Sine Qua Non Net One Star, California, USA

賽奎農純一星干白葡萄酒

點擊次數：3665

The 2001 Net* (100% Roussanne, 110 cases produced) had its label vetoed by the puritans at the BATF. Elaine and Manfred Krankl wage war with these bureaucrats every year, but the label is a work of art, and it is hard to believe they saw something “lascivious.” It’s the wine inside the bottle that is pornographic. Terrific stuff, it is one of the greatest white Rhone Rangers I have ever tasted from the New World. An awesome perfume of white currants, flowers, honeyed citrus intertwined with background smoke is to die for. It deserves a triple X rating. In the mouth, it is lavishly rich, succulent, fleshy, voluptuous, and so decadently thick that it is obviously an evil wine that will encourage illicit thoughts in the mind of any impressionable person who tastes it. At the time of printing, the new name had not been established, but I’m sure those readers on Sine Qua Non’s mailing list can simply ask for the wine the BATF thought was pornographically packaged. About three-fourths of the fruit came from the Alban Vineyard and one-fourth from the Stolpman Vineyard. A tour de force in white winemaking, it should drink well for 7-8 years, possibly longer. Tel. (805) 649-8901