I came home tonight to an opened bottle of the '08 ESJ Bone Jolly Gamay Noir Ros Witters Vineyard. It's a fairly intense salmon in color, less the lurid pink of last year's edition. Yummy, fresh strawberries in the nose, no sense of heat (despite a reported 13.7% ABV) and a lightweight, crisp mouthful. It was chilled but not ice cold, which I think suited the wine well. It inspired dreams of paella Valenciana and warm summer nights. (One will be easier to come by than the other in the near term.) There's lots of joy in this screwcapped bottle.
Mark Lipton
Mark Lipton