Community Tasting Note

• Fractalage Likes this wine:

  December 17, 2021 - A real wine, authentic, approachable now, loaded with fruit and meats reminding me of the Rhone.
  
  Purchased off the recommendation of Eben Sadie. Great winemakers tend to hang together.
  I had returned from Cappadokia with bottles and pics of the ancient vines in the white sandy soil, monasteries, recounting stories to Eben who then turned me onto Tegan and Olivia Passalacqua's project: What an excellent endeavor. Their goal struck me right through the heart with desire to support and taste of it.
  About | Sandlands (sandlandsvineyards.com)
  Look at those images of ancient vines in sandy soils of California: Real wine! These days the term real wine is dubbed raw wine, but I still like to say “real wine”, because the rest are just crafted beverages. Let’s debate sometime if you disagree. Essentially there is a God of wine. Most of today’s vintners offend that God. The book is to be soon published. I exhort those reading to quit imbibing poison.
  
  Each sip of this excellent juice brings joy to my mouth and soul.
  There’s energy, lift, balance of fruit to meats with perfect acid to palate reset of the best of meats. This is very excellent style. Mouthcoating is delicate and rich with lots going on. It will be interesting to see how this will lasts in 5. (My tasting started after a 4 hour decant. There was considerable sediment smoke at the bottom leaving a full two glasses in the bottle.)
  
  I have not yet tasted any other Sandland’s cuvees, but anticipate taking the dive. While this is practically unobtainable due to very small productions, I will have to buy directly upon release.
  
  After Reginald wrote this review, he sat back down to take a deep breath, another swig of the wine and smile in enjoyment. Large chunks of the roasted lamb leg remained on his plate and he cut into it to take of another bite. The wine’s goodness coursed through him and he began that journey again. His vision took him to a very bright world where fantastic light backlit every molecule to where the entire scene glowed: Deep blues of sky, white and creams of worlds in that sky, similar blues of water, cascades of white splashes, greens of lush grass, browns of bark branching up to more greens with flowers of reds, golds and violets. Then there were the robes: Groups of beings in ornately adorned clothes of flowing brilliance. Then they spoke.
  “We are Tallus. We gave to you this wine. It has come to you through the ages to be born again to come to you in that glass. The winemaker was of our choosing, though he knows it not. You are here to receive of our knowledge of the whys. You are to assist us to awaken the world to the offence that is taking place in the production of what was brought from this world.” Their hands waved toward the expanse of vineyards growing up groves of unique trees. The leaves of the vines shimmered and revealed gold and silver creatures jumping from leaf to leaf continually.
  “As you have surmised, they are the Leolon. They are also on your world and they too facilitate the same action, yet when the vines are dishonored, they are ruined and flee the vineyard. Tell those of your world, who will listen, to bring the Leolon back to their vines as they will flourish and bless the fruit thereof to the benefit of humanity.”
  
  Reginald shook his head. He could not believe what had just transpired. He looked at the bottle and wondered who the winemaker was. He thought about how this juice could have been created and why he had been contacted in this way. He had had plenty of deep experiences to know that this was something unique. He felt in his heart that it was true, that he was chosen. He tasted of the wine again. This time the vision of that glorious world immediately came back to his vision. What was this? Was this juice magical or drugged to have provided this insane experience. His disbelief immediately closed the channel, and that magical feeling faded. After it had gone, he yearned for it to return. It didn’t.
  
  Winetrip is coming.

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2 Comments

• thesternowl commented:

  12/21/21, 12:46 PM - Wow...thank you for this.

• Fractalage commented:

  12/23/21, 9:40 PM - Honored to receive of your words.

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