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Here’s a sextet of wines from Trione, tasted from 50ml Tasting Room samples. Trione 2010 Sauvignon Blanc Russian River Valley Pungent nose calls to mind fresh-cut grass. Bright lime flavors with a saline quality (tequila shot?) and sharp acidity. It has a persistant, mineral finish. Some might find it too lean for their tastes, [...] May 8th, 2013 | Tags: Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley, Trione Winery | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes | 
Leave a comment.Vinavanti is an urban winery in San Diego whose Black Label wines emphasize a natural winemaking approach. Knowing my interest in Mourvèdre-based wines, Eric Van Drunen was kind enough to provide two bottles as samples for review. Both the 2011 Mourvèdre and Clara Rosé, sourced from nearby Temecula Valley, are hand-picked, native-fermentation, unfined/unfiltered, no sulfite wines. [...] April 15th, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Mourvèdre, Rose, Temecula Valley | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
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Bonny Doon Vineyard’s 2011 Clos de Gilroy is made from grapes not quite right for BDV’s top bottling, Le Cigare Volant (clos but no cigare, as Randall like to say). 83% grenache 7% cinsault 6% syrah 4% mourvèdre from various locales around the Central Coast AVA I love the freshness of [...] April 3rd, 2013 | Tags: Bonny Doon, Grenache, Randall Grahm | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.A quick-hit #MourvedreMonday wine… . Merum 2009 Monastrell – Jumilla Dried cherry, raspberry, mossy earthiness and dried flowers. Rich, but with good acidity. This tasty and interesting little Jumilla is 85% Monastrell and 15% Syrah and well worth the $10.50 I paid for it. Grab a bottle if you come across it and let me [...] April 1st, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Jumilla, Monastrell, Mourvèdre | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.With spring just around the corner, my pick for this Mourvèdre Monday is a lovely little Bandol rosé. Bandol, located within Provence, is France’s only wine region where Mourvèdre is the dominant grape. In other words, heaven. I couldn’t find the exact varietal composition of this bottle, but the Bandol AOC regulations require at least 50% [...] March 11th, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Bandol, Mourvèdre, Mourvèdre Monday, Rose, Wines for Spring, Wines for Summer | Category: Price: 16-20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.“Stupendously fresh.” That was the phrase that immediately leapt to mind when I first tasted this wine. And it stayed stuck in my brain with every subsequent sip. So I’m just gonna leave it at that. I really loved this wine. If you dig vin natural and/or cool-climate syrah, definitely check this out.
January 30th, 2013 | Tags: Cotes du Rhone, Eric Texier, natural wine, Syrah, vin naturel | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.It’s been quite a while since I’ve had a chance to taste a Barossa Mourvèdre for the intermittent yet persistent #MourvedreMonday series. I recently came across this bottle at a wine shop I hadn’t visited before. I’d heard of Turkey Flat before via my Mourvèdre-radar (i.e., hours on the internet), but hadn’t ever found a [...] January 28th, 2013 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, Barossa Valley, Mourvèdre, Mourvèdre Monday | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.This is the fourth and final post in a series about the Wines of Chile Terroir Master Class. The earlier posts covered 3 Sauvignon Blancs, 3 Pinot Noirs and 3 Carmeneres. Ventisquero ‘Grey’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 Maipo Valley ($29) 94% Cabernet Sauvignon · 6% Petit Verdot A fresh nose of cassis and mint accented by rich [...] January 16th, 2013 | Tags: Cabernet Sauvignon, Chile, Chilean wine | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes, Uncategorized |
One comment. Add yours.Welcome to Part 3 of this mini-series of posts on the Wines of Chile blogger tasting held back in October. Earlier posts covered the 3 Sauvignon Blancs and 3 Pinot Noirs. The final post, yet to come, will deal with the 3 Cabernet Sauvignons. But today, dear reader, we focus on Carmenere. I won’t try to [...] December 6th, 2012 | Tags: Carmenere, Chile, Chilean wine | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
Leave a comment.I tasted this wine back in the summer, but never got around to blogging my notes. So I decided to dust them off for today’s Mourvèdre Monday post. Tablas Creek 2008 Esprit de Beaucastel Rouge Complex nose of cherry/raspberry fruit with a hit of coffee/mocha and mint. On the palate, it is mouth-filling without [...] December 3rd, 2012 | Tags: #MourvedreMonday, #TeamMourvedre, Beaucastel, Counoise, Grenache, Mourvèdre, Mourvèdre Monday, Paso Robles, Syrah, Tablas Creek | Category: Price: Over 20 bucks, Tasting Notes |
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