
Hello again friends.  Simple review tonight.  51% syrah/25% malbec/24% petit verdot.  There's purple fruit (boysenberry?  black raspberry?) in here.  Minerality kicks you in the throat.  I hate to admit that because this vineyard is touted as an oyster graveyard, "therefore mineral character, of course..."  I did a lit review on minerality in wine and nobody seems to understand it - it's certainly not as simple as calcium in the soil.  But this bitch pushes the mineral button for sure.  Hell of a deal at $17.49.  Opened yesterday and had a glass, refrigerated, absolutely crushed the remainder tonight w/ grilled scallions smothered in romesco.
Hello again friends.  Simple review tonight.  51% syrah/25% malbec/24% petit verdot.  There's purple fruit (boysenberry?  black raspberry?) in here.  Minerality kicks you in the throat.  I hate to admit that because this vineyard is touted as an oyster graveyard, "therefore mineral character, of course..."  I did a lit review on minerality in wine and nobody seems to understand it - it's certainly not as simple as calcium in the soil.  But this bitch pushes the mineral button for sure.  Hell of a deal at $17.49.  Opened yesterday and had a glass, refrigerated, absolutely crushed the remainder tonight w/ grilled scallions smothered in romesco.
May 4th, 2013