1. Cowan Cllrs Ribolla Gialla RRV SonomaCnty (12.9%; www.CowanCellars.com) CowanCllrs/SantaRosa/Florida Jim Cowan 2016: Med.light gold color; rather resinous/phenolic/VinoMacerati rather smokey strong RG/white pepper slight toasty/oak rather complex nose; rather tart/tangy lightly VM/skin-contact/phenolic bit tannic strong RG/white pepper/smokey some graham crackers/honey grahams/honeyed quite complex flavor w/ light tannic bite; very long/lingering some VM/phenolic finish that tracks flavor; a lovely VM/skin-contact RG that should go another 10 yrs; went great w/ the sea-salt potato chips.
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More firkleburp from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. Had this wine back in Jan '24:
Tom wrote:
1. CowanCllrs RibollaGialla RRV (12.9%; [www.CowanCellars.com ](http://www.CowanCellars.com)) SantaRosa 2016: Med.dark gold color; strong RG/white pepper/pungent some phenolic/V/resinous slight orange marmalade/honeyed/honey grahamsrather complex nose; lightly tart/tangy strong RG/peppery/floral lightly VM/pungent/resinous/phenolic bit orange marmalade/honeyed/honey graham rather complex flavor w/ very light tannic bite; very long/lingering complex/honeyed finish that mirrors flavor; a skin-contact/VM RG that’s just starting to come into balance and becoming very delicious; should go another 3-6 yrs; as lost most of the tannic bite from its youth; an absolutely beautiful VM RG.
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More cowabunga from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. In it’s youth, this was a pretty typical VM RG w/ lots of austere tannic character and not particularly attractive. I was a bit surprised that it had evolved into such a lovely RG this soon. An excellent example of how VM can evolve.
Tom
Doesn't seem to have gained much evolution in the last 1.5 yrs. Maturing rather slowly. But a terrific example of a VM RG.
Tom