North Coast Trousseau

Another incredible vintage of this

Great texture. Softly juicy/jammy. Strawberry preserves. Delicate w/great acidity. Almost creamy texture. Very versatile with the Farmer’s tasting menu at Blue Hill.

A good year for this one. I’d like to cellar a bottle, but doubt any bottles will survive until spring.

Be warned this wine is addictive. Cherry candy but good acid and earthy backbone. Comfort wine!

So delicious with a little chill on it. There’s an interesting meaty/iron note as well.

Smokin!

Watermelon salad

Surprisingly disappointing. Sour, herbal, pickle-y. Better on release.

I am the contrarian on this board for this wine. Seems sweet to me. The 17 is really not up my alley. At some point A&R’s Trousseau style changed and they lost me or it is just this vintage - Tart then this kind of odd going off strawberries taste it just seems this has seen too much heat in the vintage. Off balance. I can not recommend this.

Came off as harsh with acid and few identifiable (California) trousseau characteristics. May need time to come together.