Franc-ly Puzzling
As I wrote a few days ago, the Cabernet Franc — long our favorite wine from our grower — wasn’t its usual self at last racking. While it’s been dependably fresh and lovely any time we pull it from...
View ArticleLadies and gentlemen: your 2007 Peugeot
Last weekend, a bunch of us got together for BlendFest II — This Time, It’s Gonna be War, but in contrast to BlendFest I a month ago, we have a clear winner for the 2007 Peugeot blend: 50% Cabernet...
View ArticleFall Bottling
It was a bit of a slog, but 6 hours and hundreds of bottles later, the second expression of 2007 was safely under cork (the first being the tiny Rosé bottling back in the spring). The afternoon and...
View ArticleTucking in the 07 Peugeot
600 bottles and corks. 1200 labels. Just short of 3 hours. As James pointed out, that’s about a case every 3 minutes. That much throughput in that little time is unprecedented, and nothing short of...
View Article07 Peugeot sighting
Just for the heck of it, way too early, I opened an ’07 Peugeot tonight. A little closed in the nose, but already some Cab Franc joi de vivremach zehnder modulator wafting out. Almost a hint of mint or...
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