We had friends over Sat night for this huge/honkin' Lasagna:
1. Abrente Godello BirdlandVnyd/SonomaVlly (14.1%) 2014: Med.gold color; very perfumed/fragrant quite lemony/mabgo slight chalky/mineral bit spicy/cardamon quite lovely nose; fairly tart rich/lush quite lemony/dried mango/spicy/floral/fragrant slight chalky ripe flavor; very long/lingering lush/ripe fairly tart/tangy floral/lemony/dried mangos light chalky/stony finish; lots of richness/ripeness but a tanhy acidity; has the perfume of an Albarino and the richness of a Chard; quite a lovely white. $24.50
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2. Carlisle TheDerivative f'(x) SonomaCnty WW (Planted: 1886-1020; 55% Semillon/25% Muscadelle/10% Palomino/10% ManciniRanch Colombard; 14.3%; 365 cs; "harkens to a bygone era") Windsor 2013: Med.gold color; rather flinty/chalky/earthy some figgy/Semillon/green olive fairly fragrant/graham cracker/spicy attractive nose; bit softer light grapefruity/tangy some green olive/Semillon/figgy slight chalky/earthy bit lean flavor; very long figgy/Semillon/green olive/graham cracker light stony/earthy finish w/ a lovely figgy aftertaste that keeps on going; as advertised, a bit on the old-timey side and reminds me some of old Martini Semillons or old Nichelini SauvVert; nice trip down memory lane, it is. $26.25
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3. Carlisle Zin OldVines/RRV (15.7%; 61% Saitone/39% Banfield vnyds; Plntd: 1881-1895; 650 cs) 2013: Med.dark color; some vanilla/oak/buttery/toasty classic blackberry/RRV Zin/raspberry quite dusty/OV classic RRV Zin nose; fairly tart/lean/tangy very strong blackberry/RRV Zin/very spicy/raspberry/framboise quite dusty/OV light vanilla/toasty/oak flavor w/ modest lean/hard tannins; very long strong blackberry/RRV Zin/raspberry/framboise/very spicy light vanilla/oak finish w/ modest hard tannins; needs 2-5 yrs to smooth out the hard tannins a bit; a straightforward RRV Zin at a great price; some like the early Ravenswood Zins; no signs of alcoholic heat whatsoever; "back up the truck", indeed. $26.25
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4. Shatter Grenache Maury VdPd CotesCatalanes (15.6%) JoelGott/DavePhinney of Fracture/StHelena 2012: Dark color; very strong strawberry/blackberry/Grenache/very ripe some dusty/OV some alcoholic/fumey interesting Priorat-like rather fragrant nose; quite soft quite alcoholic/fumey strong ripe/boysenberry/strawberry/Grenache rather dusty/OV strong vanilla/oak/buttery slight stony/mineral flavor w/ light hard/bitey/rough tannins; long strong strawberry/Grenache/boysenberry dusty/OV some toasty/vanilla/oak rather fumey/alcoholic/overripe finish w/ modest hard/coarse tannins; a rather interesting Priorat-like Grenache but on the alcoholic side; the first glass is good but subsequent glasses get pretty tiring. $19.00 (SFW&S)
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Loved the label on the Carlisle Derivative. As I stared at the f'(x), I felt this overwhelming urge to pull out my Gradshetyn & Ryzhik Tables of Integrals, Series, and Products, your bible when you had to do an integral, and start integrating equations. Holy $hit... the 8'th Edition sells for almost $100 on Amazon. I looked at my copy back at the office and the price stamped inside the cover was $13.50. I still use it several times a yr. The slide rule...not so much. But I still can use the LL3 scale w/ a certain degree of skill. It's amazing to me....some of the snot-nosed kids on my floor here have no clue how to use a slide rule...nor ever done see'd a punch card.
Tom