Scholium

originally posted by Bree:
originally posted by Hoke:
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originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
Cup of TeaIt was just a comment, based on what I've read from various sources. I haven't really written off anything, but it's hard not to react when I see the alcohol levels. I'm also not keen on the "philosophical" approach, because it doesn't seem to take into account anything the fruit might innately have to offer. It's pretty abstract for me, I think.
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That's because you're a dinosaur, Edmunds!

Your tired old 'take care of the vineyards and the vineyards will take care of you' approach is so old hat, so antiquated, that it just doesn't resonate anymore with the truly hip. Sure, sure, you go on about reflecting the fruit, and capturing the terroir, and putting honest wine in the bottle, and you used to appeal to the Feirings of the world with your pure, unadulterated, minimal interventionalist style that was focused on letting the land and the grapes speak for themselves through your wine; but, hey, you have to be modern, dude. You gotta develop a gimmick. You have to have a new philosophy, a philosophy that over rides everything else.

Get a new agenda, man! And what better way to develop a new gimmick than to go back to the ancient stuff! Huh? Huh???

I mean, how cool and hip is that. You could once again transform yourself as the hippest winemaker around, Steve. Bottle your wine in tightly sealed mason jars (no cork taint!!!; and you get the added advantage of being quaint and 'peculiar' and just slightly and whimsically out of kilter). But most importantly: you're out of step. You're just not as cool as you used to be. It's sad, really.
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And get an electric guitar, fer Chrissakes!!
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Fuckally'all's'all I gotta say!!!!!
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originally posted by Bwood:
And I had the 2007 Scholium Project "Naucratis" last week. It was a huge verdelho-based wine that I didn't care for.
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Did you try the Scholium Project 2006 San Floriano del Collio Rocky Hill Vineyard at Toledo? Labeled "California White Wine", it was an orange/onionskin ros. Smelled like strawberries and sweet Riesling. It was tannic on the palate, presumably from skin contact, and a little hot on the finish. Interesting, but not something I'd pursue.
 
originally posted by Steve Guattery:
Did you try the Scholium Project 2006 San Floriano del Collio Rocky Hill Vineyard at Toledo? Labeled "California White Wine", it was an orange/onionskin ros. Smelled like strawberries and sweet Riesling. It was tannic on the palate, presumably from skin contact, and a little hot on the finish. Interesting, but not something I'd pursue.
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I tried it; same impression.
The reserve bottling, soon to be released, was considerably more charming and I wouldn't mind having some were it not for the very small quantities and the very large price.
Best, Jim
 
originally posted by Florida Jim:
originally posted by Steve Guattery:
Did you try the Scholium Project 2006 San Floriano del Collio Rocky Hill Vineyard at Toledo? Labeled "California White Wine", it was an orange/onionskin ros. Smelled like strawberries and sweet Riesling. It was tannic on the palate, presumably from skin contact, and a little hot on the finish. Interesting, but not something I'd pursue.
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I tried it; same impression.
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My recollection of it from Toledo was an intellectually interesting wine that didn't speak to my soul in any particular way. It's one of those wines that I'll gladly drink if put in front of me, but wouldn't go out of my way for.

Mark Lipton
 
Sorry. Don't know what came over me there... I kept hearing something about tutti-frutti, aw-rutti, awopbopalubopalopbamboom! Who would have imagined?
Sensitive? Shirley! you jest! Let it all hang out! Thor's a stud!
 
originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
Cup of TeaIt was just a comment, based on what I've read from various sources. I haven't really written off anything, but it's hard not to react when I see the alcohol levels. I'm also not keen on the "philosophical" approach, because it doesn't seem to take into account anything the fruit might innately have to offer. It's pretty abstract for me, I think.
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Regardless of how it philosophically reached that state, I think the word "abstract" actually fits the bill pretty well of the one Scholium I've tried:

2006 Scholium Project Sauvignon Blanc Glos McDowell Vineyards. My friend Ken served this to me double blind. My notes are all over the place on the aromatic profile, citing citrus skin, beeswax, lanolin, agave, escarole, bitter herbs, jalapeno pepper and vegetable garden compost. It actually hurt my brain. It is not a pleasant bouquet, to be honest, just very unusual. My initial feeling was that it was complex, but the more I thought about it, the more it actually seemed like manufactured complexitysomehow not quite natural. In any event, it is more likeable in the mouth, where it shows solid density, good length, and fine drive. It tingles the nerves with its vibrant acidity and manages to have a texture that is both creamy and oily at the same time. It pumps out a ton of flavors and holds its intensity all the way through the finely grainy finish. In the end, though, it feels like a lot of work to get through this wineand one can only really connect with it in an abstract way.
 
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