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A Mazzoni Island of the Mind ~or~ First Friday at Monte Bello!

May 3, 2013

Greetings!

It’s May 3rd, and it’s First Friday at Monte Bello!

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For our May edition of this very special monthly event, we will be celebrating the release of the new 2009 Mazzoni Home Ranch Zinfandel! The 2009 is one of the most notably zinfandel-forward Mazzoni offerings in recent years, and while it shows all the compact rusticity and culinarily companionable spice and acidity we’ve come to expect from this old-vine vineyard, it does so in a comparatively lusher, more fruit-driven fashion, and as such, is already showing beautifully with just two years in the bottle.

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And dig this!

We’ll be pouring the 2009 in a two-vintage vertical with its predecessor, the 2008 Mazzoni!

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This is the last chance we’ll have the ’08 on hand as a current release, making this an especially rarefied tasting opportunity.

Making today, a good day to be a member.

So remember, if you’re a member, remember:

First Friday!

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First Friday at Monte Bello
Date: 5/3/2013

May 3rd ~ 4-7pm

Please join us on the first Friday of each month for an evening affair of delicious wines and small bites. While this is a Member Event, we are more than happy to host guests of our members as well! We’ll have some delicious small bites on offer for your enjoyment.

Members with shipments available for pick up at this event:
ATP – Monthly
ATP – Consolidated
(be sure to note that you are picking up on your RSVP)

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For a bit of history on the Mazzoni Home Ranch:

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The Nights of Buchignani

April 5, 2013

Days of Wine & Roses, Nights of Buchignani.

The ’09 drops … tonight.

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2009 Ridge Vineyards Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel

Preparation: Double-decanted, aerated approximately ½ hour …

Appearance: Incredible color: an amethystian core enveloped in a broad weave of mulberry highlights and a multi-shaded striation of magentian variations. Fascinating to watch the balance of hues change in the light; well worth upholding your crystal to the nearest light source …

Aromatics: Good strong mineral component to the bouquet; a particularly “wet” sort of stone character … A winsome decadence prevails via a subtle note of Chambord, but the dominant trait is a seed-and-sweet dark berry preserve layer. Not as earthy as some previous vintages of this offering; the aromatic emphasis is definitely mineral-and-fruit …

Front: Pleasantly spry acidity, with a wide spread of flavor that runs-cheek-to-cheek with fresh ripe fruit and a subtle architecture. Some black plum sweetness lends a touch of extracted depth, but the overall feel is light and precise …

Mid-Palate: Fairly austere mid-palate; not overtly viscous or ripe, the comparatively restrained fruit spectrum stays in the background, allowing the powdery tannins to come forward, in the company of the foreshadowed minerality evident in the aromatics …

Finish: Straightforwardly built; focused and clean, with a lingering black herb coda that carries with it a subtle savoriness …

Summary: One of the fresher, cleaner, more fruit-driven Buchignani Ranch Zinfandels to come down the pipe, with a great deal of complexity wrapped in a form-fitting architecture that favors compression over volume.

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The Very First ATP Wine I Ever Gave My Dad (Is Coming To First Friday!)

April 1, 2013

There are four people from whom I learned what it means to be a man in this world.

What it means to be a man, and how to be a man.

One of them is imaginary: Rick, from the movie Casablanca.

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(Historical note: I got married in white coat and black bow tie!)

The second is my missus. Bless her her patience and her love.

The third was my Grandpa. A scholar, an author, a musician, and a sculptor (Kirk Douglas holds one of the largest private collections of my Grandpa’s work!). I learned so much from him. Perhaps most importantly, he taught me about Lightnin’ Hopkins.

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And then there is my Dad.

The greatest, kindest, smartest man I’ve ever known. His love for my Mom and I taught me just about everything there is to know about being a husband and a father, and when I finally got old enough to be able to understand the books he wrote, he became my teacher for just about everything else I hadn’t already learned from him.

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And, he is a lover of wine.

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As a student, you want to impress your teacher. As a husband, you want to impress your spouse. As a son, you want to impress your father.

So when I began at Ridge, it was deeply symbolic for me to begin offering my Dad wine.

Which brings me to the subject of this story. The very first ATP wine I ever gave my Dad.

The 2004 Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel.

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Surprised?

At face value, maybe an odd choice. It’s not one of our most famous wines. It’s not the Monte Bello.

But it’s a special wine. It’s a small-production, winery-only wine. And it’s an old-vine vineyard, family-owned and farmed. And its origins go back to Italy (my family and I lived in Italy for quite some time when I was young). And it’s funky. And my Dad likes funky.

So that’s the wine I gave him. And he loved it. And I was happy.

That was years ago. We’ve had many, many, many Ridge wines since then. We’ve had Monte Bellos from the years we lived in Italy, to the year his grand-daughter was born. We’ve had old zins and young zins, Rhones and Bordeauxs. My Dad has even conceded his affection for our Chardonnays, though he remains a red man at heart. And, he’s seen his pronounced disdain for the movie Sideways (after seeing the movie, he swore he’d never drink Pinot Noir again, and commenced buying Merlot by the barrel-ful instead) rewarded by Ridge’s return to Merlot.

But the 2004 Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel remains a special wine for us.

Which made it all the more special that we were able to enjoy another bottle of it this past Thanksgiving. You can read a summary of our reaction here, but suffice it to say it was truly wonderful. Delicious, even.

Which means I am ESPECIALLY excited for April First Friday, because we’re going to be sharing this very special wine with our guests.

I should confess though, that the experience is likely to be bittersweet for me. There is almost none of this wine left, and we are pulling the last 5 cases from Reserve just for this event.

Which means, if the wine shows anything like it did last Thanksgiving, there isn’t likely to be much left after Friday.

But I’ll always have the memories.

As will you, if you can join us.

You might even want to invite your Dad.

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The occasion for selecting the 2004 Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel is in fact the release of another Buchignani Ranch offering, the new 2009 Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel. We will of course be showcasing this wine as well. And on top of that, we’ll also be pouring for our guests our newly-released trio of Estate wines: the 2011 Estate Chardonnay, the 2010 Estate Merlot, and the 2010 Estate Cabernet.

As my Grandpa used to say, not so very bad …

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First Friday at Monte Bello
April 5th ~ 4-7pm

Please join us on the first Friday of each month for an evening affair of delicious wines and small bites. While this is a Member Event, we are more than happy to host guests of our members as well!

Members with shipments available for pick up at this event: ATP-Monthly
(be sure to note that you are picking up on your RSVP)

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First Friday: From The Oeno-Athenaeum, A Supplemental Grace-Note To The Evening’s Passing Chords

March 29, 2013

Today is Friday.

Thus, a week from today is First Friday.

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Thus, a week from today is the first opportunity for members and their guests to enjoy a sampler of new spring releases in their “official” New Release raiment.

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On parade in all the finery of their spring habiliment shall be our trio of new Estate Releases:

2011 Estate Chardonnay

2010 Estate Merlot

2010 Estate Cabernet

Add to this estimable muster the lagniappe of a new ATP release — in this case the greatly-anticipated 2009 Buchignani Ranch Zinfandel — and you have yourselves your April First Friday tasting.

But this is not all!

In celebration of all things Buchignani, we shall endeavor to conjure from the oeno-athenaeum a supplemental grace note to the evening’s passing chords, in the form of a Buchignani offering from a time when — here be clues! —the book of Faces took their launch; from a time when Edvard Munch’s immortal sound went mortal missing; from a time when the line of Miłosz was enjambed a final time …

And as you ponder on how to unriddle that riddle, consider again the new ’09 zin …

This wine comes from a small planting of old-vine zinfandel on the Buchignani Ranch on Dutcher Creek Road in the hills north of Dry Creek Valley. (Carignane planted on the rest of the ranch provides a separate ATP selection.) The zinfandel block, approximately five acres in size, was planted sixty to seventy years ago. The vines are on a rocky knoll overlooking the family home where Stan Buchignani, grandson of the ranch’s founder, Domenico Cerruti, lives today.

A member?

Come then, please join us! First Friday awaits with bated breath …

First Friday at Monte Bello
Date: 4/5/2013

April  5th ~ 4-7pm

Please join us on the first Friday of each month for an evening affair of delicious wines and small bites. While this is a Member Event, we are more than happy to host guests of our members as well!

Members with shipments available for pick up at this event:
ATP-Monthly
(be sure to note that you are picking up on your RSVP)

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Sneak Preview on New Releases for Members this coming First Friday at Monte Bello!

February 26, 2013

For Present & In The Moment Digging:

First Friday at Monte Bello

March 1st ~ 4-7pm

Spring is an exciting time to be a Ridge Vineyards member! Just as Mother Nature brings new life and color to the season, so too do new wines populate the landscape. No matter your membership flavor — ATP, Collector, Zlist — the taste of Spring is delicious, and the March First Friday is a great opportunity to inaugurate the seasonal celebration. We invite you to join us as we share and enjoy a delectable sneak preview of some fantastic new releases!

In addition to great wines, we’ll also have some delicious small bites on offer as well. And remember, while this is a Member Event, we are more than happy to host guests of our members too!

Members with shipments available for pick up at this event (be sure to note that you are picking up on your RSVP):

ATP-Consolidated

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2010 Monte Bello Futures

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Been to a First Friday before? Then we look forward to welcoming you back for another chill-mo-dee edition!

Not yet attended one of these very special happenings? Then we invite you to join the happiness!

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For more about First Friday, and to RSVP if you wish to attend, please click here.

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Rhymes With Taco …

January 31, 2013

Yes, tomorrow night’s First Friday event at our Monte Bello Estate is indeed going to be a special affair; after  all, a rare three-vintage vertical of the already-elusive Carmichael doth not row down thy river very often …

(For more about this special vertical tasting opportunity, please click here)

But that ain’t all the tasting that’s fit to pour!

We’ll also be sharing a very new, VERY elusive offering: the new vintage of our Mikulaco Chardonnay! 2011, to be exact …

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2011 Ridge Vineyards Mikulaco Chardonnay

Not unlike the Yeti, many have heard its name, know its legend, ponder its existence. Few claim to have seen it, many have been confounded in their search. For some, a dream haunter, for others, a waking passion.

But for now, for all, for you.

2011 Chardonnay Mikulaco

100% Chardonnay

Winemaker Tasting Notes

Tart citrus fruits, green apple, lean, briny/sea salt & mineral. A perfect for pairing with hog island oysters and a baguette.

~The Mikulaco family came to Monte Bello in the late 1930s, and planted a small vineyard in 1982. Ridge began farming it in the mid-nineties, limiting crop yields to improve quality. Unusually cold weather in 2011 gripped the vineyard, delaying bud-break and bloom by a month; harvest was on October 17. Wholecluster pressed, the juice was sent to barrel for natural yeast primary fermentation. In spring, during malolactic, the barrels were stirred once a week. When blind-tasted with our estate parcels, the wine’s unique vineyard character was evident. Showing wonderfully scented cool-climate fruit and firm acid, the Mikulaco chardonnay will be at its best over the next three to five years. EB (9/12)~

 

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a VERY rare & cool vertical for next week’s First Friday event!

January 26, 2013

First Friday.

One of my favorite recurring events here at Monte Bello.

It’s just so EASY! When is it? First Friday! Simple …

And it’s just so delicious!

There’s always a theme. A delicious theme. A delicious wine theme. The most delicious of the themes. The wine theme.

Often, it revolves around a new release. The release is the theme. Be the theme, release. Be the theme.

For February, the theme is the release. The release is the Carmichael. The Carmichael is the release. The release is the theme. The Carmichael is the theme.

What is the Carmichael? The Carmichael is the 2010 Ridge Vineyards Carmichael Zinfandel. And it is the new ATP Release.

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And the February First Friday (Ah, the 3 Fs!) will be the debut. Meaning that February First Friday attendees will be among the VERY FIRST to try this VERY ANTICIPATED new release.

And to celebrate this new release, we’ll be sharing with our guests a very special and very rare three-vintage vertical of the Carmichael, with the new 2010 vintage being accompanied by 2007 and 2009 vintages as well!

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This is, hopefully needless to say, a quite lovely tasting opportunity (remind me to tell you a great story sometime about Paul Draper and the word “lovely”!), and we sincerely hope you can join us for the experience.

There are two requirements to attend First Friday:

1. You must be able to come to our Monte Bello Estate on Friday, February 1st, between 4pm and 7pm, as that’s the where and the when of the event.

2. You must be a member of our Wine Club (attendance is not branch-specific; members of ATP, Zlist, and Collector are all welcome!), or a guest of a member.

And that’s it!

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The “official” language:

First Friday at Monte Bello
Date: 2/1/2013

February 1st~ 4-7pm

Please join us for the February edition of First Friday at our Monte Bello Estate!

In celebration of the new 2010 Ridge Vineyards Carmichael Zinfandel release, we will be showing a special three-vintage vertical of the Carmichael, plus our new 2011 Mikulaco Chardonnay!

We’ll have some delicious small bites on offer as well, and remember, while this is a Member Event, we are more than happy to host guests of our members too!

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Regarding membership, please click here for general information, and for specific details about the ATP, please click here.

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Regarding the Carmichael Zinfandel, please click here for detailed information on the new release, and please read on for today’s tasting notes!

2007 Ridge Vineyards Carmichael Zinfandel

Appearance (AP): mature hues; dark & serious plum & crimson, with a pale salmon halo. A somewhat adhesive glaze in the bowl, with thinnish legs that are still quite slow-moving …

Aromatics (AR): smoky, savory aromas, with hints of warm & salty baked pretzel wheat, matched against lo-tone root and chicory on one end, and dried stone fruit on the other. Additional layers of pemmican and jerky tones add to the savoriness, while traces of pine cone and bramble lend some fresh forestation …

Mouthfeel & Palate (MFP): still very plush mouthfeel, excellently juice-forward fruit, with tremendous acidity for a zinfandel with some age on it; def. shows some secondary tobacco and dried autumnal fruit character, and the savoriness carries over into the mid-palate …

Finish (F): long, forceful, and warming …

Summary: With an estimate of 4-5 years of development made by the winemakers back in late 2008, this wine is holding on even better than expected; secondary character is emerging, but great acidity enlivens the profile …

2009 Ridge Vineyards Carmichael Zinfandel

AP: very plummy hues, with a lovely ruby limn. Easy glaze in the glass, with fairly rapid legs that are somewhat thicker-torsoed …

AR: mouth-watering aromas of lemon curd and caramel matched against Spanish cured ham, with an under layer of stone fruit skin; apricot in particular …

MFP: very plush on the palate, thicker even than might be foreshadowed by the aromatics; sweet, lush fruit, with a fresh, summery decadence redolent of watermelon flesh and strawberry juice …

F: clean, focused, with tannins in emergence …

Summary: a very fruit-forward and sensuous rendition of the Carmichael …

2010 Ridge Vineyards Carmichael Zinfandel

AP: strong, crisp and lively garnet, with a perfect ruby halo. Easy viscosity, with relatively thin and swift legs …

AR: Remarkably bright and “up” aromatics; strong on citrus notes: ruby grapefruit and key lime pie particularly, all riding on top of classically herbal Alexander Valley zinfandel traits; rich fruit woven through with subtle threads of peppercorn and tobacco …

MFP: Great acidity; very fresh! Very high tone character, loads of fruit, though still wrapped in a pretty youthful structure; carignane feels particularly forward at this young stage …

F: Still tightish & lightish; will benefit greatly from double decanting, but very clean, very precise, and very pure …

Summary: A young showing for what looks to be a tremendous Carmichael vintage …

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Tasting Notes: 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah

January 4, 2013

In advance of tonight’s First Friday debut of the new 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah, we’re doing a little tasting of our own! Notes below:

2008 Ridge Vineyards Lytton Estate Syrah

Aromatics:

A genuinely alluring mélange of olfactory components, each a distinct iteration of density and concentration. The fruit characteristics are dark, baked, and gastrique-sweet; the floral notes are purple-toned and toothsome, and the herbalities are wintry, sylvan, and twilit.

Appearance:

To the eye, the wine is darkly concentrated, richly hued, and evidences a measured viscosity. The halo is a pristine magenta; the belly a compressed Byzantium.

Mid-Palate:

On the palate, the wine is perhaps somewhat brighter than one might be led to expect based on the intensity of the preliminary assessments; the wine is actually quite jovial in its way, with a spry bounce to the acidity and a lively and fresh fruit portfolio. The herbs are still dark, but the black pepper notes in particular are restrained and in good balance. There is a certain tarriness to the very low end of the flavor spectrum that is reminiscent of something along the lines of burnt meat skin, or perhaps teriyaki’d soy, while above is a decidedly sumptuous outpouring of rich and darkly flavorful fruit. The viognier lends a decadent florality to the middle layers, and just a hint of honeyed warmth across the top.

Finish:

The finish is where the viognier seems to have its greatest impact; softening tannins, and rounding out the mouthfeel. There is a powderiness to the tannin profile that plays nicely against the richly baked fruits, and the subtle sweetness contributed by the older barrels used for aging finds a pleasing match in the warm honeyness of the viognier.

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A New Year, A New Syrah, A New First Friday!

January 3, 2013

Ah, 2013!

Lucky 13!

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If one is searching for harbingers of hope early on in this newborn year, one need not look much farther than this Friday at Monte Bello. Or should I say, FIRST Friday …

That’s right folks, the first First Friday of the new year is THIS Friday, and we’ve got the perfect wine to celebrate!

If the event is the harbinger, then surely the wine is the quintessence, and for oeno-emblemation, one need look no further than our viculturally apotheotic sanctorium to the north, Lytton Springs, from the vineyards of which emerges the 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah!

The 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah is the January ATP release, and we’ll be showcasing it at First Friday, this Friday!

And you, you simply MUST taste this wine!

For more about the very special event, please click here:

http://www.ridgewine.com/Calendar/EventDetail?id=402

and do please remember, this is a Member Event, so if you’ve not yet become kin with our kin, you ‘kin do so by clicking here:

http://www.ridgewine.com/Calendar/EventDetail?id=402

And for more about this highly-anticipated wine, read on!

Ridge has just over three acres of fully mature syrah and three and a half acres of younger vines at Lytton Springs West. These parcels are situated in the well-drained Sites soil on the bench overlooking Norton Creek. Since 1996, we have produced limited amounts for the Advance Tasting Program (ATP). Over time, the consistent quality showed syrah to be perfectly matched to the climate and soil of Lytton Estate. As in the past, the 2008 vintage was co-fermented with a small amount of viognier from an adjacent parcel. Following harvest, it was assembled, in blind tasting, from the most intense and distinct lots.

Key words/terms to extrapolate from the above? I’ll go with “consistent quality,” most intense” and “distinct!”

To read more about membership with Ridge Vineyards, please click here:

http://www.ridgewine.com/Membership/Membership

And to delve deeper into the world of the 2008 Lytton Estate Syrah (including an unprecedentedly transparent description of our minimalist winemaking techniques!), please click here:

http://www.ridgewine.com/Images/Acrobat/08YLE-BG.pdf

Hope to see you this Friday at our Monte Bello Estate!

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‘Twas The Night Before First Friday …

December 6, 2012

Tomorrow is the day.

The big day.

The big First Friday day.

And I have visions of Ridge wine dancing in my head.

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I have the 2007 Monte Bello Chardonnay dancing in my head.

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I see its bold, golden hues in the bowl, I see the meticulous glides of its legs down the sides …

I smell its honey-warm come-on, the seasonal ecru, the mineral, the yeast, the sweet hazel cream …

I taste its balance — impeccable — its structure — in focus — its gravitas, depth, and complexity …

I savor its autumn exotic, I savor its wintering comfort …

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I have the 2010 Geyserville dancing in my head.

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I see its ruby-red hues sparkling in crystal; I see its crimson threads running elegantly down the bowl; I see magenta in its halo …

I smell its farmer’s market basket of fruit; bright with raspberry, cherry, and spry little plums. I smells its spices, its bramble, its minerals…

I taste its round mouthfeel, its plush, spreading juice, its lifted and fresh, sly decadence…

In the finish, the linger, as languid as post-loving bliss; I taste its rich, red largesse …

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I have the 2006 Estate Cabernet dancing in my head.

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I gaze deep in its robicund countenance, and I see alive people … I see earth, and a rufescent halo, I see sunset’s florid vermillion …

I smell forest, and mystery, and magic, and mountain; the rustic elixir, acidity, mineral …

I taste lush striation, the round rings of history, the bark that is so much very better than bite …

I taste black fruit and elegance, and linger in black herbs and herbal abundance …

The coolness of acidity balanced to tannin, the leanness of spice balanced to fruit, the balance of alcohol balanced to juice, the fineness of structure balanced to breadth, the flash of the high-tone, the flesh of the low …

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I have the 2009 Monte Bello dancing in my head.

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I smell the regal stitched in to the richest of fabrics …

I see the holy sewn in to the deepest of robes …

I taste the magical wedded in braids of fine wonder …

I linger, in love, the ineffable peace …

The black fruit and black herb beguiling aromatica …

The eucalyptal, cool-climate beguile …

The limestone and yeast, the dried fruit and pepper …

The anise, the fennel, the chicory …

The perfection of grape in perfect land harmony, spilt into decadence, splashed into glass, split into now and forever …

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I have the 2010 Lytton Estate Petite Sirah dancing in my head.

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The capacious complexity, the heliotrope halo and mulberry middle, the muscular solemnity of deep, sensual darkness …

The weight, the languidity, the power and passion, the soulful low moan of the baritone …

The umami umami, the savory savor …

The chalk and the powder, the crushed rock and talcum, the tannin, the beams, and the girders …

I see the baroque, and I smell the romantic; I taste the deep power of renaissance …

This linger must last me forever …

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‘Twas the night before First Friday, and visions of Ridge wine, alive in my head …

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