Tried these three last night:
1. Dom. JeanVullien et Fils CuveeMontmelian AC: Vin de Savoie (100% Jacquere; 11.5%) 2010: Med.light yellow/gold color; rather stony/minerally/chalky some grapefruity/appley/apple blossom/floral very pretty nose; tart/lean quite stony/minerally/chalky rather citric/grapefruity/apple blossom/pear flavor; med.long tart/citric/grapefruity/appley stony/chalky finish; a good-drinking minerally Savoie white; great wine?? nope..just good drinking at a very good price. $13.00 (LM)
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2. Viglio Sinfonia VinoRosso da Tavola (11.5%; Dolcetto/Barbera/Nebbiolo) Veglio Michelino e Figlio/Valle Talloria/Diano d'Alba NV: Med.dark color; somewhat earthy/tarry light floral/Nebb/licorice simple/rustic nose; some hard/tannic rather earthy/pungent/tarry light floral/Nebb/rose petal somewhat tart/lean flavor; rather tart/lean/hard/tannic light floral/Nebb/tarry finish; a rough/rustic Rosso at a fair price; OK w/ PizzaHut pizza but not very interesting. $10.00 (LM)
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3. TheOlatheWnry Lemberger Colorado (13.5%; www.CottonWoodCellars.com) 2005: Med.light color w/ some browning; some herbal/licorice/plummy rather toasty/charred/oak somewhat Austrian/Blaufrankish/StLaurent/grapey quite interesting nose; tart/appley slight rough/rustic some toasty/charred/oak rather licorice/plummy/tarry/earthy slight grapey/floral flavor; med.long earthy/rustic some plummy/licorice slightly hard/tart/tannic some toasty/charred/oak finish; rather like an Austrian Blaufrankisch from the Burgenland; definitely speaks of Lemberger; light bodied and a bit lean but quite an interesting wine at a very good price. $11.50 (LM)
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Olathe: This appears to be the 2'nd tier label for the Cottonwood Cllrs wnry. Located on Colarado's west slope. Mostly I buy a lot of fresh corn from Olathe in the late Summer that's better than most corn here in NewMexico. I was interested in trying this wine because I'm a big Lemberger/Blaufrankisch fan of Austrian wines. I thought this a pretty good rendition of those Austrian versions, though with a bit less fruit. Still have an off-dry PinoLem (PinotNoir/Lemberger blend) to try. I must try some oof their CottonWood Cllrs label when I'm back up to Colorado.
Tom