E&R Wine Shop, Portland OR
Tasted Thursday, July 17, 2014 by David Paris (dbp) with 458 views
This was a fantastic opportunity to try Chad Stock's wines right along side his inspiration wine. All of Chad's wines are individually numbered "experiments" and he doesn't intend to ever make the same wine twice. Most of his wines have an inspiration wine that he had tried. Here we drank the inspiration wine right along side his. A really fun time to compare and contrast the wines. Everything was quite good... I'm all for exploration over repetition.
2012 Azienda Agricola Terenzuola Vermentino Colli di Luni 86 Points
Italy, Tuscany / Liguria, Colli di Luni
Clearish color. Pretty lean aromas with some light lemon and minerality. Fairly quiet, though. Very soft palate entry but it's really really creamy. Not offering too much depth of intensity as it feels subdued. Soft finish too, with quite rich fruit and acid dialing up, but overall not much depth.
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2013 Minimus Wines Vermentino Troon Estate 89 Points
USA, Oregon, Southern Oregon, Applegate Valley
All concrete fermentation. The vessels were unlined and treated with tartaric acid. Some stewed notes on the nose and also some candied banana and sage. Really different and nice. Smooth in texture with tart acid, rich texture and flavor, and now banana flavored Runts candy. Some funk here, but quite rich. Nice acid on the finish, which is rich and pleasing. Tart, funky, and tons of mineral inflection. Really heavy acid and minerals go on for minutes. Nice.
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