Garnet color with dried cherry, rose, a bit of tar and baking spice aromas. On the palate it's medium-bodied, fresh and a bit tannic with ample cherry, and cranberry fruit flavors that intermingle with dried herb and savory notes with a lingering finish. 14.5% 100% Nebbiolo aged in French oak (20% new) with native fermentation. This wine is approachable now, but I think will benefit from further aging. Retail - $45
Pours a pale green yellow color with lifted apricot, almond skin, wet stone, floral and lemon aromas. On the palate it's medium-bodied, and dry with ample fruit nicely balanced with bright lemony acidity, and apricot, white peach, lemon, and lime flavors underscored with minerality, and a lingering lip-smacking finish.
From a vineyard planted in 1963, which has a little Sylvaner interplanted in it, which the owner Pat Wirz calls by the name indigenous to California “Franken Riesling.” The wine was fermented with native yeast in a neutral oak upright tank and aged for 6 months on lees prior to bottling According to Morgan Twain-Peterson..."More Heiligenstein than Graacher Himmelriech, more Riquevillean than Sharzhofian...not sure what all that means, but it's wonderful!
Violet color with restrained dark fruit, violet and peppery aromas. On the palate it's supple and smooth with ample (bordering on jammy, but not quite for me) blackberry, plum and a bit of black currant flavors with a spicy finish.
France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine
(3/13/2016)
Pours very pale yellow tinged green color with enticing yellow apple, mixed citrus (lemon, grapefruit and a hint of lime) wet stone aromas with hints of white flower, honey and lees. On the palate its dense, focused and fresh with great texture. It shows apple, lemon, subtly spiced mandarin orange, and honey flavors with an appealing vein of minerality, and a long finish. Definitely a different style of Muscadet than I've had before. Made from 80 year-old vines, this wine spent an amazing 31 months on the lees in cement vats. Muscadet often compared to Chablis, but this one brings to mind White Burgundy...
2012 Giornata Nebbiolo Luna Matta Vineyard 88 Points
USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles
(3/13/2016)
Garnet color with dried cherry, rose, a bit of tar and baking spice aromas. On the palate it's medium-bodied, fresh and a bit tannic with ample cherry, and cranberry fruit flavors that intermingle with dried herb and savory notes with a lingering finish. 14.5% 100% Nebbiolo aged in French oak (20% new) with native fermentation. This wine is approachable now, but I think will benefit from further aging. Retail - $45
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