Wanted to try a red wine w/ my pasta, so cracked last night:
1. Il Podere dell'Olivos Refosco BienNacidoVnyd/SantaBarbaraCnty (EB; 12.5%) 1996: Dark color w/ some browning; some brett/horsecollar/sweaty leather light toasty/smokey/oak some plummy/spicy/black cherry bit earthy/graphite/pungent complex bit tired nose; fairly tart earthy/graphite/pungent slight brett/horsecollar fairly smooth light plummy/black cherry/root beer slight astringent/dried out fairly complex flavor; med. tart light brett/horsecollar light plummy/black cherry/RCCola light smokey/oak finish w/ bit dried out/astringent aftertaste; more of an intellectual pleasure than a sensual pleasure; interestin wine and a survivor, but just that.
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. Assuming Jim got this plant material from FPS/UC/Davis; this would not be true Refosco but, in fact, Mondeuse. Don't know if he still grows the Refosco or not.
Tom