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Red Table Wine
- Thread starter Keith Levenberg
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Jay Miller
Jay Miller
originally posted by Michael Lewis:
$28/bottle for the 2018 version of the Red Table Wine, at least in the direct release from Sandlands today.
Then it looks like I didn’t get an offer. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t give Priority to people who signed up after Keith’s recommendation but so it goes.
For what I might call the "disorderly palate", in addition to Sandlands and of course Steve Edmunds' most excellent wines - Halcon and Iruai/Methode Sauvage as well as Jolie Laide have made some nice bottles, opened recently. The Iruai "Giallo" was particularly nice last night and these all are in the $25-$30 range.
I thoroughly enjoyed a bottle a bottle of the Iruai “Shasta-Trinity red” recently (30% Trousseau / 35% Mondeuse / 35% Blaufränkisch). The Trousseau character really shone through and I thought it was a lovely summer weight red. Served with a slight chill.originally posted by mlawton:
For what I might call the "disorderly palate", in addition to Sandlands and of course Steve Edmunds' most excellent wines - Halcon and Iruai/Methode Sauvage as well as Jolie Laide have made some nice bottles, opened recently. The Iruai "Giallo" was particularly nice last night and these all are in the $25-$30 range.
Steven Van Haren
Steven Van Haren
originally posted by BJ:
Where does Sandlands vinify? Do they have a facility?
Through 2019 he’s been using Turley cellars. Opening a facility in Victor near his home vineyard, Kirschenmann, but I don’t know if it’s move in ready yet.
Matt Latuchie
Matt Latuchie
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
Keith, I'll say it again (I mentioned it to you on CellarTracker already) -- you should check out Birichino Cinsault. Same vineyard as the Sandlands, but about $10 less expensive. Different flavor profile that CRB, of course, but it fits your parameters as well as any wine I know in California.
Jim - I took your advice and bought a couple bottles of their 2019 Cinsault. Opened my first bottle yesterday on a brisk 91 degree day here in Las Vegas (my wife was honestly wearing a sweatshirt...) and wanted to thank you for the recommendation. Really delightful wine that had the perfect balance of bright fruits and freshness.
I miss the CRB wines, too, and can see myself loading up on these to scratch some of that itch. Thanks again.
Jim Hanlon
Jim Hanlon
originally posted by Matt Latuchie:
originally posted by Jim Hanlon:
Keith, I'll say it again (I mentioned it to you on CellarTracker already) -- you should check out Birichino Cinsault. Same vineyard as the Sandlands, but about $10 less expensive. Different flavor profile that CRB, of course, but it fits your parameters as well as any wine I know in California.
Jim - I took your advice and bought a couple bottles of their 2019 Cinsault. Opened my first bottle yesterday on a brisk 91 degree day here in Las Vegas (my wife was honestly wearing a sweatshirt...) and wanted to thank you for the recommendation. Really delightful wine that had the perfect balance of bright fruits and freshness.
I miss the CRB wines, too, and can see myself loading up on these to scratch some of that itch. Thanks again.
Glad you liked it, Matt. To me, that wine captures much of "New California" at a nice price point and in a way that appeals to Disorderly and more conventional palates. BTW, Turley makes a single vineyard bottling of these grapes too, which usually sells for less than $30. Chambers Street sometimes gets some -- it always amuses me to see Turley on their (virtual) shelves. Tegan Passalacqua makes it, of course, as he does the Sandlands. And he applies a light hand, with the wine drinking in the same vein as the Birichino, and not at all like any other Turley bottle I've had (which are, admittedly, few and very far between).