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September 18, 2021 Wine Reviews

Vinography Unboxed: Week of 9/12/21

Hello and welcome to my weekly dig through the pile of wine samples that show up asking to be tasted.

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January 18, 2021 Wine Reviews

Elevating Chardonnay in the Santa Cruz Mountains

The Santa Cruz Mountains American Viticultural Area stands apart from all other California wine regions both literally and figuratively. As

July 24, 2010 Red Wine, Wine Reviews, Wines under $20

2008 Ridge Vineyards “Three Valleys” Red Blend, Sonoma County

If there’s one thing about a winery that is likely to earn my immediate respect it is what you might

June 15, 2010 Boutique Wines, Wine Reviews

2004 Cooper Garrod “Lone Oak Vineyard” Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains

One of the greatest joys in my life remains the feeling I get when stumbling upon a small winery whose

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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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What smells like strawberry and sumac, and tastes

What smells like strawberry and sumac, and tastes like strawberry, chopped green herbs and a whiff of dusty roads? Why, @jolielaidewines of course! Drinking beautifully still after a few years. Mganel Pganel! 2017 Jolie-Laide “Provisor Vineyard” Grenache, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, CA. ⁣
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I tend to like everything that @duncanarnot and @m

I tend to like everything that @duncanarnot and @make but I don’t buy every wine they make, mostly because I don’t have an unlimited budget and there are some of their wines I really, really love. But recently I decided to get a bottle of their Kirschemannn Zinfandel, and it’s glorious. At 12.6% alcohol it’s this wonderfully easy-to-drink balance between boysenberry fruit and lovelely fresh herbal essence. Fabulous acidity and wonderfully floral finish. Zinfandel made like a Pinot Noir, if you will. Ethereal even. And how can you go wrong with vines farmed by @ownrooted? 2017 Arnot-Roberts “Kirschenmann Vineyard” Zinfandel, Mokelumne River, Lodi, CA. ⁣
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#crunchywine #heritagevines #lodizinfandel #lodizinfandels #crunchywines #heritagevineszinfandel

Some truly great wines sneak up on you, sip after

Some truly great wines sneak up on you, sip after sip, taste after taste—deepening, resonating, and ultimately resolving into your own realization that you are experiencing something profound. More commonly in my experience, however, great wines hit you like a lightning bolt, with a silent detonation that snaps every iota of your attention to the wine itself. That’s what it felt like the first time I tasted the wines of Domaine des Ardoisières, perhaps more than 10 years ago, thanks to Martine of @martineswines, who brought some to a dinner I attended. In July I had a chance to visit the domaine and I have just written “When Stones Speak: The Wines of Domaine des Ardoisières.” The story includes some cool drone footage of their amazing Cevins vineyard site. Link in my bio. ⁣
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Intriguing surfaces.

Intriguing surfaces.

I only spent a few hours in Vancouver yesterday bu

I only spent a few hours in Vancouver yesterday but through sheer happenstance, I managed to pull something of a #foodie coup. Thanks to the generosity of a friend I got to eat half of this. Something people lined up for hours to get and many walked away empty handed. It’s a collaboration between Vancouver’s best French bakery @beaucoupbakery and the venerable Chinatown BBQ @chinatownbbq. It’s the (now pretty famous, limited edition) Peking Duck Croissant. Dusted with silver and costing $8.88 of course. And just like Pulp Fiction, I don’t know if it was worth eight bucks, but it was pretty damn good. As part of the #lightupchinatown Festival in Vancouver.

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