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- winophite - 01-06-2008
I asked what we were having for dinner...got a "whatever your fixin" answer. So I figured on some frozen beef and gravy and make some manhattans. Opened a bottle of Oliver, 02 cab. sauv. ($30 from the library), for the beef. Went upstairs and lo and behold, diced chicken breast cooking up in EVOO on the stove, thus we're not having whatever I'm cooking tonight!
Very dark in the glass, with a sort of clear rim with a ruby rim beneath it, hard to explain, but definitely a clear area at the top of the rim. A nice earthy aroma filled with blackberry overtones. Fruity flavors up front (which I'm unable to single out and identify), fairly smooth in the middle, almost weak without much tannic structure, with a fruity finish that is pleasant and linguring, maybe 3.25 laps. Pretty simple juice in my mind. Both glasses thus far have left granules in the glass, coarser than sand, more like poppy seed size. Easy drink alone, maybe should have decanted to allow the sediment to fall out. OH well, 13.5% alc
Happy day/night to all. WP
- winoweenie - 01-07-2008
Hi WP. I take it this was a Ch. Oliver from France? The granules(sic) left in the glass are likely tartrate crystals. Not harmful or taste robbing. The 02 vintage was OK, not outstanding, so you got about what was to be expected. WW
- dananne - 01-07-2008
If I'm not wrong, I believe this may be a local Indiana wine, perhaps using purchased Cali grapes or juice?
- winoweenie - 01-08-2008
Done know enny of them Indie Vineyards. WW [img]http://wines.com/ubb/wink.gif[/img]
- winophite - 01-08-2008
Yep, IN wine from CA grapes fermented and bottled near Bloomington IN. They do have 90+ acres of vinyards produced under their "Creekbend" label, about ten IN varieties. They make a sparkler from a from a grape called Vidal Blanc I enjoyed this past new year. Oliver is supposed to be the best and biggest producer in IN, and they seem to do a pretty good job.
The thing about the tartrate crystals found in the Cab I thought interesting is that they were in the first 2 glasses only so I guess they kind of float. This wine also inproved a lot with a little air time. I really need to remember this when I open a good bottle that has aged a bit. It's worth the wait of 30 min or so! Thanks, have a great day. WP