WTN: Three At Table...(short/boring)
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 12:31 pmWe had a friend over for dinner Fri night and tried:
1. PetiteBurja Zelen VipavskaDolina/VipavaVlly/Slovenia (11.5%) PrimozLavrencic/Podraga 2010: Med.gold color; fairly strong earthy/minerally/bit metallic some pineapple/appley/florak quite attractive nose; bit tart/tangy/minerally light pineapple/apple/pear somewhat lush flavor; med.short tangy/metallic/mineral some apple/pear/pineapple finish; quite a pretty/interesting white. $21.00 (BWM)
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2. J.Vidal-Fleury AC: CdR (12.5%; www.VidalFleury.com) Ampuis 1988: Med.dark some browning color; rather earthy/smokey/roasted slight bretty no fruit quite complex/old NR nose; soft rather horsecollar/leather/bit bretty some earthy/smokey/roasted/olive some cedary/old red bit tannic/dried out flavor; med.long some roasted/olive/NR/smokey bit cedary/old red some tannic/dried out finish; still clinging to life and yielding up some intellectual pleasure; turned to a dark/murky/cloudy brown color by evening's end. $10.00 (Arg)
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3. la famiglia Pirovano Barbera DOC: OltrepoPavese (13%) Calco NV(L12130): Dark/garnet color; strong grapey/Barbera/spicy/spicy Italian sausage/raspberry bit graphite/earthy slight pungent quite interesting/attractive/clean nose; somewhat tart/tangy slight tannic/bitey rather Italian sausage/spicy/grapey/raspberry light earthy/pungent/graphite somewhat rich/grapey flavor; med.long tart bit tannic/bitey rather grapey/spicy Italian sausage/raspberry bit earthy/graphite/pungent finish; rather rich/lush in style and not as lean/austere as many Piemontese Barberas; quite a tasty wine for a great price. $11.00 (WF)
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A wee BP:
1. Zelen is an ancient/rare autochthonous grape grown only in the Primorje region of Slovenia. The name means "green" in Slovene. The skin is actually a rather squash color to it. It was abandoned long ago because of its stingy yields, but is now enjoying a comeback. Based on this one data point (we LosAlamos types can often reach grand conclusions based on no data points), they should be planting this grape all up&down the Coast in Calif.
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2. Barbera: I stumbled upon this at WholeFoods this weekend. A label I'd not seen before. I was attracted to it because a pure Barbera from the OltrepoPavese in Lombardy is pretty rare (I think...don't recall seeing one before). When I queried Tommy the next day at WholeFoods, thinking it to be a quite esoteric wine to find in WF...he just shrugged his shoulders and muttered "corporate"...meaning he was told to buy it by headquarters in Texas. Sometimes, "corporate" wins one.
Tom
1. PetiteBurja Zelen VipavskaDolina/VipavaVlly/Slovenia (11.5%) PrimozLavrencic/Podraga 2010: Med.gold color; fairly strong earthy/minerally/bit metallic some pineapple/appley/florak quite attractive nose; bit tart/tangy/minerally light pineapple/apple/pear somewhat lush flavor; med.short tangy/metallic/mineral some apple/pear/pineapple finish; quite a pretty/interesting white. $21.00 (BWM)
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2. J.Vidal-Fleury AC: CdR (12.5%; www.VidalFleury.com) Ampuis 1988: Med.dark some browning color; rather earthy/smokey/roasted slight bretty no fruit quite complex/old NR nose; soft rather horsecollar/leather/bit bretty some earthy/smokey/roasted/olive some cedary/old red bit tannic/dried out flavor; med.long some roasted/olive/NR/smokey bit cedary/old red some tannic/dried out finish; still clinging to life and yielding up some intellectual pleasure; turned to a dark/murky/cloudy brown color by evening's end. $10.00 (Arg)
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3. la famiglia Pirovano Barbera DOC: OltrepoPavese (13%) Calco NV(L12130): Dark/garnet color; strong grapey/Barbera/spicy/spicy Italian sausage/raspberry bit graphite/earthy slight pungent quite interesting/attractive/clean nose; somewhat tart/tangy slight tannic/bitey rather Italian sausage/spicy/grapey/raspberry light earthy/pungent/graphite somewhat rich/grapey flavor; med.long tart bit tannic/bitey rather grapey/spicy Italian sausage/raspberry bit earthy/graphite/pungent finish; rather rich/lush in style and not as lean/austere as many Piemontese Barberas; quite a tasty wine for a great price. $11.00 (WF)
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A wee BP:
1. Zelen is an ancient/rare autochthonous grape grown only in the Primorje region of Slovenia. The name means "green" in Slovene. The skin is actually a rather squash color to it. It was abandoned long ago because of its stingy yields, but is now enjoying a comeback. Based on this one data point (we LosAlamos types can often reach grand conclusions based on no data points), they should be planting this grape all up&down the Coast in Calif.
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2. Barbera: I stumbled upon this at WholeFoods this weekend. A label I'd not seen before. I was attracted to it because a pure Barbera from the OltrepoPavese in Lombardy is pretty rare (I think...don't recall seeing one before). When I queried Tommy the next day at WholeFoods, thinking it to be a quite esoteric wine to find in WF...he just shrugged his shoulders and muttered "corporate"...meaning he was told to buy it by headquarters in Texas. Sometimes, "corporate" wins one.
Tom