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February 13, 2021 Wine Reviews

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 2/7/21

Hello, and welcome to my periodic dig through the samples pile. I’m pleased to bring you the latest installment of

September 18, 2009 Wine Activities, Wine Reviews

Top Wines of Sonoma: Tasting Notes from Sonoma Wine Country Weekend

Two weeks ago, under idyllic clear skies, I joined about 700 other wine lovers to wander around a winery lawn

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I’ve been judging Colorado wine for a few years

I’ve been judging Colorado wine for a few years now, and I’ve got some thought to share after my most recent session, as well as some notes on a few excellent Colorado wines if you’re interested in some very nice high altitude wine. Link to the article in my bio. ⁣
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If there’s one type of wine I might know more ab

If there’s one type of wine I might know more about than any other it’s Weiner Gemischter Satz. Just one of those strange quirks of vinous fate combined with the mildly obsessive tendencies of a serious wine geek. Search out my article on it in World of Fine Wine if you want all 8000 words. For now let’s just enjoy the fruits of wunderkind Jutta Ambrositch, @juttaambrositsch who got tired of sitting behind a computer all day and wandered into the vineyards of Vienna, where she still wanders to this day, making the traditional field blends that are both responsible for and symbolic of Vienna’s urban wine scene. Her early efforts were excellent, and her latest wines, like this one, demonstrate a level of refinement and mastery that is quite impressive. This wine comes from 5 different vineyards in Vienna on both sides of the Danube planted with a dizzying array of grape varieties, some of which haven’t been fully identified yet. Call it roughly 30 different grape varieties, including Riesling, Grüner Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc, Zierfandler, Frühroter, Chardonnay, etc. etc. tastes of stone fruit and citrus, crushed stones and herbs. Snappy, with fantastic acidity and quite elegant and lean for Gemischter Satz, which can, if picked later, be more weighty. This is simply a delight to drink. 2020 Jutta Ambrositch “Kosmopolit” Weiner Gemischter Satz, Vienna, Austria. ⁣
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I’m not a major natural wine guy. Some I like, s

I’m not a major natural wine guy. Some I like, some I don’t. These, however, I positively adore. Stunning purity of cherry fruit inflected with fresh herbs and sour cherries and dried flowers on the finish. Electric acidity and faint dusty tannins. Outstanding. Wish I had a few more bottles. Did you know that my iPhone auto-corrects “gamay” to “fanatic?” Ain’t that just perfect? 2015 Marcel Lapierre “Cuvée Marcel Lapierre MMXV” Morgon, Beaujolais, Burgundy, France. ⁣
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My last bottle of older vintage Movia. This was ba

My last bottle of older vintage Movia. This was back when Ales was doing less skin contact with his Ribolla, so the wine is just faintly amber. At this point in its evolution most of the fruit has transmuted into savory herbs, candle wax, wet autumn leaves and nut skin. A bit more like a sherry (without the bite). Still enjoyable. 2003 Movia Ribolla Gialla, Goriška Brda, Slovenia.
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Gotta get my @nari_sf fix every once in a while. S

Gotta get my @nari_sf fix every once in a while. Still in top form. There’s just nowhere you can get flavors like this anywhere else in the bay area. ⁣
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Continuing the theme of older Italian wines… I’ve had this Greco lying around for a while and tonight it seemed like something I should open with pesto pasta. After 15 years, this once steely lean wine has fattened into a wonderful saline butterscotch concoction with lemon rind. But there’s also still a fantastic petrichor quality to the wine that brings me back to the glass. 2006 Mastroberardino “NovaSerra” Greco di Tufo, Campania, Italy. ⁣
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I’ve been aging Etna Rossos to see how they age.

I’ve been aging Etna Rossos to see how they age. Some are doing better than others. This is one of my older bottles and it’s seen its best days, I believe. At this point it still offers the wonderfully stony grip that you expect from Nerello Mascalese but its flavors and aromas are muted. Notes of dried strawberry and cherry mix with river mud and dried herbs. Overall a dusty complexion with earthy qualities that aren’t all delightful. 2005 Calabretta “Vigne Vecchie” Nerello Mascalese, Sicily, Italy. ⁣
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