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Tuesday, January 31, 2023 - Interesting wine. Bought it at the “recommendation” of the book Drinking With the Valkyries (I highly recommend the book) which opened the chapter on this wine (well, the 08) with:

“I don’t like this wine. That was my first thought on tasting it. It didn’t smell interesting. Slightly funky; I’m not funky enough to like funk. Then nothing much beyond.”

And I pretty much agree with his initial take. And I agree with his later notes, which is that as it opens up it gets into interesting buttery mushroom (fresh and cooked) earthy meaty notes that are something interesting and different. Which is what we want right?

Just like my rhymes, it’s funky and fresh. Imagine a 50/50 mix of a dry sherry plus a buttery reductive burgundy. I realize that’s combined an oxidized wine with a reduced wine which makes zero sense but there you are.

It’s spectacular with food — wrapping the flavors in a beautiful contrasting and complementing package.

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