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15 August 2005

More Fresh Wine: 2 Quicktakes

A few days ago, I beat down the subconscious wine snob in me and promised to embrace more vinos with that "winey fresh taste."  True to my word, I took two more wines from the '04 vintage for a spin:

Biondina1.  Primo Estate La Biondina, '04 ($14) - A blend of grapes that normally have no business being in the same bottle together.  But hey, that's what the Aussies do.  And I like it.  La Biondina contains Colombard (from somewhere in Australia, I presume), Riesling (from the Eden Valley), and Sauvignon Blanc (from the Adelaide Hills).  After my initial sniff, swirl, and sip, I did a doubletake.  My brain computed the following output:  "This is Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand."  Similar, indeed.  This wine is replete with scents of lemongrass, grapefruit, and pineapple.  It's also got a surprising amount of zing.  A great companion to big-eye tuna sashimi & seaweed salad.   ***.5 (3.5 stars out of 5)


2.  Villa Giada "iSuri" Barbera d'Asti, '04 ($13) - 100% Barbera from Italy's PiedmontI've gone ga-ga over Barbera in the past.  But this was Barbera of the HI-C/Hawaiian Punch variety.  Inky purple with flavors like an over-Fruity Novello of some kind.  Little tannin.  Very low acidity.  ** (2 stars out of 5)

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michael

Hey, I'm interested in your notion of "fresh wine." Here's the deal -- I think that since the 90s folks in the US drink very big wines that are made in a style suitable (in theory) for aging. But we rarely cellar our bottles. What percentage of the drinkers do you think even have a cellar? In the Old World, there are plenty of wines, premium wines, meant to drink young. They deserve respect and a place on our tables. Here in Southern California I and my partners are trying to make wine like that. "Fresh" will be part of our marketing message. -michael

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