Midday Tasting September 8th, 2024
No. 1 • Cantina Tramin ‘Unterebner’ 2022 • Pinot Grigio • Alto-Adige, Italy •
Inspiration : ‘not your pound pound fruit water’
Color : straw yellow, clean and pristine.
Aroma : serious nose, touch of oak, round with toastiness.
Taste : fruit, baked apple, little nuttiness, slight vanilla reminding of toasted brioche with an apricot marmalade. Laced with minerals, nice tension and acidity with a round, rich flavor and texture.
Big Takeaways
Single vineyard Pinot Grigio from large Cooperative in the Alto-Adige of Italy.
Aged in French and Austrian Oak.
A more serious take on Pinot Grigio…both round and smooth with a strong line of acidity and minerality keeping it soaring in the mouth.
Hints
Great with your seafood!
No. 2 • Chateau Musar, Jeune Rosé 2020 • Cinsault + Mourvèdre • Bekaa Valley, Lebanon •
Inspiration : ‘a food rosé’
Color : salmon pink with an orangish hue, clean and pristine, no sediment.
Aroma : unique with the classic Musar ‘personality’. Bright with slightly overripe stone fruits, salt, and a savory edge.
Taste : stewed stone fruits, overripe stone fruits, touch of pool-toy, fatty thinly sliced prosciutto and a touch of banana.
Big Takeaways
From the younger vines of the Musar family in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon; all concrete.
Food friendly rosé with a strong personality; bright fruits with a savory edge…touch of salinity reminding of overripe stone fruits and fatty prosciutto.
Hints
Serve with a slight chill… but not too chilled.
No. 3 • Bodegas Emilio Moro ‘La Felisa’ 2021 • Tempranillo • Ribera del Duero, Spain •
Inspiration : ‘a strong, feminine wine’
Color : opaque, thick, dark purple with a garnet red tinge.
Aroma : very floral, purple florals, very perfumed, rich and spice. Lots of dark fruits, juicy cherry and plum.
Taste : follows the nose, dark blue, black and purple fruits, slight baking spices, black pepper, fine yet aggressive tannins, and a hint of herbaceousness.
Big Takeaways
Family ran winery with own vines and clone of Tempranillo.
Very strong yet feminine wine, named after the Matriarch. Quite perfumed, floral, juicy.
Organically grown grapes, no additional sulfur added.
Hints
Even with no additional sulfur being added, the bottle lasts overnight no problem.
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