1997 Gallo Strefani

[winoweenie]

One of the 3 super Sonoma vineyards that makes killer juice. Lush feel on entry. Nose has red and black fruits, cinnamon, minerals, and some other spices. Solid entry, weighty center, and a 4- lapper finish. Our local Gallo distributor mis-placed 20 cases of this so moved it to my local pusher at the original release price. Close to the top of its' game.All 3 of the proprietory vineyards produced some killer 97s. 90/92 26 by the box. 14.2% alc. WW

[newsguy]

WW: 22 cases of this came recently to your regular shop? any chance some of that could find its way onto a place headed to FLA?

[winoweenie]

All were sold in record time. Maybe the wine fairy can be summond. WW

[winoweenie]

Had another for lunch yesserday. BRW had a question about his maybe having some heat damage. None has shown up in the 3 I've had from this box. Still outstanding juice. WW

[Drew]

This "Strefani" vineyard...is it new? [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]
and you know what's really funny? If you type "Gallo Strefani" in Google the only listing is WW's.

Drew

[This message has been edited by Drew (edited 11-27-2004).]

[winoweenie]

Tipin' 101 stroked agin' WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img]