2009 Abstract - California Red Wine
Wine: 2009 Abstract
Region: California (Mostly Sonoma)
Alcohol: 15.7%
Varietal(s): Grenache, Petite Sirah, Syrah
Cooperage: French oak / 10 months
Price: 25 bones
Zombie Score: 90 Torches
Notes from the Catacomb Cellar: Get ready to storm the cellars for this one! Grab it - open it and discover the explosion of exotic spice, blackberry & sweet cherry pie all rolled up in this elaborate wine trap. Gorgeous overtones of sweet pipe tobacco brimming in a weighty mid-palated texture that puffs up the chest. There is an inkiness about this wine that is both in sight and in the flavor that I totally resonate with leading it to the finish. The end of this wine is screaming to be longer - but perhaps the shortness was purposed & planned for you to keep sipping. Just for the record, I drooled this wine until it was gone...did I need the long finish? Harldy. An epic ambush of a wine!
Memory Rapture: Tasting this wine screamed TATTOO INK & totally took me back to when I went to go get my first tattoo with my old friend Ted Larsen. We were both playing in punk rock bands in Canada at that time and knew that it was time to get some ink. Now I needed to get psyched up before just walking in to the tattoo parlour & Ted knew that the only thing that would get my blood pumping was listening to the band Grim Reaper. Metal shredding face melting guitar and wailings.
Every time I taste this wine - I will think of getting my ink with no regrets!
If I could introduce the Abstract Wine Maker David Phinney to Steve Grimmett of Grim Reaper I would...
Mr. Steve Grimmett please meet.... Mr. Dave Phinney