Hounds Of Erie Winery
Cantina Ar.Pe.Pe.
Rosso di Valtellina Nebbiolo 2019
If it's been a while since last Nebiollo, this is what you want. Ease into something softer, with rounder curves.
AR.PE.PE is a cherry cooler with herby accents and teenage tannins. Pours pretty, with a clear glow and lots of potential energy stored up, ready to go. Luden's cherries, rosemary, soft salts, maybe a squirt of cola.
Gateway drug for the Pinot hounds. — a year ago
Honorio Rubio Villar
Macerado Edicion Limitada Rioja Viura 2018
100% Viura, 6 months skin contact.
Absolutely LOVE this wine!!
Viura fans only please, find it, drink it, love it, buy a lil more & stash it. Waxed. Specialz.
If I had another bottled, and chilled.... it would be a special night.
For me, this wine is possibly equated to a Burg-hounds iodine marinated fossilized crustacean shell infused Kimmeridgian fruit forward Chablis (love my Burgundy Blanc’s too)... or something.
More Vintages, Please!
Paired with hickory smoked Salmon.
Note-wise, Ill say it has great fruit, golden, iron-like note, along with a ?peppercorn skin essence? (Essence mixed peppercorn, olfactory, not bitten into), hint of apricot... texture changes with temp (more tannic and rough when cold, smooth round fruit when warmer). Pure enjoyment. Possible almond shell note with age.
Does not state exactly, the length of skin contact. Harvest - bottling on. March 2, 2019. Approx 5-6months (Sept-March). 13% ABV — 3 years ago
Its a fantastic varietal example.
Viura resists oxidation, and can age. Fruity and wonderful now, skin contact adds complexity and tannin. Excited to see how this ages, as I picked up a few extra bottles.
Vermilion Valley Vineyards
Estate Bottled Lake Erie Pinot Gris 2020
Apple, lemon, dried apricot, orange zest and hints of melon. Good acidity and bold minerality. — 3 months ago
North 42 Degrees Estate Winery
Lake Erie North Shore Riesling 2020
North 42 Vineyards
Riesling 2020
Citrus, apples and white blossom finishes with a squeeze of lemon 9/10 — 9 months ago
Kosicek Vineyards
Urban Cabernet Franc 2016
Mild mild bouquet of dark fruits. Medium tannins of raspberries and tobacco? Medium dry tannic Finnish. — 3 years ago
North Coast Cellars
Lake Erie Pinot Gris
I’m not normally a Pinot Gris fan. They all kind of taste the same to me. This one feels more complex. Notes of crisp green apple on the nose and citrus on the end. Very refreshing. Drank it in the winter but bought more bottles to sip it in the summer. — 5 years ago
Conneaut Cellars Winery
Poirissimo
This oak aged pear wine packs a punch at 19% alc content. This wine is a dessert wine but is about middle of the road in terms of sweetness. Nice pear taste from beginning to end and is made of 100% pears. This wine has won an award picked by a judge. — 6 months ago
Bodegas Margón
Pricum Primeur Prieto Picudo 2019
Raul Perez is a bit of a wine rock star, so I admittedly came to this 17$ entry level new project of his (with the Prieto varietal) with baited breath…& it did not disappoint. It drinks like…surprise.. a baby Morgon, with clean red cherries set in a fairly mineral frame. Quite lush on the nose. Not for acid hounds per se but still so vital & fresh. — 2 years ago
M Cellars
Lake Erie Noiret 2018
Had a glass at the winery and it tasted good enough to buy a bottle and bring home. So … at home , it pours a deep ruby color. Aroma of red raspberry and berries and a hint of smoke? . Cherries and raspberries in the middle with a dry pucker at the finish. — 3 years ago
Michael Chelus
Grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, peach, apple and hints of melon. Racy acidity and bold minerality. — a month ago