Susan & I tried blind Fri night:
1. ReneMure PinotGris Tradition AC: Alsace (11%) 2005: Med.gold color; very perfumed/fragrant/almost muscatty/GWT-like quite spicy aromatic/floral Alsatian nose; off-dry rather rich/lush quite floral/perfumed Alsace slight muscatty flavor; long off-dry fat/soft very floral/perfumed/muscatty finish; lovely aromatics but a bit tiring on the palate. $21.00
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2. EdmundsStJohn WittersVnyd/EldoradoCnty PinotGris (13.2%) 2006: Med.gold color; rather austere/minerally/stoney/earthy slight appley/floral bit smokey/gunflint slight smokey/chalky very terroir-driven nose; tart minerally/chalky/stoney some appley/floral slight spicy/smokey flavor; long lean/austere somewhat fresh/appley/minerally astoney slight smokey/gunflint finish; more AltoAdige than Alsace, more of a food wine.
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3. BottegaVinaia DOC: Trentino PinotGrigio (13%) 2006: Light gold color; quite floral/perfumed/aromatic slight earthy/dusty somewhat Alsatian nose; soft fairly rich/lush slight smokey/pungent rather floral/perfumed flavor; long floral/perfumed slight smokey/pungent some earthy/dusty finish; rather Alsatian in character and atypical Dolomite white. Very good value at $17.00
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4. EdmundsStJohn WittersVnyd/ElDoradoCnty PinotGrigio (13%) 2002: Med.dark gold color; some earthy/dusty/ElDorado bit floral/perfumed/fragrant some smokey/caramel/butterscotch/aged Rhone/hazelnutty nose; soft slight oxidized/hazelnutty/old Rhone/caramel bit smokey/pungent rather ElDorado/earthy/dusty flavor; long rich hazelnutty/caramel slight oxidized/old Rhone finish; very tasty and some like an old Rhone white; a steal at $10.50.
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And a wee BloodyPulpit:
1. We tasted these blind, but we both knew what the wines were. The Mure and the EdStJ PG '02 were easy to nail. However, I interchanged the EdStJ PinotGris '06 and the Trentino PinotGrigio. The EdStJ had an austere/very terrior-driven character that I was certain had to be a Trentio wine. Whereas the Trentino PG had an aromatic & floral character that spoke much of Alsace. whereas I was expecting it to be stoney/minerally. I guess I should have anticipated an Alsace character since some of the best GWTs these days are coming from the Trentino/AltoAdige.
Anyway, I hereby withdraw my characterization of Steve's PG '06 as "Alsatian". That being said, it's still damn fine wine and being mistaken for a Trentino wine is no sin.
Of the foursome, I really liked the Mure, but it was pretty rich & w/ that off-dry character, got a bit tiring on the palate after a glass or two. Whereas with the BLT samwich, the EdStJ '06 was my easy favorite.
Tom