[TN] Recent wines (Pinot, Verdejo, Frappato)

Consumed with various meals over the past few nights:

2009 Wind Gap Pinot Noir Griffin's Lair nose: dark fruit, earthy palate: medium-light body, firm acidity, clean finish

Consumed with a dinner of roast chicken and risotto. This wine would have been difficult to peg blind as Pinot Noir: it was too dark with little varietal character. OTOH, it steered well clear of the goopy, overextracted model of CA PN. We liked this very much when we had it at the winery last year. I'll let my other bottles sit for a few more years in the hopes that it'll get more red-fruited with time.

2005 Eric Texier Brezeme nose: briery dark berry fruit, pencil lead, fairly muted palate: juicy fruit, lean, fine grained tannins

Consumed with a dinner of grilled, butterflied leg of lamb. I opened this in part because of concerns about its being sealed with a fake cork (it wasn't) and in part as a result of an online kerfuffle concerning Texier's wines. Regardless, it was great with the lamb, but pretty lean on its own. More time might help it if you've got a cork-finished bottle.

2008 Martinsancho Rueda Verdejo nose: initially, smoky oak, later becoming more citrusy and tropical fruit palate: a bit rounded, with decent acidity and a solid core of fruit

Consumed with a dinner of "Shrimp Uggie" (a dish made famous by Uglesich's in New Orleans) this wine lost all trace of its earlier oakiness and sported quite luscious citrus fruit and tropical fruit. Not bad for a bargain bin clearout!

2010 Arianna Occhipinti SP68 (Frappato/Nero D'Avola) nose: slightly tarry, bright red fruit, earthy palate: rich but light, deep fruit, moderate acidity

With the arrival of Fall shipping season, cases of wine have recently arrived in the household. This bottle was in one of the cases and was opened this evening to accompany a brief scientific discussion chez nous. Bright, cheerful and lively wine (much like the vigneronne).

Mark Lipton

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