Tennessee wines

[dananne]

Over Thanksgiving, Anne and I picked up several wines from TN while we were up there. I've had stuff from GA, VA, NC, and even AL (shuddering at the memory), so we wanted to try some local stuff from that neck of the woods. I'll be popping them over the coming few weeks, and I'll keep the TNs in this thread. We popped the first last night to pair with a veg lasagne.

2001 Chateau Ross Wedding Harvest Sangiovese

Chateau Ross is located north of Nashville in Springfield, TN, and just east of the state's best winery (Beachaven Vineyards in Clarksville, where they supposedly make a pretty good sparkler). This wine wasn't good. The nose was variously described through the evening as "medicine cabinet," "cedar chest," and "flea powder," with Anne providing the most horrifying assessment -- "strawberry urine." The color was firetruck red. Once you get past the awful nose, the wine was drinkable. Somewhat thin and dilute, but it had decent acidity to stand up to the tomato sauce in the lasagne. Short finish that showed some heat. I'm hoping that the next ones are better. Paid $15. Alc. 12.5%.