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WTN: Two Natural Reds....(short/boring)

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WTN: Two Natural Reds....(short/boring)

by TomHill » Mon Apr 07, 2025 10:46 am

Tried these two natural wines last night:
1. Scotty-Boy El Sandweeech 50% PinotNoir/Chard SpearVnyd/SantaBarbaraCnty (14%; Full Carbonic Cofrmtd whole cluster; 25 days skin contact) P&B by CCGP/Buellton 2022: Dark rose some browning cloudy/murky color w/ lots of small bubbles that dissapate; quite natty rather mousey/unclean vaguely fruity/PN rather earthy pretty unattractive nose; rather spritzy somewhat tart somewhat sweet quite natty/mousey vaguely PN/fruity rather earthy/loamy/sour flavor w/ light bitey tannins; med.short rather sweet quite mousey/natty finish; a dreadful/undrinkable Example of a natural wine; way overpriced at $29.00 (SFW&S)
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2. Kiffe Vin de France Vallee du Rhone RW (14%; 75% Grenache/25% Syrah; Fruit of the Vines/LongIslandCity) Les Vignerons Kiffe NV: Med.color w/ slight browning; some earthy/Grenache some CdR/CdP little fruit slight natty/mousey rather rustic nose; soft bit metallic earthy/rustic light CdR/Grenache bit pleasant flavor w/ light coarse tannins; not a lot of natty character; a pleasant enough somewhat earthy/coarse Southern Rhone red but pretty unthrilling; rather dull stuff, even for the price.$19.00 (SFW&S)
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1. I had a suspicion the Scotty-Boy would not be a good natural wine. Advertised as a glou-glou wine for easy drinking. It was an example of a natural wine w/ a way too cutsey label. It fully delivered on my expectations...and then some. One of the worst natural wines I've had of late. Scotty needs to learn to make wine.
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Re: WTN: Two Natural Reds....(short/boring)

by David M. Bueker » Mon Apr 07, 2025 5:19 pm

I didn’t know people were making natty crap in Santa Barbara.
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Re: WTN: Two Natural Reds....(short/boring)

by Paul Winalski » Tue Apr 08, 2025 1:02 pm

I didn't know anyone did whole-cluster carbonic maceration on chardonnay. Or produced a still wine by blending pinot noir and chardonnay, for that matter. I googled the combination and turned up an "Ask Dr. Vinny" Wine Spectator article on the subject. They said they didn't know of anyone doing this. Pinot noir and chardonnay are routinely blended for sparkling wines, of course. But I think we now know why nobody blends them for still wines.

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