Community Tasting Note
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sweetstuff wrote: 89 points
October 19, 2017 - 2014 Moric Blaufränkisch (Austria, Burgenland); 10/18/2017; WineMonger, San Anselmo, CA; 12.5 pabv. winemonger.com; 866 Winemonger. Blue Goat; Traverse City, MI, $31.50/750. Curation: Amanda Danielson. Also known as Kekfrankos in Hungary and Lemberger in Germany, this red in its local incarnation (certainly not over-vinified and over-oaked) is one reason it's so lovely eating the food in central Europe. Moric is one of the 'back to the future' stars here; this is their entry--level offering. Relatively neutral-colored graded density, a little deeper than Pinot noir clones. An enticing raspberry-red berry offering to the nose with some subtle spiciness and slightly-fermented silage provide interest. Gentle sweet shoe leather plays well off my beef-lamb ragout built up with mine own Southwest-Ohio venison broth, whose secret ingredients are root vegetables: parsnip, carrot, celeriac, turnip, rutabaga and not crowding the cookware, please!. No celariac to be found this time around, so the parsnips were augmented with extra carrot. Lightly tearing at this apv. Broth has enhanced torrefaction the second day on. Lovely vivid high-tones envelope all, and an integrating finish. Won't insult this wine by giving it a RPP 90., rather, an 89+, along with the Dorothy Lane Market Dayton OH, Red Turkey Wheat made from their very own Mennonite strain of fresh-ground flower that is absolutely a perfect bread for this kind of thing, slathered with Amish butter.
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