Tried last night w/ my tofu gruel:
1. Odisea VeritableQuandry (175 cs; 33% Marsanne/27% Roussanne/21% Albarino/19% Viognier; 13.5%) 2007: Med.gold color; very ripe pineapple/mango/floral/candied/Lodi Viog loads of fruit spicy/nutmeg interesting nose; soft/fat slightly bitter very floral/ripe/mango/pineapple/candied some honeysuckle/appley slight spicy/nutmeg flavor; med.long very ripe/lush soft fruity/floral/mango/pineapple finish; bit on the soft side and short on acid but lots of ripe fruit; very good for a (mostly)Lodi white; nicely done and fairly priced at $15.50
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. When I was back in KansasCity last week, I stumbled across several of these Odisea wines at Gomers/MidTown, one of my favorite stores and where JimColey used to reign. The labels looked interesting, the wine guy gave them a strong rec, so I bought a couple. Went to their WebSite (http://www.OdiseaWineCo.com) and ordered a mixed case. This was an xtra btl from my KC buy.
The wnry is an operation of AdamWebb and MikeKeuntz. Two guys from Oklahoma that got bitten by the wine bug. Mike segued to Oregan to work at WillametteVllyVnyds. Adam went to NapaVlly and was asst winemaker at Elyse for awhile. This wine was made up in Murphys, but as of last year, their wnry is in the NapaVlly.
I presume the grapes came (as the '08 version did) Lodi and the ClarksburgDelta. Lodi doesn't get a whole lot of respect, but in the last ten yrs, the wines from here have taken a real jump in quality. The softness and fatness is representative of the whites from Lodi, but there was loads of fruit and, thankefully, no apparent oak. Nicely done RhoneBlanc.
Tom
