WTN: '02 Movia Ribolla/Bob here's mine

Recent threads on Ribolla Gialla and wines from Slovenia struck a chord with the cellars of Bob Parsons and myself, so we decided to open some this weekend. Here's the note on my bottle:

Don't you love it when the aromas follow the cork right out of the bottle, filling the room. This one did: white flowers, honey, peach and a waft of vanilla/oak (no oak on the palate, thankfully). Color was a clear, deep golden yellow with a touch of green overlay. Full, but cleansing, mouthfeel featuring a satisfying amount of fruits and acids with some minerality. A hint of nuttiness on the finish, but maybe not as much as others that I've had.

We served this with sauteed shrimp over saffron basmati rice and it matched well. Ribolla also matches well with cheese we and had some Manchego on hand which goes well with olives, so I applied the transitive law of equality and finished dinner with Ribolla and marinated olives. This was a delightful--and unexpected--combination. Upped the score on the wine by two points.

I think that Ribolla can age well, and this bottle was quite fresh, still I would suggest drinking these in the next year. 88 points.

Well, you have a head start on me Dan! Your food matchups sound interesting, I buzzed Otto and he came up with swordfish when he opened his recent bottle. Some of the staff at the Grill would like to try the Movia so will open mine on Tuesday. Mine is an `05 so might be a tad young?
Thanks for your great note, anyone else going to partake?

Disclaimer - I sell this wine but

Movia rocks!!! Plain and simple. There Veliko Bianco 1995 tasted from magnum a few months ago could have been bottled the day prior it was so youthful. There Pinot Noir is sublime and the '02 vintagehas a long ways to go to its peak.

This winery is a year in year out favorite.

Paul

Bob, the '05 should show well. I'm looking forward to the note. I certainly need to replenish my stock of Ribolla.

Paul, do you know the cepage for the Veliko Bianco?

Dan,

The back label on the one bottle I have left does not give any blend but if memory serves, it is predominantly Ribolla with a little Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc.

Paul

Paul, any hints as to good food match-ups? Some good ones here so far.
It`s good to see the interest here. Have to find Robin`s write up from last year (Wine Advisor).

I think this is it, sorry I am not quite sure how to tidy it up!!!......>

Robin wrote........Getting back on the beaten path, sort of, after Monday's excursion into the wacky world of Korean mushroom wine and Armenian pomegranate wine, today's otherwise rather offbeat grape looks almost mainstream in comparison: We're tasting Ribolla Gialla, an unusual but highly regarded variety from Northeastern Italy's Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

The grape's full name, Ribolla <i>Gialla</i> ("yellow") signals its distinct yellow color at ripeness. Just across the border in neighboring Slovenia's Goriska Brda region, the same grape makes similar wines under the sound-alike Slovene name "Rebula"; and Jancis Robinson asserts that the Robola of the Greek islands is "almost certainly" the same grape.

Its history dates back to the 1200s, and for the sake of tradition many Friuli wine makers continue to make and grow a bit of it, although production is almost lost in the tide of Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc that comes pouring out of the region. As with so many Friuli wines, the best examples tend to come from Collio and Colli Orientali, the hilly regions along Italy's border with Slovenia ... and Brda on the Slovene side.

Bob,

This wine was notable for its laser like flavors of lemon cream, just incredible lemon flavors intertwined in cream. Laser like in that the acidity was present but not off putting (to me).

Food pairings were fun as I had the bottle opened and refrigerated for 4 days, decanting into a 750ml and then into a 375ml before finishing.

Chicken Piccata (sp?) worked well as did a mild white fish in butter and garlic. The wine worked as a positive counterpoint to most of the dishes I came up with. Pasta with Chicken and Alfredo did not go well.

Best

Paul

Paul writes.....This wine was notable for its laser like flavors of lemon cream, just incredible lemon flavor

Thanks Paul, for tonight cooking my tuna panfried with roasted red pepper coulis and a spicy lemony cucumber salad from the nearby Lebanese take-out joint. Should work pretty well.

6pm...........`05 Movia Ribolla. Guess what, corked!!

Well, it`s now Feb 11 and have just opened my 2nd bottle of the Movia.
Yup, corked!!!!!

Bummer, so what is the back up?

Bummer is right on Dan!

The `04 Chateau Negly "La Brise Marine" from La Clape, Languedoc will be subbing. One of my go-to wines as I love S France, should be TNs here somewhere. This is from the winedoctor...........................>

http://www.thewinedoctor.com/tastingspr ... egly.shtml

Bob P

Just posted a TN over on Wine Focus as I consider this Negly to be a great wine value at $15 (on sale right now).

My 2nd bottle of the Movia is corked...... again. Store is gonna pull off the shelf.