Community Tasting Note

forceberry wrote:

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 - A blend of Chardonnay (80%) and Friulano (20%), macerated for 1-2 weeks, aged for 18 months in large 2500-3500 liter oak casks. Light addition of sulfites before bottling. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.

Pale and slightly hazy amber color. Heavily volatile nose with heady aromas of nail polish, some savory spice, a little bit of earth, light bruised apple tones, an acetic hint of VA and a touch of medicinal ether. Overall the heavily volatile nature of the nose makes the wine feel rather anonymous, generic orange wine. The wine is lively, volatile and medium-bodied on the palate with lifted flavors of bruised apple, some nail polish, a little bit of crunchy quince, light ethery notes of VA, a hint of savory spice and a touch of balsamic VA. The overall feel is quite structured, thanks to the rather high acidity and gently grippy tannins. The finish is lifted and volatile with medium-long flavors of bruised apple, some nail polish, a little bit of earth and light notes of earthy spice.

A still somewhat drinkable orange wine that suffers from excessive VA. Structurally the wine is balanced, but flavor-wise the emphasis is on the noticeable volatile character, overwhelming most of the wine's nuance and finesse. This is a far cry from the wonderfully complex and harmonious 2015 vintage, where the faint lifted notes of VA were merely an afterthought, not the centerpiece. Can't say I was particularly impressed by this wine. It was pretty impossible to guess where the wine came from, but most guesses were from Slovenia and Croatia with one or two guesses going correctly to Friuli.

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