Blends the lushousity edge of Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, the brusque structure of Petite Sirah, etc: the flesh of all life rolled into complexity and trapped, like unto a "Prisoner"? I fully expect Swift Cellars to issue forth a wine named "Enigma" ..though love that this aspect is also in this art filled, exquisitely crafted blend. I am not one to buy for a label (other than the 1973 Chateau Lafite-Rothschild Pauillac ode to Pablo Picasso label: simply the finest on the finest -well not the best vintage I hear), but this label did catch mein attention, and then the more I knew, the more I wanted to?
So after buying 3, and waiting as long as I could, is not so much mystery, though I could've sworn a sea smoke mist fog drifted around enveloping the neck of bottle like a John Carpenter film after easing out das cork? This very straight forward artful blendola is 50% Zinfandel, 24% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Syrah, 9% Petite Sirah, 2% holy exotica Charbono, and a smidge of 1% Grenache as clean-up crew. Clean layered it is, swirl for darkest magenta colours, initial fruit whiff of black berry-currant, to an in the glass nose includes a tad of cocoa, and licorice tart cherry in black coffee scents, if that's possible. Smooth as a glacier this moves across the mouth med. weighted layers of flavor revealed include a spice that is shackled and controlled to carry out a most if not soft, very pleasure enhancing finish. Bravo Senore Phinney! (Cellaring the other two now for another year & waiting for the correcto moment mitt great anticipation!) Allineare un lavoro di arte dei vintner viventi in decadence e nell'lush-esclusività trattenuti facenti male...or Truly a work of living vintner’s art in aching restrained decadence and lush-exclusivity. Wild life in der bottle, yes.
Ferreira Dona Antonia Reserve Port - IntoWineTV Episode 41
In this episode of IntoWineTV, host Lisa Kolenda and wine experts Bartholomew Broadbent and Pamela Busch convene at San Francisco's CAV Wine Bar and Kitchen for a blind tasting and discussion of 24 different wines made by women.
Theme: Wines by Women. In this tasting IntoWine is featuring wines from producers where either the winemaker or the owner/founder is a woman.
Bartholomew Broadbent, CEO of Broadbent Selections. Bartholomew was named as one of the "fifty most influential people in the wine world" by Decanter Magazine. He is also widely considered to be one of the world's foremost authorities on Port and Madeira. Learn more about Bartholomew Broadbent.
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