Cracked last night w/ my Grilled Pork Tenderloin:
1. TheOjaiVnyd Riesling KickObRanch/SBC (13.0%) 2007: Pale yellow color; beautiful/fragrant floral/R/minerally slight mango/pineapple rather slatey/Mosel valve oil/spicy very aromatic/perfumed nose; rather tart steely/minerally/floral/R some Mosel valve oil/gout de petrol quite floral/perfumed flavor; med.long minerally/floral/R bit steely/Mosel valve oil/petrol quite perfumed finish; will easily go another 10 yrs. $23.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This wine is really starting to get in a nice place now. At release, it had a very screechy acidity and not showed a whole lot. It has developed some beautiful aromatics in the nose and starting to soften a bit on the palate. Still pretty tightly wound and badly needs a few more yrs yet. One of the most Germanic Rieslings from Calif I've had.
KickOn Ranch is slightly North & West of LosAlamos. Pretty sandy soils. Not really that cold-climate.
Tom