Accidental Winery

Vinyes Ocults

Valle de Uco Malbec

Surprised by this 12 buck wonder. Pepper, Smokey caramel, plumb and lasting notes combined for an accidental pleasantry. I should have bought a case for the Fall. — a year ago

Clos Figueres

Font de la Figuera Blanc Priorat Viognier Blend 2019

Unusual, almost accidental Priorat white made with mostly Viognier - a variety they planted by mistake after a French nursery sent Viognier rootstock instead of the Cabernet Sauvignon they ordered. It includes an additional 25%-30% Garnacha Blanca and Chenin. Intense nose. White flowers, white peach. Full-bodied, ripe, quite high alcohol. Mineral — 3 years ago

Valdespino

Viejo C.P. Macharnudo Vineyard Palo Cortado Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Palomino Fino

Elegant as all get out. I can’t get over Palo Cortado, even with its shady requirement to be called “Palo Cortado”—pretty sure some are no more accidental “failed Finos” than chocolate chip cookies were a ‘whoops I dropped chocolate in the dough’—but that matters not. Mixed nuts and lemon and amaretto don’t sound like things I’d want to consume all at once but they are elements of this wine I love all at once. — 4 years ago

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Trixie

Trixie

So posh you are! After dinner sherry.🍷
Ellen Clifford

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@Trixie lol the things I do for work...albeit want to work Palo Cortado into my life post-assignment. Have you tried it?! I think it could be up your alley ❤️

Sagemoor Farms Vineyards

Without Rehearsal Sauvignon Blanc Sémillon 2021

White Bluffs, Estate White Blend. Blend of Sauvignon Blanc (Bacchus, Gamache Vyds) and Semillon (Dionysus Vyds). Pale white, excellent clarity. White floral aromas, citrus and orchard fruit flavors, slight seed bitterness but good fruit and acid. Everyday sipping or food wine, we paired it with flatbread. And you know it’s good because it has a reliable screw cap- no leaks, no accidental oxidation. Drink up! — 2 years ago

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Pehu Simonet

Face Nord Millésimé Grand Cru Champagne Blend

Accidental fancy pink bubbles. 💖 — 4 years ago

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Matthiasson

Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc Blend

Sara G
9.2

Still yum after some accidental aging. — 4 years ago

Austin Hope

Paso Robles Graciano

Crazy story of accidental plantings and new branded varietal. 2020 vintage 100% Graciano, 2021 vintage has 20% Petit Verdot and 5% Mouvedre added to the Graciano. Cool, unusual, delicious meritage! Better worthy time — 2 years ago

Bernhard Ott

Ried Stein Kamptal Erste Lage Grüner Veltliner

Ahhh mazing! Tart, crisp, dry and almost effervescent on tongue. Accidental splurge at Fred’s Avalon, saved for Kennebunkport getaway in July 2021! — 3 years ago

Freemark Abbey

Sycamore Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Marking the end of a somewhat accidental week of higher end (for us) Napa cabs... For me this is the best of the bunch, but Linh preferred the heitz Martha's slightly

Hard to believe this was a 05, no browning at the rim

Intense aromas of fresh and dried red cherry, cassis, blackberry. Intense savory notes of cigar smoke and dried leaf, dry earth, licorice

Palate is lifted but full bodied with medium + tannin and at least medium acid (definitely moreso than the heitz). Confirming the nose but juicier. Long finish of fruit

This was insanely fresh and I feel like it has 10 years until its peak. Blew us all away
— 3 years ago

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