ChrisinCowiche
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Joined: 12/16/2009 From: Cowiche, WA Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Slye I have loved some of the South African ones as well. I also am not sure I get the Huet thing -- though people whose palates I respect love them. I do think it may be drinking them too young on my part. I do like good German Riesling though -- so I am not averse to more sweetness per se. I recently opened Erica Orr's Chenin old vines from 2019 -- really excellent, particularly at the price of $25 (and even less via BerserkerDay this year, which is when I bought it). This is a dry version, which I think I prefer. Went really well with a chicken/butternut squash Mexican style dish -- so yes, I find wines like this go with lots of different foods. Roast chicken I find to be one of the most versatile dishes for lots of foods, including most whites and most if not all reds. I must have completely missed that offer on BD --- what's the winery's name? {runs off in an attempt to find it} How would you compare this one to its Loire counterparts? (that's always the calculus for me, whenever I venture away from the Loire for Chenin) Your post reminded me: butternut squash raviolis!! soooooo good with Chenin! (also great with Chardonnay or Viura ) Very specific, I know --- from time to time, Costco will have them in their refrigerated section, and they are very much worth buying (as are the lobster ones). Orr Winery. I had sampled that Chenin somewhere, but only had vague memory of "yes I like this wine". I ordered some more like Slye, so will be interested. I was very tempted but did not buy the Riverain (sp?) CA offering on BD. In general, I've always liked Chenin, never a big Chardonnay fan. My tasting/drinking is mostly geographically limited to Washington, and I for sure need to expend. Too much wine, too little time (and money). Other WA ones to look for L'ecole 41 probably is most well known and distributed, used to be called Walla Voila, now Old Vines Chenin. In WA Old vines means 1980 or so, and L'ecole has made this wine since ~2000. Other of note are Kiona Ice Chenin, and Pontin Del Roza, also been around a couple of decades, though I don't know if its still in production, since the owner/winemaker passed away a few years ago.
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