#mountain wine

[wine-porn]

Syrah for Days

A lil Sierra Foothills sunshine in the glass tonight, and this is NOT your typical super-ripe heady Amador-etc-type Zin or Rhone. These Skinners are a different breed: clean and un-toasted, not black-concentrated in the glass, but clear and refined–tasting and smelling much more akin to Northern Rhone or even Sonoma Coast versions. And while those nuances will get points off from the…

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[wine-porn]

Pelotron

Well, what is this? Chalky-dirty nose, black fuzz on oranges, astroturf after a rain, THE biggest, densest, blackest, brick-wall, aircraft-carrier block of fruit you’ve ever smelled in your life, impenetrable and bloody with the stripes of clawing sagebrush, mint and black walnut. You’ve never really ever smelled anything quite like this. Maybe Petite Sirah? But NOT from Paso or anywhere warm. It…

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[outsiderswgn]

We’ve got a batch of somethin’ special brewin’ for y’all. 

[ambient-entropy]

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