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( Click on images to enlarge. ) 2016 Troon Vineyard Estate Tannat , Kubli Bench, Applegate Valley, 14% alc., $40.00: A very satisfying red, showing deep, dark color and spicy black fruit aromas. Rich and intense on the palate, with no spoofy frills, just earthy black currant and blackberry flavors. Full bodied and well-structured for several years in the cellar, yet drinking quite well already. Find this wine 2016 Troon Vineyard, Cuvêe Pyrénées , Kubli Bench, Applegate Valley, 63% Tannat, 39% Malbec co-ferment, 13.5% alc., $65.00: Clean dark garnet color; not quite as effusive on the nose as the Malbec, but still generous, with a rich black currant/berry nose. Earthy and fairly big in the mouth, with flavors that follow through on the promise of the bouquet. Plenty of structure here for several years of development, but more than approachable now, especially with some air and grilled red meat. The earth and fruit strike a nice balance, and set the tone for the wine’s personality. 18 months in mature oak. Find this wine 2016 Troon Vineyard, Cuvêe Côt , Estate Malbec, Kubli Bench, Applegate Valley, 13.4%, $40.00: Deep and dark in color; effusive ripe black currant and blackberry aromatics, shaded with some subtle earth and an ever-so-slight hint of the barnyard. Flavors echo and expand so nicely on a full bodied frame, with good structure and nice length. Some nuances imparted by the mature oak add to, rather than detract from the appeal. I like this much better than many of the Argentine specimens we’ve had, which tend to accentuate that coffee and toast” character that comes from the barrel char that seems to be preferred there. Excellent now, and will improve for at least 3-5 years in the cellar. 18 months in mature oak. Find this wine 2017 Troon Vineyard, Estate Zinfandel , Kubli Bench Applegate Valley, Co-fermented with 3% Petite Sirah, 13.6% alc., $25.00: Kim expresses her enthusiasm for this from the very first sip, and I agree completely. Clean and dark in color, with a rather un-Zin-like nose that doesn’t entirely reflect the depth of fruit here. More old school in style, and very appealing in that regard; not too fruit forward, and nicely earthy, with subtly herbaceous undertones that grace the black cherry and red beet character. Pretty much ready to go right now, yet structured for at least a few years in the cellar. Yum! 12 months in mature oak. Find this wine Reporting from Day-twah, Bastardo Save Save Save Save Save Posted in George Heritier , Tasting Notes from the Underground | No Comments » A Fine QPR Pinot Blanc December 11th, 2018 | Author: George Heritier I’ve developed a taste for good Pinot Blanc over the last decade or so, due largely to the wonderful bottlings from Island View Vineyard ( Old Mission Peninsula ) produced by Left Foot Charley up in Traverse City . Before then, I thought of the Blanc as a rather bland, also-ran white that was less impressive than its cousin, Pinot Gris . So it took a Michigan version of a wine that is perhaps most often associated with Alsace to show me what is possible from this grape. I’ve tried some other Pinot Blancs out of curiosity since then to see if I could find anything else as good, or close to as good, as the Island View, and did find a pair from Alsace that were delightful (along with one that fell far short of those two, noted in the same report). Another northern Michigan bottling made from young vines some years back showed lots of promise, and those vines are probably producing excellent fruit right about now, but I haven’t had the opportunity to taste and find out. Frankly, there just isn’t a lot of this stuff out there in this market, which is why I was so pleasantly surprised and intrigued when I found this one at our friendly neighborhood Costco some weeks ago. 2016 Trimbach Pinot Blanc Alsace, 13% alc., $13.96: Full disclosure: I’m sipping on another one of these as I file this report, and quite enjoying it whilst I do. I like everything about it, from the easy-to-open Stelvin enclosure, to the satisfying, mineral-laced finish. In between, there’s a cleanly colored, nicely ripe and round glass of wine in the gravelly green apple and lime spectrum that delivers more intensity of flavor that I had expected the first time I tried it. It has good weight and the requisite acidity to move everything along nicely and complement a variety of foods, starting with critters you pull out of the water. This would do equally well with some pan seared Michigan trout or a nice smoked, grilled chicken on the Weber. Tasted five times with consistent results! I’ve had a number of wines from Trimbach’s Classics” lineup over several decades, and while they’ve always been more than serviceable, I’m hard-pressed to remember one that I went back for again and again, like I have with this one. It offers solid QPR (quality-price-ratio), I like it a lot, and I’ll be going back for more. Soon. Find this wine Imported by Esprit Du Vin, Boca Raton, FL Reporting from Day-twah, Bastardo Posted in George Heritier , Tasting Notes from the Underground | No Comments » Red Wings and Red Rhones 2018 December 3rd, 2018 | Author: George Heritier The glory days of the Detroit Red Wings are long gone. The team that made the NHL playoffs for an amazing 25 years in a row has not seen post-season action in the last two campaigns, and after to...