Frei Vineyard & Wirth Ranch Valdiguié

Fire Island Pines, 2018 kick off. Yes. Fresh, bright, confident, flirty, with a depth that catches you off guard. #FI2018

Let some of these age to see what would happen and this did not disappoint. So complex. Nose of cherries, leather, a bit of spice, honestly seems more like merlot on the nose. The palate is clearly Vladimir with a ton of acidity, bright fruits, cherries, plums, currant, but an underlying herbal quality that is wonderful.

This wine continues to get better. So much fruit and stone and flavor. It’s unfair to other wines.

tart dark fruit, dry but not astringent. sweet and juicy. excellent.

2016 also good. Love broc cellars (΄◉◞౪◟◉｀)

Fatter than the 12% would suggest and I feel like I taste a lot of oak. Granted I pretty much despise any new oak at all, but this grape is so cool and so much is going on underneath that vanilla sweater.

Amazing wine of cherries, cola, minerals, pepper.

Like Broc’s other offerings, a solid value easy drinking wine. Though this was perhaps a bit mineral for my taste, at least at first.

$64

Jamie had this 6 years ago