- 2016 Dirty and Rowdy Mourvèdre Skinner White Oak Flats Vineyard - USA, California, Sierra Foothills, El Dorado County (5/12/2022)
I wrote a note about this wine the last time I had it nearly three years ago. I could write the same note tonight. The wine is all about texture. It’s certainly evolved since 2019, and the fruit has taken on an earthy edge. Yet it’s still about the brightness, the freshness of the acidity, and the sunshine it conveys from the glass. I have one more bottle, and I am really not sure if it’s a drink soon, or drink a little later proposition. So I will just take it as it comes, and see what’s in the bottle without having some plan. The wine doesn’t care what my plans are anyway.
