by Steve Kirsch » Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:38 am
Oh my, oh my. What a delightful wine. I grabbed a few bottles of this via the Interweb based on yet another recommendation from Florida Jim, a man I've never met personally. Unfortunately I let my neighbor and friend have half of the half dozen, because now, having drunk our first bottle last night, I resent our friendship and what it's cost me in terms of my selfish wine inventory urges, etc., etc. My spouse must be a little grumpy tonight because she criticized this wine as "too young". Well, I like my mature reds as well as anyone, but while this Northern Rhone will certainly improve for several years, or maybe a lot of years, it is a complete olfactory delight today. I don't eat as much bacon as I'd like (say, if the stuff was health food), but I sure enjoy those No. Rhone bacony aromas. Pure syrah for all y'all newbies, but this ain't your grandpa's syrah, or maybe it is, if Grandpa bought his wine from Dick Scheer back in the seventies. And how weird is this? this reminded me of a Steve Edmunds syrah. How's that for putting things backwards? (No offense meant, Steve--actually a compliment, as I love your wines.)
