TN: Torrontes! (and a David Bruce Pinot)

In need of a dry white wine for cooking lapin a la moutarde the other night, I opened a bottle of 2004 La Yunta Torrontes that I had purchased recently at a local wine shop.

color: pale green-yellow nose: floral with stone fruit notes palate: crisp, slightly herbal, with modest peach flavors and a decent finish

This was my first encounter with this grape, made in this case by a US-Argentina joint venture

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It is vaguely reminiscent of the few Vermentinos I've had and at $9 a decent value.

With the rabbit, we opened:

2000 David Bruce Truchard Vyd Pinot Noir

n: smoke, light berry fruit, slight hint of oak p: velvety soft, rich fruit, good acidity, smoke, earth, slightly oaky finish

A decent but not great match with the rabbit (Burgundy or cru Beaujolais is better with it), this was a very good example of CA Pinot. Plenty of fruit, but not overextracted and showing good varietal character. This bottle reminds me why many of my favorite CA Pinots come from Carneros.

Mark Lipton

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Mark,

not familiar with this one, but these can be refreshing in a vino verde kind-of-way, can't they? Too bad these vines are very likely getting grubbed up and replaced by more malbec.

Best,

Mark S

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mjsverei

Heya, Mirabile Mark! Sorry, I missed this post of yours (server at work is dropping posts, including most annoyingly my own made from home). Yes, it's not going to displace Grand Cru Bourgogne Blanc any time soon, but it does make for a refreshing quaff, perhaps like getting spritzed upon while sitting in an armchair ;-)

Mark Lipton

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