TN: Lusu Cellars Petite Verdot

[Kay Bixler]

This bottle was a gift and it blew my mind. 2011 Lusu Cellars, Petite Verdot, Lodi - Mokelume River: tobacco and fruit, just enough California warmth and a bright, lingering finish that brings to mind powdered shale. Putting on reading glasses, and then getting a magnifying glass, I am able to learn from the back label that the grapes are organic and dry farmed, the fermentation was wild and the wine spent a year in neutral French oak. A recipe for success if there ever was one.

 

[Larry Stein]

Last December, Lusu poured at the ESJ Fete du Vin in Berkeley. FL Jim was there and highly recommended I try the Zin, '12 Single Leaf Vnyd, Eldorado County. It was much as you describe the Petite Verdot. It was very, very good.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Larry Stein:
Last December, Lusu poured at the ESJ Fete du Vin in Berkeley. FL Jim was there and highly recommended I try the Zin, '12 Single Leaf Vnyd, Eldorado County. It was much as you describe the Petite Verdot. It was very, very good.

Whatever happened to FL Jim?

 

[Steve Edmunds]

whatever happened to Chris Coad?

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
whatever happened to Chris Coad?

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then some body bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the beast

 

[Robert Dentice]

Lodi has so much potential.

I am guessing this is close to Tegan's vineyard.

 

[Jay Miller]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
whatever happened to Chris Coad?

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then some body bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the beast

Sooo ... you got a job writing for Disney?

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
whatever happened to Chris Coad?

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then some body bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the beast

Sooo ... you got a job writing for Disney?

Non-disclosure is the Way of the Mouse.

 

[Lou Kessler]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Jay Miller:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Steve Edmunds:
whatever happened to Chris Coad?

Tale as old as time
True as it can be
Barely even friends
Then some body bends
Unexpectedly

Just a little change
Small to say the least
Both a little scared
Neither one prepared
Beauty and the beast

Sooo ... you got a job writing for Disney?

Non-disclosure is the Way of the Mouse.

Direct your sarcasm at me you know I'm easily pleased and not too bright.

 

[Florida Jim]

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Larry Stein:
Last December, Lusu poured at the ESJ Fete du Vin in Berkeley. FL Jim was there and highly recommended I try the Zin, '12 Single Leaf Vnyd, Eldorado County. It was much as you describe the Petite Verdot. It was very, very good.

Whatever happened to FL Jim?

Still alive and well.
Best, Jim

 

[Christian Miller (CMM)]

originally posted by Robert Dentice:


Lodi has so much potential.

I am guessing this is close to Tegan's vineyard.

Bokisch grows some nice Albarino and Tempranillo in the Mokelumne area.

 

[Chris Coad]

originally posted by Florida Jim:

originally posted by Chris Coad:

originally posted by Larry Stein:
Last December, Lusu poured at the ESJ Fete du Vin in Berkeley. FL Jim was there and highly recommended I try the Zin, '12 Single Leaf Vnyd, Eldorado County. It was much as you describe the Petite Verdot. It was very, very good.

Whatever happened to FL Jim?

Still alive and well.
Best, Jim

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