Scholium Project Riquewihr

Dana, good to see you here again. Thanks for posting. The SP wines are always interesting, though I don't actually always LIKE them. :) Wine as made by a philosopher. The ones I like, I really like. I wish they were abit cheaper, I'd experiment more. By the way, Abe is the winemaking mentor of Jason Berthold, who used to post here under Jaybert41, and who makes the Courier line (and is chef at RN74). The Courier SB is definitely in the SP mode.

Hey, Dana! Long time, no see. Yes, thos Scholium Project wines are rarely (if ever) boring, are they? I've only had a few and found them all interesting. Like you, I don't know what to do with such wines (and they are rather pricey for experimentation), but I'll never refuse a glass of one if offered it.

Mark Lipton

I've tasted a few Scholium Project wines and they're just not my cup of tea...or wine as the case may be. I found them to downright wierd. Lot's of off putting oxidized notes in the Chardonnay...more like hard apple cider than chardonnay. The Pinot Grigio was undrinkable for me. It was harsh, hot, tannic and not recognizable as wine...more like Tequila which was how I described it. Admittedly, I haven't had many of their wines but I do know folks, who's palates I trust, who really like the wines.

I haven't liked a single one of them but they are interesting wines. They just don't seem to reflect either the grape or the terroir.

After the press I'd read, I was a little surprised to like the Riquewihr enough to shell out $30 for 500ml, but both Tarri and I did. Tarri, BTW, is not a wine geek but she's developed a pretty good sense of what's what, so it was interesting to me that she too liked it.