Subtle exotic hints of ripe pear and fresh citrus flavours, its a dry wine. Vineyards are based in the Niederösterreich region, sited on loess-clay-granite mix soils with a cool continental climate. We all need a little Funkstille (radio silence) in our life now and again. Try with chicken or turkey, grilled fish, light salads, or mild cheeses.įerdinand Mayr Winery who produce this range are sustainably certified by agroVet, and also produce their own fertiliser. The rich palate shows ripe pear, melon and fresh grapefruit flavours layered with florals and a refreshing, zippy finish. Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Nebbiolo, Sangiovese, Riesling or Tempranillo are widely. The result is a wine of lemon appearance with subtly exotic aromas. Celebrity grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Pinot Noir. No malolactic fermentation but the wine benefits from 8 weeks of lees contact before gentle fining and cold stabilisation. The energy neutral winery carries out gentle pressing of early morning harvested Gruner Veltliner grapes sited on loess, clay, granite mix soils. The must is fermented in stainless steel tank with selected yeasts for 15 to 25 days. I haven’t been avoiding it on purpose - like everyone, I’m a fan of a good Malbec - but after a couple sips of this wine, I knew I was going to regret making it my initial foray into the grape.The Funkstiile range of Austrian wine takes inspiration from relaxing a moment to enjoy radio silence, the meaning of 'Funkstiile'. ripe pear and fresh citrus flavours, its a dry wine with complex flavours. The grape that has been a part of the blend in red Bordeaux wines for centuries but that has taken the drinking world by storm in the last decade with its single-varietal Argentinian incarnation is definitely the Shiraz of the 2000s, the new red wine that offers such an inexpensive and enjoyable experience that it has put a previously-ignored winemaking country on the vinous map. We all need a little Funkstille (radio silence) in our life now and again. Malbec! I have no idea how this is possible, but this is the very first Malbec that has been the feature of its own PnP review. Im so sorry for the radio silence in the last month, BUT we needed to focus our. The worst has now passed, but I still have a bit of residual congestion, so be warned in advance that the following review could be completely inaccurate…but it’s free, so what do you care? ADDED Cabernet Sauvignon cabernetsauvignon perfect terroir seed. Many apologies for the blog radio silence over the past few days: after weeks of avoiding it, I finally ended up catching the sinus/chest cold that every single person in Calgary currently has, so I had to shut down my wine consumption until I was more or less healthy. Marketing note: maybe don't name your wine after a weed. Hopefully this actually proves interesting. To find out, I wrote up tasting notes for the 2009 CD without re-reading my 2008 review, and now I’m going to retro-compare the two bottles by lining up my 08 notes side by side with my impressions of the 09. This provided a golden opportunity to examine a question that I’m sure many casual wine drinkers ask themselves: how much does vintage impact the flavour and quality of a wine? Is there really a discernible difference between the 20 bottlings of a wine made from the same grapes grown in the same spots? Most inexpensive wines are made to reflect a consistent flavour profile and style year over year, but my bet was that a quality producer like Jim Barry wouldn’t try to make his ’09 Cover Drive a clone of his ’08 and would retain some of the vintage variation arising out of the changes in weather patterns, sunlight, temperature, harvest dates and more between the two years. When I first grabbed the bottle, I thought it was the same wine that I had previously reviewed back in November, but on closer inspection it was in fact a brand new vintage of Cover Drive, the 2009 (my reviewed bottle was the 2008). RADIO SILENCE CABERNET 2018 SERIES Produced by Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, Radio Silence is a project that weaves together narratives about the Iraqi experience, both from the perspective of political refugees who sought asylum in the United States, and from US military veterans who were deployed during the Iraq War. With this Cabernet, we think we’ve gone and bottled Nirvana. I went to the Costco liquor store this week, and as always when I walk into Costco, I walked out with a bottle of the Jim Barry “Cover Drive” Cab from South Australia, one of my favourite New World value wines. 2018 Radio Silence Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley The privilege of securing grapes from a winery that sells its own wine for 500-1,500 is no privilege at allunless you do right by the source estate. The second vintage of Cover Drive featured on PnP…let’s see how they stack up against each other.
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