2004 Two Mountain Lemberger

[dananne]

Those of you who attended the summer '05 mini-offline will remember that this is Matt Rawn's place. We picked this up last year when we went back to see Kat. In it's native Austria, where it's known as Blaufrankisch (or "blue Frankish"), the wine is known for dark colors, earthy fruitiness, and some spice, delivered with a lighter body and some acidity. That pretty much sums up Two Mountain's take, where the white pepper and vanilla on the finish is particularly noticeable. It was a pleasant change-of-pace wine, and particularly nice chilled a bit below room temp (just above cellar temp). Though it's a niche wine, in the right areas of Washington state, the FL region in NY, and in other, less-likely pockets (I hear there's a good one from a winery in NW Michigan), the wine can be very well made. 13.1% alc. We paid about $15 at the winery. It was a appropriate follow-up to the two Austrian reds we posted on over the weekend.