Clos De La Tech
Domaine de la Barthassade
Cuvée H Languedoc Red Blend 2021
Racine. Women in tech night at home. Juicy, sweet fruits. Expressive. Good balance. Really enjoyable.
Cuvée H is comprised of a blend of Syrah, Mourvedre and Grenache. The vines are farmed biodynamically and the wines are made using 50-80% whole cluster, which is rather uncommon in the zone. The result is dark fruit & herbaceous notes but with an appealing freshness that so typical of the best wines of the area.
Cuvée H is comprised of a blend of 70% Syrah, 15% Mourvèdre, and 15% Grenache. The vines are farmed biodynamically and the wines are made using 50-80% whole cluster, which is rather uncommon in the zone. The palate is full of cocoa powder, sedimentary soil, black pepper, and sweet tobacco. The weight of the wine is a little bit chewy and leads to a dry tannic finish, adding layers of complexity. — 4 years ago
Daumas Gassac
Haute Vallee du Gassac Red Blend 2018
Fascinating red blend produced by Mas de Daumas Gassac coming from the St Guilhem-le-Désert – Cité d'Aniane IGP in the Languedoc region of Southern France. 🇫🇷
Mas de Daumas Gassac is known for its unique red glacial soils that are well-draining and rich in mineral oxides (iron, copper, etc.), helping to nourish but also stress (in a good way!) the approx. 42-year-old vines, which can enhance concentration of fruit character. It is also known for its philosophy of respecting the land it farms and honoring the ecosystem of the Gassac Valley. 🌳
When I say fascinating blend, I mean, look at the list of varieties comprising this wine, based upon the winemaker’s tech sheet:
76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, 3% Pinot Noir, 2% Malbec, and 4% rare grape varieties, including: Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Montepulciano (Italy), Armigne (Switzerland), Arenie, Areni Noir (Armenia), Bastardo, Souzon (Portugal), Saperavie (Russia), Tchkaveri, Tchekavesi (Georgia), Brancalleo (Galicia), Carmenere, Abouriou (old French grape varieties) and Plavac Mali (Croatia). 🍇🍇🍇
👀This wine has a medium purple hue and noteworthy staining and tearing on the glass.
👃On the nose, it has youthful and robust, primary notes of ripe black fruit, such as black cherry, plum, blackberry bramble, also anise, violet, dried lavender, licorice,
pipe tobacco, also secondary notes of dark chocolate, nutmeg, and cedar. The intensity is medium(+).
👄On the palate, this wine is dry. It has medium(+) acidity, a full body, high alcohol (14.1%), and medium(+) tannins that are supple but very present. The intensity of flavors is medium(+) and more tart than ripe, but otherwise consistent with the nose. The finish is medium(+).
👏👏👏 This wine is delicious and could age for many more years, but even in its youth, it’s delightful, complex, and full of intense dark fruit character. — 5 years ago
Azienda Agricola Quintodecimo
Terra D'Eclano Irpinia DOC Aglianico 2021
Refined and polished dark fruit Anglianico with good freshness.
WA93, JS93, AG92.
100% Aglianico.
Grapes from Mirabella Eclano, Irpinia with clay and volcanic soils.
Aged 12 months in oak barrels, about 1/3 new oak per Quintodecimo tech sheet.
Firm, refined tannins.
BlackBerry, blueberry, pepper, tobacco, savory herbs, oak. — 23 days ago
Matthiasson
Michael Mara Vineyard Chardonnay
California’s answer to Chablis. Yes, the fruit is ripe, quite ripe, even tropical (yellow apple, meyer lemon, lemon curd, peaches n’ cream, hints of pineapple and mango, almond), so it’s not exactly Chablis, but there’s an unmistakable mineral element (flint, stones, salinity) and a bright, crisp acidity that gives this wine litheness and structure. Some new oak on per the tech sheet, but so well integrated I wouldn’t have called it. Really lovely. — 5 years ago
Cinnabar
Sorcerer's Stone Red Blend 2018
Thank you, George!!
Dont have a tech sheet, but will guess Zinfandel and Petit Sirah are percentages in the blend.
Wine still has baby fat. Needs 6+ months bottle time (July ‘21 earliest) fantastic late September onward. Bonkers right now. Love to see in 2024, at seven years. Good Mojo. — 5 years ago
Clos De La Tech
Domaine Valeta Sunny Slope Pinot Noir 2019
2019 vintage. Contribution to the FLB (Friday Lunch Bunch) along with @Pinotman /// Andreas and an appreciative regular. Medium/medium-heavy body. Darker fruit and spices aplenty this effort. Not quite as ripe as other CDLT efforts (maybe a dozen at this point¿?) tasted in the last two years. Far from flashy, this Pinot, unlike you, does its best work in the dark. The quality, effort and experience slowly creeps up and, before you know it, you’re actively planning a getaway weekend with it. Stealth juice. 3.20.26. — 2 months ago
Germano Angelo
Vigna Rue Barolo Nebbiolo 2016
This is a big boy. The Rué cru is shared with Mascarello. Vinification tech was impossible to find. But, after 4 + hrs , no sensation of barrique was evident.
N: You could smell tar/roses 2-3 feet above the glass. Tar, roses, tobacco (nicotine), leather, rosemary….
P: Big tannins, chocolate, herbs, smack of acidity, perfect w pork/tomato ragu. Tomato leaf, some wood spice. 15.5°
Forever changing, this guy hit a hr in ‘16.
A great cold weather wine. — 4 years ago
Clos De La Tech
Domaine Lois Louise Twisty Ridge Pinot Noir 2013
Dark garnet color, strong jammy nose of dark plum, some earth & oak. A touch jammy in the mouth, full of fruit but with medium tannins and and ending dryness with an acidic final pucker. Medium body, dark red/black fruits, touch of spice. Very nice-even better as it warmed & more air- went to 9 from 8.9. — 5 years ago
Ray Vanderhoff
Dark ruby color. Aromas of black fruit, wet soil, cedar smoke and baking spices. Flavors of black cherry/currant/plum fruit, black pepper, menthol, tobacco, black tea and fresh and dried herbs. A bit of smoky vanilla on the long and lingering finish. Good balance. Medium-plus body, savory and quite rich. Bold and has aged nicely. — a day ago