'07 Scholium Project Gemella

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Stephen South
2007 Scholium Project Gemella Lost Slough Vineyard... alc 15%...moderate yellow color...nose is very perfumed....palate is powerful, a bit sweet and showing some oxidation...very intense wine...stands up nicely to lobster bisque...
A good pairing...the wine is a bit overpowering all by itself...

From the website
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2007 LOST SLOUGH VINEYARDS GEMELLA:
As always, the twin of the Naucratis, harvested on the same day from the same vineyard. made from what ought to be the despised press wine; barrel fermented in neutral oak and allowed to rest unracked and unsulfured on the lees for seven months.
More than ever, a more intense version of the Naucratis. In 2007, the Gemella hardly went through malolactic fermentation at all, and so it has all the gravelly minerality of the Naucratis. But it is more intense, especially in all of the realm of salt and mineral. The Naucratis is a playful grüner; the Gemella is a very serious, almost combative one.
115 cs
 
originally posted by drssouth:

From the website
" The Naucratis is a playful grüner; the Gemella is a very serious, almost combative one. "
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Sorta love how Abe plays w/ the variety of grape like it's a signifier rather than the thing signified. I'm not crazy: both of these wines are Verdelho, right?
 
Gemella is made from Verdelho from the Lost Slough Vineyard in the Sacramento Delta. Amazing vineyard that has something very special in the soil. Abe was one of the first winemakers to source fruit from this area which now gets a lot more attention. The grapes are brought in and lightly pressed for Naucratis. The hard press wine goes into Gemella. I think 07 might have been the year I helped make the decision when to make the cut off (i.e. when to divert the pressed wines to Gemella based on how the press wine tastes). Gemella always does better with a good decant.
 
originally posted by Michael K.:
originally posted by drssouth:

From the website
" The Naucratis is a playful grüner; the Gemella is a very serious, almost combative one. "
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Sorta love how Abe plays w/ the variety of grape like it's a signifier rather than the thing signified. I'm not crazy: both of these wines are Verdelho, right?
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You may be abbreviating too soon.
 
Right, gathered that. I think it's interesting how Abe uses the grape variety as an adjective. Not "Gruner-like", but "Gruner." He does the same thing w/ Bricco Babelico, talking about it as if it were Nebbiolo. Variety as a protean thing: not, e.g., the characteristics of Gruner defining the wine, but Gruner-character being part of a wine's definition. Granted, this might all be very confusing if you're new to wine and don't enjoy wordplay, but it's part of what I really dig about The Scholium Project.
 
originally posted by Michael K.:
Right, gathered that. I think it's interesting how Abe uses the grape variety as an adjective. Not "Gruner-like", but "Gruner." He does the same thing w/ Bricco Babelico, talking about it as if it were Nebbiolo. Variety as a protean thing: not, e.g., the characteristics of Gruner defining the wine, but Gruner-character being part of a wine's definition. Granted, this might all be very confusing if you're new to wine and don't enjoy wordplay, but it's part of what I really dig about The Scholium Project.
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Thanks, Michael. I enjoy Abe a lot, but I am a n00b as far as the whole schtick goes.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by Michael K.:
Right, gathered that. I think it's interesting how Abe uses the grape variety as an adjective. Not "Gruner-like", but "Gruner." He does the same thing w/ Bricco Babelico, talking about it as if it were Nebbiolo. Variety as a protean thing: not, e.g., the characteristics of Gruner defining the wine, but Gruner-character being part of a wine's definition. Granted, this might all be very confusing if you're new to wine and don't enjoy wordplay, but it's part of what I really dig about The Scholium Project.
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Thanks, Michael. I enjoy Abe a lot, but I am a n00b as far as the whole schtick goes.
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I don't really get it either. Gruner is not a grape variety. Grüner Veltliner is.
 
Really, guys? It looks like a simple case of synecdoche (or metonymy if you prefer) to me. It's not as if there were a lot of other Grüner X varieties to confuse it with.

Mark Lipton
 
originally posted by MLipton:
Really, guys? It looks like a simple case of synecdoche (or metonymy if you prefer) to me. It's not as if there were a lot of other Grüner X varieties to confuse it with.

Mark Lipton
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Sure, I thought of that, but I also wondered if it might have been some kind of reference to the wine's essential greenness instead. Not knowing Abe well enough, nor his schtick oeuvre, it is hard to dissect.
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
originally posted by MLipton:
Really, guys? It looks like a simple case of synecdoche (or metonymy if you prefer) to me. It's not as if there were a lot of other Grüner X varieties to confuse it with.

Mark Lipton
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Sure, I thought of that, but I also wondered if it might have been some kind of reference to the wine's essential greenness instead. Not knowing Abe well enough, nor his schtick oeuvre, it is hard to dissect.
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Channeling Randall Grahm...
 
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