Tried these 4 wines last weekend w/ Susan:
1. Heidi Schrock & Sohne 21 Buckets Harslevelu Trocken WW (12.5%) Rust/Oestreich 2021: Light gold color; quite fragrant carnations/white roses/Harslevelu light stony/perfumed talc slight spicy/cardamon bit complex quite lovely nose; lightly tart rather florla/carnations/white roses some stony/perfumed talc bit chalky/earthy slightly lean quite attractive flavor; med.long floral finish that follows flavor; a totally dry quite attractive floral white; not the minerality of jer Furmint but quite a pleasant white. $33.00 (SFW&S)
______________
2. Carlisle GrunerVeltliner SteinerVnyd/SonomaMtn/SonomaCnty (13.9%; 160 cs) Windsor 2015: Med.gold color; beautiful intense GV/very white peppery/very spicy strong floral/gardenias/GV very perfumed/aromatic classic GV Smaargd-level rather complex nose; lightly tart/tangy very rich/lush maybe slightly off-dry intense GV/floral/white pepper/spicy light mineral/perfumed talc beautiful flavor; very long/lingering intense GV finish that goes on & on; a beautiful rendition of Smaargd-level GV from Calif or Austria; not quite the minerality or complexity of Austrian versions.
______________
3. BrocCllrs GotGrapes Calif RW (12%; 35% Barbera /32% Syrah /23% Carignan /10% Dolcetto ) Berkeley 2022: Med.dark color; fairly strong grapey/lightly floral/Gamay-like somewhat earthy/dusty/OVbit warm-climate somewhat old-timey Calif red/redwood tanky interesting nose; lightly tart rather grapey/Gamay-like/bit blackberry some earthy/dusty/OV bit redwood tanky/old oak rather old-time Calif red w/ light tannins; med.long finish grapey finish that follows flavor; a light-weight very old-timey Calif red that reminds of Sebastiani Burgundy or a Parducci red; a pleasant enough old-time red but not terribly interesting. $21.00 (SFW&S)
______________
4. OjaiVnyd Syrah SantaBarbaraCnty ThompsonVnyd SpecialBttlg (8 brls; 15%) Oakview 2000: Dark color w/ some bricking strong toasty/pencilly/Fr.oak/old Red rather c-c/blackberry/peppery ripe Syrah/boysenberry slight musty bit tired/oldRed some complex some Thompson/peppery nose; quite tart/tangy somewhat tired/oldRed/pencilly/Fr.oak/cedary some blackberry/spicy/c-c Syrah/peppery flavor w/ ample drying tannins; a big/ripe intense Syrah that still speaks of ThompsonVnyd but starting to dry out quite a bit; clearly in its decline.
__________________________________
More whitterspit from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Heidi Schrock is the primary person who has returned Furmint to its origins in the Burgenland. I love her wines across the board, especially her dessert wines.
The BrocCllrs is a classic vin de Soif. It is a Natural wine but shows no natty/funky character whatsoever. A pleasant enough old-timey Calif red but just that.
Tom