Daedalus Cellars, Pinot Gris, 2006
Most often we drink red (as you can read), but for the last few nights we've been drinking white wine (it all started with a Pouilly Fume). I've had this particular bottle in the back of the fridge for a long time, and I decided to twist that metal cap off and see what was inside.
This was a definite sweet and sour wine. I thought sour, and Denise commented on how sweet it tasted. Huh? Sure enough, some sips it was slightly sour, and other sips it has a sweetness to it. Intriguing and interesting.
The nose was light citrus, crisp, herbal, pineapple, pine, and ... and (I got it!): basil! The taste was lime and hints of pineapple. The mouthfeel was almost oily -- and I mean this in a good way; it had some real body to it. Slightly viscous. At the very end, it had a bit of that sour apple finish. Not so much that it dried your mouth out, but definitely not sweet. It was only sweet in the mouth -- from time to time.
This would be a great summer wine (if it were summer -- it's still snowing here in Portland ... in March!). Denise liked it, and she rarely likes whites. She said the wine was "slippery". What!? She clarified that: "it doesn't make you cough". And: "it's got a great texture that Aaron does so well" (Aaron Hess is the vintner).
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Rating:
8.0