hosted by Mr Matt & Ms Abbie
Thursday, December 5th, 2019
TWITs should bring $20/pp to cover the cost of the wines.
AND
1 wrapped gift per person for the Blanc Elephant Gift Exchange. Recommend gift is $15 or less, doesn't even have to be wine-related.
Theme: Wines from Wineries affected or near the California Wildfires. These wines were not easy to get.
https://www.mercurynews.com/
Menu:
Pot Roast w carrots, onions, and mushrooms
Foie Gras
Foie Gras Mousse
Pork & Duck Pate
GF crackers
Sourdough bread bites
Goat Cheese
GF crackers
Sourdough bread bites
Goat Cheese
Cranberry Chutney
Dubliner Aged Cheddar
Crudites
Olives
Nuts
Dubliner Aged Cheddar
Crudites
Olives
Nuts
Berry Tart
Tasting Notes:
Welcome Wine: NV Gruet Blanc de Blancs Bubbly - $12.99/bottle at Tower Liquor Store
1) 2018 Alexander Valley Vineyards Gewurztraminer ~$15/bottle @ Brookhaven Wines
Organically grown 13.2% alcohol
Gewurtz = Spice, Traminer is the varietal, notes of tobacco, fruit, apricots, dry, orange rind
2) 2018 Alexander Valley Vineyards Chardonnay ~ $20/bottle @ Brookhaven Wines
99% Chardonnay 1% Viognier
14% alcohol
tastes French, stone fruits, long finish, stronger than French, not butter more margarine, "I can't believe it's not butter", not getting the apples described on the label
3) 2018 Alexander Valley Vineyards Dry Rose of Sangiovese ~ $16/bottle @ Brookhaven Wines
100% Sangiovese
13% alcohol
smells of candy, honeydew melon, watermelon jolly rancher, viscous, pithy, fresh orange slice w bitter rind, this is actually what you want in a rose! the best rose I've had in a while
4) 2017 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon ~ $25/bottle @ Brookhaven Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon 83%, Merlot 12%, Malbec 1%, Cabernet Franc 3%, Petit Verdot 1%
14% alcohol
spicy, yummy, heavier, cherries, tannins, bitterness on finish, wormwood, malort like (Jepson's Malort from Cook County Illinois, wood notes, off a sea ship
5) 2016 Michel-Schlumberger Cabernet Sauvignon Benchland Wine Estate ~ $40/bottle from the winery
87% Cab Sauv, 12% Merlot, 1% Malbec
14.2% alcohol
red berries, dark fruit, leather, velvety on the tongue, damsons
6) 2016 Chateau d’Oupia Minervois Languedoc-Roussillon ~$12/bottle
13.5% alcohol
ok ok it's not from California, but someone brought it to share, so we tasted it. Yum!
