Shared this last night w/ friends after my Tour of the Hapsburg Empire at Pig+Fig:
1. Forlorn-Hope Chenin Blanc RorickVnyd/CalaverasCnty (12.28%; 207 cs) Murphys 2016: Light yellow color; very strong stony/chalky/mineral/flinty very slight floral/CB very interesting nose; very tart/acid quite stony/mineral/chalky rather saline/savory slight earthy almost teeth-chattering flavor; very long stony/flinty/mineral/chalky saline/savory quite tart finish; a bracing/mineral-driven CB that avoids the candied/tutti-frutti character of most Calif CB yet doesn't seem lean or eviscerated; a very Loire-like CB thst shows more depth than most. $32.00
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A wee BloodyPulpit:
1. This is, of course, the wnry of MatRorick. From his estate fruit up in Murpgys, the former Stevenot property.
Tom