medium-dry, lots of nice depth and a good clean finish. To me the best Rieslings take like a grape "spirit" (or late harvest) with little or no competing fruit, and this does just that. The Villa Maria 2009 Dry Riesling is also good (a bit drier), and both of these are in the 15-25$ range.
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30 August, 2011
2008 Black Barn Riesling
medium-dry, lots of nice depth and a good clean finish. To me the best Rieslings take like a grape "spirit" (or late harvest) with little or no competing fruit, and this does just that. The Villa Maria 2009 Dry Riesling is also good (a bit drier), and both of these are in the 15-25$ range.
24 May, 2011
2008 Vietti Barbera D'Asti Tre Vigne
Date tasted: 23 May, 2011
Where: Minneapolis
Price: $$
Notes: a really well-mannered red, with subtle cherry/cranberry notes adding a mild acid tartness that unfolds with surprising length. In spite of the relative absence of tannins, not jammy at all. Paired nicely with Punch pizza putanesca (anchovies, olives, capers) and an evening with our friends Matt and Beth.
10 May, 2011
Black Hills Estate 2008 Nota Bene
Date tasted: 11-12 May, 2011
Where: purchased Vancouver, BC (tasted in Mpls)
Price: $$$
Notes: a Bordeaux-style blend of 41% Merlot, 48% Cabernet Sauvignon and 11% Cab Franc. A lucky find, as this vintage had been technically "sold out" for almost a year. Fruity on the nose, but not at all jammy. Merlot does a nice job of balancing the heavier notes in the cabs. A little shorter on the palette than I'd hoped, but worked well with a variety of flavors: dark chocolate, St. Marcellin soft cheese, baba ganoush and smoked AK sockeye salmon.
Mer Soleil 2008 unoaked Chardonnay
Date tasted: 7 May, 2011
Where: Vancouver, BC
Price: $$
Notes: mineral, acid, modest citrus and melon, but best vintages appear to be 2006-7. Paired well with paella and halibut. Unique in that it never touches wood of any kind, and is bottled in ceramic.
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