What's in your glass tonight?

[ibglowin]

IYKYK........

 

[Christopher Anderson]

Shots. Tequila. Blanco and Resposado. Owners are friends in Fredericksburg

 

[winemaker81]

My next-to-last bottle of a FWK Tavola Pinot Noir, coming up on 3 years old.



It's holding well at 3 yo; the quality is fine and the longevity is great. However, I'd not make another Tavola without 1 skin pack. I intentionally made it as a concentrate only, wanting a quicker drinker. In hindsight it's too light bodied for my taste.

However, it's a fantastic cooking wine for beef. Tonight I pressure cooked stew beef with onion and mushrooms, and this wine make a VERY rich sauce.

 

[Hazelemere]

Chardonnay Fleur d'Oranger 2023-24

This is my last Sheridan Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 71B ferment blend in a glass with Fresco Australian Orange Muscat. We added citric acid to the Chardonnay because 71B yeast made it a bit flat. I'll bottle 4 Orange Muscats on their own. I'll test the sulphite in a 50/50 blended 30 bottle carboy and put it back into my cooler.

Tasting comments from a blend in a glass:

Appearance - clear, deep, lemon yellow

Smell - good creamy, muscat nose

Tannin - good

Acid - good for my palate. My wife may find it a bit tangy right now.

Flavour - this is tasty and fragrant with a good finish. It should improve as it ages and citric acid esters develop with malic acid and tartaric acid esters and the acid drops a bit. I'd rate it as very good right now. I'll try to age it at least 3 years after I bottle it around Easter 2025.

retaste:

Appearance - clear, deep, lemon yellow

Smell - good creamy, fragrant muscat nose that lingers

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - this is very tasty and fragrant with a really good finish. It should improve as it ages with the potential to become very good-excellent. So I'll try to age much of it.