Court of Wine

In this episode we discuss the six step process that the pros use to drink wine and common wine terms used. Of course there is no wrong or right way to taste wine but the formal way used by the pros can reveal more about the wine in your glass.

This week we are talking about Wiener Gemischter Satz!

Wine Recommendations

Mayer am Pfarrplatz Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC 2016 - priced around $26.

• Blend of Grüner Veltliner, Riesling, Rotgipfler and Zierfandler
• Pale Lemon color wine with aromas of lemon, tangerine, white flowers and a chalky minerality
• It’s dry with medium plus acidity and flavors of lemons, apricot, white flowers and minerality
• Great crisp white wine with a lovely aromatic nose

Sources

• Austrian Wine
• Book: Oxford Guide to Wine
• Wine's Latest Runaway Hit? You've Probably Never Heard Of It.

Below are the articles we reference in this week's episode.

TTB Publishes NPRMs to Repeal Standards of Fill for Wine and Distilled Spirits

Bordeaux Vintners Convicted of Fraud, but Fellow Winemakers Cry Foul

France Is Changing Key Wine Regulations

Food colouring found in blue wines

Winery Lawsuit Ramps Up the Drama

This week we are talking about the Sierra Foothills The Sierra Foothills is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. The total area of the appellation is 2.6 million acres within eight counties, making it one of the largest AVAs in the state of California.

Cruse Wine Co. Rorick Vineyard Chardonnay 2016

• This wine has aromas of melon, pineapple, nectarine, white flowers, beeswax and a hint of toasted nuts
• It’s dry with medium plus acidity, medium body and flavors of lemon, white flowers and stone fruit
• It a well crafted and balance Chardonnay, it’s crisp, fruity with a really lovely texture
• Priced around $3

Forlorn Hope Heinzelmann Picpoul 2015

• This wine gave us aromas of green apple, pear, yeast and a hint of white flowers
• It’s dry with high acidity and flavors of lemon rind and pith, white flowers and yeast
• Very tart, too acidic on it’s own - most people probably need to pair this with food
• But we thought it was delicious, crisp, fruity with a hint of those yeasty flavors - a great sparkler
• fifty cases produced
• Priced around $45

We continue with week three of our month of Spanish wines. The Garnacha grape has its origin in the Argon region of Spain (part of the Calatayud DO and makes some beautiful, low tannin, easy drinking wine. Spanish Garnacha was the first red wine we really fell in love with. It was only a matter of time before we dedicated an episode to these wines.