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Before this, I never had a good Georgian wine.

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Salty. Delicious at 55 deg F. We drank it at a table topped with papers and laptops, obliquely facing sunset over Michigan ave.

We wanted it with gnocchi bottarga (w/ garlic, butter, and lemon zest) but we weren't prepared, or even peckish.

What is this wine's story? I'm especially hoping for facts and tales of direct experience.

To me it was another liquid veil, the representation of a reality wherein Detroit's imperial prerogatives are still recognized. Bring me more! (Repeat. Echo.)

But that could also explain a variety of other consumer choices. (Like the Mazda? Well, no. For as of tomorrow, that will be transformed into a legal working delivery vehicle, a tool for the creation of consumer value, not simply the object of it.)

Wednesday morning Ann Arbor contained a sample of this Pelaverga. The experience had a strange internal contrast. My first acquaintance with this grape - pale and delicate - came with the familiar aroma and taste of La Morra - mineral and truffled. Is this supposed to be a controversial grape? Will we still enjoy it when our mullets grow in? I ask sincerely.

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Thanks, Putnam. I've heard rumors of good wines from Georgia (European), but nothing detailed that I can remember.

Assume you're up on the Village Corners sale mentioned in another thread.
 
originally posted by Ian Fitzsimmons:


Assume you're up on the Village Corners sale mentioned in another thread.
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I should probably stop by to see what is offered. Less than 6 moths ago I obtained a mid 1990s ('96 IIRC) Saumagen Muskateller for ~$12 at VC. It was good. One of the most incongruent qpr experiences in recent memory.
 
You might message Alice F. about the Vinoterra. I believe she has visited. She was nice enough to share a bottle with me (and others) awhile back.
 
I tried a few of these about a year ago, and I found the Tsinandali to be pretty decent. I know these wines have some fans in Disorderdom though, so I think I was expecting a bit more.

2007 Vinoterra Tsinandali
Green fruit nose, a bit of tinned fruit. Some fresh bitter herb/marigold, light stone fruit, bright acid, good snap. Not bad at all.

2005 Vinoterra Mstvane
Amphora aged, and quite orange. Soft, slightly oxidized red fruit aromas. Fairly clean for an orange wine, but kind of flat and monochromatic on the palate with just a touch of tannic grip, good acid and some grainy, clay minerality. A bit dull.

2003 Vinoterra Saperavi
Tired, somewhat oxidized nose of old red fruit and herbs. Savory, dry, herbal, with just off the charts brett. I'm often somewhat tolerant of the beasties, but I couldn't get rid of this mouthful of chickenshit fast enough. yech.
 
Russian ? Now, there is no need to fuel a recent conflict :-)

Putnam, are you familiar with Rkatsiteli from Dr Frank? I wonder how it compares, although I am not sure what percentage of R is in this bottle.
 
originally posted by .sasha:


Putnam, are you familiar with Rkatsiteli from Dr Frank? I wonder how it compares, although I am not sure what percentage of R is in this bottle.
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I will check.

I have consumed a fair share of Dr. Frank's Rkatsiteli. I like it. This seemed a little more finished and substantial, tempered perhaps with some oxidative maturation (though without any hint of oxidative flaw.) Type thing.
 
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