Big Wine Show Part 2
Fratelli Revello Barolo DOCG 2003 This is the Revello’s regional bottling and it’s no slouch. Tasted earlier in the year, I wrote: spot on for the price, with new world styling of chocolaty oak and ripe fruit along with massive tannin and classic...
Sweets
Robert Hall Paso Robles Margaret's Vineyard Orange Muscat 2006 A lighter version of dessert wine that is perfect with fresh raspberries. With only 4.3% RS and a light mouthfeel, this wine could do double duty with spicy prawns in a Thai curry...
The Last of the Summer Rose
Cantina Terlano Alto Adige DOC Lagrein Rose 2006 The previous vintage of this wine was crisp and vibrantly fruity. The 2006 is evolved but still tangy and refreshing. Estate Bottled in Terlano 13% $15.99 at Traverso's Cantina Terlano
Rhone Whites
Verget du Sud Vin de Pays du Vaucluse Roussanne 2006 Jean-Marie Guffens' impressive work with the grapes of Burgundy continues with grapes sourced further south, in this case from the Vaucluse, a department on the east side of the river Rhone which...
Harvest Fair Stars
This flight features 3 dry Zins and one for dessert that were each big winners at the recent Harvest Fair in Sonoma County. Francis Ford Coppola Presents Dry Creek Valley Director's Cut Zinfandel 2005 The clear favorite of the flight. This wine is...
Gold Country Zinfandel
This flight features a range of vintages of Gold country wine, from 2000 to 2003. Karly Amador County Buck's Ten Point Zinfandel 2000 Evolving, sweet raisined fruit - a very supple wine that is warm and complex. At its peak to enjoy now. P&B in...
Pink Zin
D'Argenzio Russian River Valley D'Loiodice Zinfandel Rosa 2005 Lots of toasty oak - This is a very rich and creamy style of rose. Pressed after a 24 hour soak, this wine was then fermented in US oak, 50% of it new, with full ML Bottled in Santa...
It Has to be Vermouth
Nothing wakes up your palate and straightens me out after a day of coffee drinking like a glass of sweet vermouth. Carpano, Punt e Mes, Vermouth nv Stunning and on a par with the Quady Vya Vermouth; this is very concentrated and not for the faint...
Roaring Roero
Vietti Roero Arneis DOCG 2006 Like the previous vintage, this is quite acidic in a light-bodied package with minerality and a touch of herbaceousness. Bot in Castiglione Falletto, Alfredo Currado began working w/ Arneis in 1967 13% $15.50 at...
Alba and Asti – Certainly not AA
Michele Chiarlo Barbera d'Asti Superiore Le Orme DOC 2005 As we found with the 2003, the wine displays textbook acidity in a very light bodied package with a bit of earthiness and some tannin. This works as a budget Barbera though won't delight...