.
Review: Wine Talk, Robert Parker, Nov. 22, 2005
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Bruce Sanderson says the Dtour Mâcon-Villages "shows good regional character, exhibiting fresh, crisp-apple and mineral flavors on a medium-bodied frame."
Review: From Wine in a Box to Wine in a Tube, Bruce Sanderson, Oct. 27, 2005
3. Slate.com
Mike Steinberger samples box wines and praises the Dtour 2004 Mâcon-Villages for its gentle spiciness and notes of grapefruit and pineapple.
Review: A Loaf of Bread, a Box of Wine?, Mike Steinberger, Aug. 1, 2006
Lawrence Osborne is somewhat dismissive of the Dtour 2004 Mâcon-Villages, which he calls "a basic, very apple-flavored table wine."
Review: The Art of Box Wine, Lawrence Osborne, Sept. 2006
Editors say that this wine is crisp and redolent of vanilla and green apple.
Review: Thinking Inside the Box, Editors of EatingWell.com
