Tom wrote:Tried this natural wine over the weekend:
1. Lo-Fi SauvBlanc/Chard SantaBarbaraCnty (52% SB from CoquelicotVnyd/48% Chard from SpearVnyd; 12.5%; www.LoFi-Wines.com; 2 wks of skin-contact during fermentation; 245 cs) Buellton 2020: Deep golden/burnished bronze color w/ much cloudiness & lots of flocculant sediment; very strong phenolic/ViniMacerati/resiny somewhat funky/natty/bit mousey/hantavirus some SB/herbal/slight floral/pungent rather complex (in not a good way) nose; quite tart/tangy/quite sour strong natty/funky/hantavirus/some mousey some herbal/SB/floral flavor w/ some light tannins; very long rather natty/funky/mousey/hantavirus some VM/resiny/skin-contact very sour/hurtey slight herbal/SB finish w/ some bitey tannins; an interesting natural wine but too natty/unclean for my pleasure and so sour it hurts to drink; an intelluctual wine but certainly not a pleasurable wine; will only get more funky. $25.50 (KK)
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This is exactly the kind of wine that gives natural wines a bad reputation. They don't have to be that way. Just had two AltoAdige natural wines that were perfectly clean & a pleasure to dring. Probably won't try Lo-Fi again until they become Hi-Fi.
Tom
KenZinns replied that he liked the Lo-Fi wines & I should give them another try. So I did:
1. Lo-Fi SauvBlanc/Chard SantaBarbaraCnty (52% SB from CoquelicotVnyd/48% Chard from SpearVnyd; 12.5%; www.LoFi-Wines.com; 2 wks of skin-contact during fermentation; 245 cs) Buellton 2020: Essentially the same as before; a bit more herbal/SB/fruit but still rather funky/hantavirus/unclean nose; quite tart/tangy unpleasantly sour rather unclean/hantavirus/natty flavor; only slightly more fruit but still too natty/hantavirus for my taste and so sour it's painful to drink. $25.50
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2. Lo-Fi Wines CabFranc SantaBarbaraCnty (12.5%) 2020: Rather light color more like a dark rose; quite earthy/loamy light herbal/CabFranc slight Loire-like pleasant/simple quiet nose; lightly tart rather earthy/loamy/dusty lightly herbal/CabFranc quite light/innocuous/quiet/low-key rather dull flavor w/ light/bland tannins; short rather earthy/dusty/loamy lightly herbal/CabFranc very quiet/bland/dull/mild-mannered finish w/ very light washed-out tannins; a dull/eviscerated/very quiet red but at least no natty/hantavirus character; an attempt at a glou-glou CabFranc but nobody showed up $22.00 (KK)
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Move along, folks...nothing to see here. Doubt I'll bother to try any Lo-Fi's again unless it's something pretty unusual.
Sorry, Ken.
Tom