“You can make bad wine with great grapes but you can’t make great wine with bad grapes.” -Robert Mondavi Since art is a personal choice, we’ll focus on the quantifiable aspects (Grapes and Winemaking) and leave the fun part of seeking the art-side of wine for you to explore. Winemakers, like artists, follow different ideologies and these core competencies are indeed reflected in the wine. Of course, the more educated you are at understanding the craft of art, the more sophisticated/nuanced your taste will become. Art is also a very personal choice that really comes down to the eye of the beholder. As soon as the winery’s founder considers that their winery may continue to exist after they’re gone, they think differently about how they develop their brand and, ultimately, how they make wine.Īrt: There’s this undefinable x-factor to great wine that’s hard to quantify in a scientific manner. Longterm Vision: There are many intriguing new wineries and winemakers, but the great ones have one thing in common: they think big. Grapes and Winemaking: We can all agree that you need high quality ingredients and exceptional preparation skills to make outstanding sushi (imagine Sukiyabashi Jiro in Jiro Dreams of Sushi) so it’s easy to accept that this same idea also applies to great wine. (Note: I had a second bottle of this wine at a restaurant several months later and the wine was not nearly as good so you have been warned) Score: 94.Get the Wine 101 Course 75% OFF with the purchase of Wine Folly: Magnum Edition. The nose was more expressive and the palate was filled with joyful waves of fruit with sous bois integration. Tasted the following day from a previously opened and re-corked bottle, Tannins are polished, and the deep red cherry finish is spectacular. Red and purple fruits, this wine’s fruit really clings to the palate.
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Styled as a middleweight plus offering, featuring flavors of dark Occidental bottling, but with more fruit expression and less savory
Very similar in all respects to the Freestone Aromas ofĭark red cherry and berry along with underbrush and sous boisĮvolve slowly in the glass. Moderately dark reddish purple color in the glass.Maceration, indigenous yeast fermentation, and aged 10 months Fermented with 65% whole cluster, 16-day extended Score: 92.Ģ014 RAEN Home Field Fort Ross-Seaview Sonoma Coast Pinot Noirġ3.0% alc., 200 cases, $80 (sold in 6-packs, sold Unchanged the followingĭay when tasted from a previously opened and re-corked bottle. Whole cluster inclusion dominates the profile of the wine but without undue tannin. Sandpaper tannins add textural interest and the finish has glorious intensity and length. Purple berry and plum flavors infused with a savory and slightly herbaceous thread in the background. Intensely fruity in a mid weight plus style plush with Fruit never shows up on this very savory noseįeaturing aromas of underbrush, earthy flora and pine. 80% whole cluster inclusion, 16-ĭay maceration, wild yeast fermentation, aged 10 months in neutral French oak barrels. RAEN stands for Research in Agriculture and Enology. The winegrowers are Carlo and Dante Mondavi, fourth generation vintners born and When tasted the following day from a previously opened andĢ014 RAEN Freestone Occidental Bodega Vineyard Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Whole cluster foundation that elevates this wine. This is one terrific wine to drink now that has excellent rapportīetween the fine-grain tannins and acidity. an elegant, but veryĪromatic and flavorful wine offering aromas and tastes of ripeĬherry, strawberry, exotic spice, wild herbs, and forest floor. Sought after and highly allocated to a mailing list at This young winery is proving to be Sourced from the Charles Ranch Vineyard located in the Fort Ross-Seaview AVA ($90).
RVR1, Pommard and a Calera selection), a blend of fruit from the West Sonoma Coast ($60). Jenner overlooking the Pacific Ocean ($80) the Sonoma Coast Royal St. Ross-Seaview Home Field Vineyard (going forward will be known as Sea Field) a site located just north of The three Pinot Noir wines offered: (1)įreestone Occidental Bodega Vineyard planted to clone 667, Pommard and a Calera selection ($95) (2) Fort Mondavi, focuses on Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Us that wine was rain first and translated to Research inĪgriculture and Enology Naturally)) winery, a partnership between winegrowers Carlo Mondavi and Dante
The wines are bottled without fining or filtration. Oak barrels for 10 to 20 months depending on the site and 4.8 acres, ancient marine soils atĪn elevation of 1500 feet. 2017 RAEN Home Field Fort Ross-Seaview Sonoma Coast Pinot Noirġ3.0% alc., $80.
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