What's in your glass tonight?

[tullamore]

 

[ibglowin]

OMG This is the best $25 OR Pinot I think I have ever had. 2nd label made by Evening Land. Let it air out for 45 mins and come up to room temp from cellar temp and its really breathtaking.

 

[tullamore]

i went off script today - wanted a little something that had a sweetness to it

 

[Hazelemere]

Black Iris Regent 2023

pitted wild cherries, wild blackberries, dried elderberries, hand destemmed uncrushed homegrown Regent grapes on RC212 with nutrient left in a corked bottle 1/2 full on my fridge for a week.

Here are my tasting comments:

Appearance - inky purple

Smell - very pleasant intense Marzipan aroma (tannin aldehyde?)

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - unique and interesting of a type I've never except perhaps in red vermouth or dubonnet. Was really good as a cooking wine in a pot roast.

retaste:

Chardonnay Muscat 2023

This is a 50/50 cooler carboy blend with Sheridan Chardonnay fermented with V13 yeast and my homegrown Siegerrebe-Ortega Muscat blend fermented with 71B yeast. My son in law loves my muscats and I gave him a case of mine which he used to make this blend.

Here are my comments:

Appearance - clear lemony yellow

Smell - good nose - buttered popcorn and muscat

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - this is very good, not excellent but certainly very good. This is a one of a kind Washington Chardonnay, homegrown Siegerrebe Ortega blend with a nice finish. I have 13 to age in my cooler.

retaste:

Chardonnay Muscat 2023

This is a 50/50 cooler carboy blend with Sheridan Chardonnay fermented with V13 yeast and my homegrown Siegerrebe-Ortega Muscat blend fermented with 71B yeast. My son in law loves my muscats and I gave him a case of mine which he used to make this blend.

Here are my comments:

Appearance - clear lemony yellow

Smell - good nose - buttered popcorn and muscat

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - this is slightly flat for me but very fragrant and tasty. My wife really likes it so its hers. She scores it a 9/10.

 

[Christopher Anderson]

2022 FWK. One of my first kits. Carboy for 14 months and then bottled. Quite nice.
Received this from a fellow Bexar Brewer along with 5 glass carboys. Now another place for my bottles instead of boxes.

 

[Hazelemere]

Fresco Chilean Viognier 2024

We bought Fresco fresh juice in pails to improve Washington Sheridan Chardonnay. This tasting is from the Viognier on its own:

Appearance - clear pale lemon yellow

Smell - fragrant, lemon zest, key lime, bananas, honeydew melon, quince, lime zest

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - very good dry table wine the way I like it with a good finish. I'd make it again. It improved the Chardonnay.

 

[Hazelemere]

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My 2022 Blanc de Noir - 18 months en tirage, disgorged 11/10/24

First homemade sparkling wine for me, and if I say so myself it's delicious

It would be useful for everyone here to learn exactly how you made it.

 

[tullamore]

Fresco Chilean Viognier 2024

We bought Fresco fresh juice in pails to improve Washington Sheridan Chardonnay. This tasting is from the Viognier on its own:

Appearance - clear pale lemon yellow

Smell - fragrant, lemon zest, key lime, bananas, honeydew melon, quince, lime zest

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - very good dry table wine the way I like it with a good finish. I'd make it again. It improved the Chardonnay.

u get ur Fresco juice for Bosagrape?

 

[BarrelMonkey]

It would be useful for everyone here to learn exactly how you made it.

I described the winemaking in some detail here, let me know if you want to know anything else!

And riddling/disgorging is described here.

 

[wood1954]

Last year's blueberry wine, bottled before its time. I had an itch to do something in the winery . It’s ok good aroma, just enough tannin, AI generated label.light flavor, just a little acid on the backend. About 30 lbs of ripe berries.

 

[Hazelemere]

u get ur Fresco juice for Bosagrape?

yes

 

[Hazelemere]

White Fusion 2024

This is a blend in a glass of 50% Chilean Viognier from Fresco juice, 25% homegrown Russets + Macintosh apple juice chaptalized with cane sugar, 25% Homegrown white wine grapes including Siegerrebe, Ortega, Reichensteiner, Madeleine Angevine with homegrown Cox apple juice chaptalized with unpasteurized blueberry blossom honey and fermented with D47 yeast.

Tasting notes:

Appearance - clear lemon yellow

Smell - very fragrant, complex nose

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - this is better than the sum of its parts and should make a really good, balanced and tasty house white wine for everyday drinking. I'd rate it as very good. It has no apparent flaws. I'll mix up 30 bottles of this in a carboy, put it back in my cooler and bottle it around Easter 2025.

retaste from a split in my cooler:

Appearance - slightly hazy, slightly fizzy lemon yellow poured from a split

Smell - a bit yeasty but good intense complex nose

Tannin - good

Acid - good

Flavour - this is tasty. I'd make it again in a heartbeat.

 

[Hazelemere]

Last year's blueberry wine, bottled before its time. I had an itch to do something in the winery . It’s ok good aroma, just enough tannin, AI generated label.View attachment 120026light flavor, just a little acid on the backend. About 30 lbs of ripe berries.

please tell us exactly how you created the label