Shared these three wines w/ Susan this weekend:
1. EmbudoVllyVnyds Staurolite White Embudo WW NM (12.4%; 30% Traminette/25% Siegfried/45% VidalBlanc) Embudo/NM 2024: Light yellow color; lovely very fragrant/aromatic rather muscatty/floral quite GWT-lke light stony/mineral/metallic quite attractive nose; quite dry some metallic/stony rather fragrant/muscatty/GWT-like/floral quite pretty/attractive light-bodied quite pleasant flavor; long very floral/muscatty finish that tracks flavor; a very pretty light-weight white that reminds some of a good Malvasia d'Istriana but not as stony/mineral. $22.50 (KK)
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2. EmbudoVllyVnyds Opinons Skin-Contact NM WW (11.5%; 50% Chard/Viog NM; 5 days of skin contact) Embudo 2024: Med.yellow color; somewhat floral/Chard/melony/honeysuckle/honeyed bit earthy somewhat resonous/phenolic/VM some complex nose; fairly tart/tangy bit metallic/steely light resinous/VM/phenolic light floral/honeysuckle/melony bit pear/Viog bit earthy/dusty bit rustic very interesting flavor; very long lightly resinous finish that tracks flavor; quite a nicely done VM w/ just enough skin-contact to make it a very interesting wine; nicely done VM. $24.50 (KK)
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3. EmbudoVllyVnyd Yes Dear NM RW (13.9%; 55% PetiteSirah/45% PetiteVerdot from Deming) Rociado/NM 2023: 2023: Very dark color; very strong plummy/PS/rather Mourv-like some arthy/loamy light vanilla/Am.oak bit rustic/hot-climate fairly pleasant/interesting nose; soft quite rough/rustic rather plummy/Mourv-like bit peppery/PS interesting flavor w/ some light rough/coarse tannins; one of the ery best expresions of Paola's DEming red grapes I've had if a bit on the earthy/coarse side. $30.50 (KK)
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More rocialoco from TheBloodyPulpit:
1. EmbudoVllyVnyds is a fairly new wnry located up in the Embudo Vlly near Vivac. Their white grapes come from Northern NM. Their red grapes come Paola D'Andrea's vnyd down in Deming. I'm usually not very fond of the reds made from his grapes but this Year Dear was one of the best reds I've had from his grapes, where the hot-climate leaves a distinct character to the wines made from his grapes.
Overall, I've been impressed by the wines from EVV.
Tom